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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # IT Portfolio Lead (ERP) - **Company:** Equans - **Location:** UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Confluence, JIRA, Microsoft Project, PRINCE2, Scrum Methodology, Power BI, Adobe Workfront - **Published:** September 25, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=26aa7dac940f72df ## About the Role * Extensive experience in managing the delivery including full lifecycle testing and complex implementations of multiple projects with various aspects including technical and business change (H2R; O2C; P2P and R2R processes), etc. * Successful leadership and people management experience in developing a delivery team * Proven ability to understand and manage business stakeholder relationships, their needs and priorities * Good communication skills across a range of channels and audiences to clearly explain ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders * Strong facilitation techniques to manage stakeholders at all levels in meetings/workshops and ensure follow-up activity is tracked and completed * Good interpersonal skill and the ability to listen, question and interpret stakeholder requirements and build on-going relationships * Negotiation and influencing skills to progress actions/issues and gain agreement/sign-off of deliverables * Desirable to have experience of tools such as Workfront, MS Project, Jira, Confluence, MS Teams, PowerBI * Desirable to have exposure to agile ways of working * Bachelor or masters degree in an IT discipline, or equivalent through experience * Project / Programme Management & Agile qualifications (Prince2, SCRUM, Product Owner, Lean etc.) * A technical background would be desirable and beneficial to the role ## Description As the IT Portfolio Lead for ERP, you will be responsible for the delivery of a range of projects and products using both waterfall and agile frameworks. You will be responsible for planning, leading and executing the portfolio of projects ensuring it reflects business priorities and delivers anticipated benefit. You will have line management responsibility for the team of PM's, Delivery Leads, Developers, SME's and 3rd Party resource and be expected to support and develop individuals' personal growth / development to ensure a quality service and appropriate frameworks are applied to each project in the Portfolio. Also working with the BP's, IT Exec and senior stakeholders across the various business streams to understand priorities, manage expectations, drive delivery value through finances, evaluate future projects and ensure that resources are allocated efficiently. Championing agile and new ways of working, the role will ensure professional standards and develop communities of practice which will enable our aspiration to deliver excellence through great communication. What will you deliver? * Responsible for the successful delivery of the portfolio through the direct portfolio team, Service Delivery Teams and wider technology teams, ensuring projects / products are well planned, communicated and delivered, ensuring adhere to governance and managed financially to realise the business benefits * In conjunction with PMO ensure appropriate assurance is in place and managed for the Portfolio reporting on and managing IT finances and resource across the team, managing prioritisation, risks/ issues and dependencies, drive decision making, identifying and removing obstacles to progress, and resolving any conflicting stakeholder issues * Input and influence the Delivery Roadmaps through quarterly PI Planning, MTP and other regular scheduling activities to ensure that resourcing requirements are understood and met across the wider IT teams * Develop and maintain strong relationships with senior business stakeholders to promote IT's capabilities, challenges and strategies. Monitoring the levels of customer satisfaction with a focus on continuous improvement of the Portfolio delivery * Inspire and lead the adoption of Agile Ways of Working to support our agile transformation by demonstrating the value, sharing the vision and influencing others * Providing effective support, coaching, motivation and guidance to the portfolio team to realise the potential and develop individuals as well as preparing and building a high-performing, multi-skilled and diverse delivery team to meet the forward forecast of demand * Ensuring the H&S and wellbeing of the team, as well as extended teams working within the Portfolio, is supported and maintained ## Related Videos - [GitOps for the people](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/461-gitops-for-the-people) - [Beyond Dashboards: Fixing Text-to-SQL with Semantic RAG](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2036-beyond-dashboards-fixing-text-to-sql-with-semantic-rag) - [The user in the eye of the Cargo1492 storm](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/96-the-user-in-the-eye-of-the-cargo1492-storm) - [Improving quality with Agentic AI with Rovo Dev and Xray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2005-improving-quality-with-agentic-ai-with-rovo-dev-and-xray) - [Transforming Task Management: Integrating Camunda with Scalable Frontend Solutions](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1433-transforming-task-management-integrating-camunda-with-scalable-frontend-solutions) - [REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and more: A comparison of modern API styles](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100247-rest-graphql-grpc-and-more-a-comparison-of-modern-api-styles) ## Related Articles - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Best Companies to work for in London: Top 25 Companies in 2023](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/187-best-companies-to-work-for-in-london-top-25-companies-in-2023) - [IT Salaries in UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/288-it-salaries-in-uk) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [UK Business Culture and Etiquette](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/326-uk-business-culture-and-etiquette)