Digital PPM & IT Governance

Senior Digital Project Manager (PMO / Portfolio Governance)

We are seeking a Senior Digital Project Manager responsible for governance, coordination, and continuous improvement of the Digital Project Portfolio Management (PPM) framework. The role ensures strong PMO governance, transparency, and high-quality decision support across the digital portfolio, enabling effective prioritization, disciplined execution, and alignment with business strategy, financial constraints, and resource capacity.

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio Governance & PPM

• Own and operate the Digital Project Portfolio Management (PPM) process across the full lifecycle (idea intake, assessment, prioritization, execution, closure).

• Ensure robust portfolio governance, including structured intake, triage, prioritization, and approval processes aligned with strategic objectives and delivery capacity.

• Monitor portfolio execution across scope, schedule, budget, risks, benefits, and dependencies.

• Identify cross-project dependencies, conflicts, and overlaps, assessing impact on delivery and business value.

• Escalate key risks, deviations, and portfolio-level issues to governance bodies.

PMO, Reporting & Decision Support

• Deliver portfolio-level reporting, KPIs, and management dashboards (status, risks, budget, benefits, trends).

• Prepare executive-level portfolio summaries and decision-support materials for leadership and governance committees.

• Support prioritization decisions through scenario analysis, impact assessment, and structured recommendations.

• Facilitate portfolio governance meetings, ensuring clear agendas, documentation, decisions, and follow-ups.

PMO Process & Tooling Development

• Continuously improve PMO processes, governance standards, and portfolio management frameworks.

• Enhance PPM tooling, ensuring data quality, consistency, transparency, and usability.

• Define and enforce standards for portfolio and project data across PMO systems.

• Drive improvements based on stakeholder feedback and operational insights.

Project Delivery (Selected Initiatives)

• Lead end-to-end delivery of selected digital projects, ensuring execution within agreed scope, timeline, budget, and quality standards.

• Apply established project management methodologies and governance stage gates.

Financial, Resource & Vendor Governance

• Support portfolio-level budgeting, forecasting, and cost control in collaboration with Finance.

• Ensure alignment between PPM data and financial reporting systems.

• Support resource management (demand, capacity, utilization).

• Oversee governance and transparency of external vendors within the digital portfolio.

Requirements

• University degree

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in Project Portfolio Management / PMO / Digital Project Governance

• Proven experience managing complex, cross-functional digital portfolios with multiple dependencies

• Strong background in portfolio governance, PMO frameworks, and project lifecycle management

• Experience delivering digital projects end-to-end

• Strong knowledge of PPM tools and advanced reporting

• Ability to translate complex portfolio data into clear executive insights

• Strong stakeholder management skills, including senior leadership exposure

• Very good PowerPoint skills

• High analytical capability and attention to detail

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environment (Business / Digital / Finance / Vendors)

• Fluent English (written and spoken)