Senior Portfolio Manager

Title: Senior Portfolio Manager

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time, 35 hours

Salary: Starting from £78,544 per annum (London weighted salary) or £68,571 per annum (Regional salary), dependant on experience

Grade: 12

Reporting Office: London, Stratford or Manchester, Trafford

Persona: Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working)

Closing Date: 29th May 2026 at 23:00

Interview Date: 4th June 2026 *Please note that in person interviews will be held for at least one of the interview stages for this role.

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Benefits include: Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more…

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

With effect from February 2026, L&Q reserve the right to not shortlist applications from candidates with 3 or more unsuccessful applications within the last 24 months.

Join our Planning and Portfolio Team at L&Q:

This is a key role in L&Q’s Transformation & Change Portfolio, helping to strengthen how we plan, manage, govern and report across a complex, multi-programme transformation environment.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Portfolio Manager who can operate across the full breadth of the Planning and Portfolio Team. This includes portfolio planning, governance, reporting, resource management, portfolio controls, risk and issue visibility, senior decision support, and continuous improvement of portfolio management processes.

The role will suit someone who has worked in a comparable transformation, change, technology, PMO, portfolio or consulting environment, and who is confident operating across senior stakeholders, complex delivery structures and evolving ways of working.

You will help create a clear, integrated view of portfolio delivery, ensuring plans, milestones, risks, dependencies, resource constraints and governance decisions are brought together in a way that supports effective senior decision-making.

This is an opportunity to shape and embed portfolio management capability across a major transformation portfolio, working closely with Heads of Delivery, Programme Managers, Project Managers, Technology teams, Finance, business leads and senior stakeholders across the organisation.

If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply!

Your impact in the role:

• Supporting the operation and continuous improvement of portfolio governance, including senior forums, decision routes, reporting cycles, actions and escalations
• Drawing together portfolio plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues and progress updates to provide a clear, integrated view of delivery
• Supporting the development and operation of portfolio planning and master planning processes
• Helping to build, improve and embed portfolio management processes, controls, templates and ways of working
• Supporting portfolio-level resource management and capacity planning, including visibility of demand, supply, constraints and resource risks
• Producing senior-level reporting, MI, dashboards and insight to support evidence-based decision-making
• Working across programmes and projects to improve the quality, consistency and reliability of portfolio information
• Identifying gaps, risks, inconsistencies and emerging constraints, and helping to ensure these are surfaced early through the right governance routes
• Supporting continuous improvement in data quality, reporting standards, portfolio controls and governance maturity
• Working collaboratively across Transformation & Change, Technology, Finance, Strategy, business teams and other key stakeholders

You will contribute directly to better portfolio visibility, stronger planning discipline, clearer senior decision-making and improved confidence in delivery.

What you'll bring:

We are looking for someone with strong portfolio management experience and the ability to operate confidently across a broad Planning and Portfolio remit.

You will bring:

• Experience operating in senior portfolio management, PMO, transformation, change, technology delivery, or consulting roles
• Experience working in large, complex organisations or transformation environments of comparable size and scale
• Experience running or supporting portfolio governance, including senior-level reporting, decision tracking, risk and issue visibility, and escalation management
• Evidence of designing, improving, or setting up portfolio management processes, controls or ways of working
• Experience supporting portfolio-level planning, milestone management, dependency tracking, reporting, governance, assurance, or resource management
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex information and turn it into clear, senior-consumable insight
• Confidence challenging the quality, consistency and completeness of project and programme information
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to work across senior leaders, delivery teams and enabling functions
• Ability to operate in ambiguous or evolving environments, balancing immediate operational needs with longer-term capability building
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to produce clear, structured and professional written outputs for senior audiences

Portfolio, programme or project management qualifications would be helpful, but equivalent experience in a complex transformation, portfolio or consulting environment is equally valuable.

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email lqcareers@lqgroup.org.uk

About L&Q:

We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life.

250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we’re proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.

People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values, which outline our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q – click here to read more.

At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger – and they’re at the heart of everything we do.

When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We’re proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We’re a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we’ve introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. It’s all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome. Find out more here.

Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK’s largest housing associations.

Click here to find out more about L&Q and why you should join us!

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