Senior Portfolio Manager (Planning)

INTERNAL only vacancy:

This vacancy is only available to employees of L&Q and its subsidiaries. Any applications received from external candidates will not be progressed.

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Title: Senior Portfolio Manager (Planning)

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: 24th April 2026

Interview Date: 1st May 2026 in-person interview

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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.

*Previous Applicants May Not Apply* - (if prior applications were regretted within 12 weeks)

Join our Planning and Portfolio Team at L&Q:

• Shape how a major transformation portfolio is understood and delivered - this is a high-visibility role where your insight directly informs senior decision-making on priorities, sequencing, investment and capacity
• What the role is: Senior Portfolio Manager focused on creating a clear, accurate and joined-up view of activity across a complex portfolio
• Why we need it: Our transformation activity is large and fast-moving, with fragmented information across programmes. This role brings coherence, challenge and clarity so leaders can make informed decisions
• Reporting line and team: Reporting into the Planning & Portfolio function within Transformation & Change, working closely with Heads of Delivery, Programme Managers and senior stakeholders across the organisation

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

Your impact in the role:

Main duties:

• Build and maintain a coherent, trusted portfolio view across all transformation activity
• Challenge, sense-check and reconcile inputs to ensure accuracy and consistency
• Hold teams accountable for providing high-quality, timely information
• Translate complex and conflicting data into clear, senior-consumable outputs
• Identify gaps, risks and misalignment across the portfolio
• Support the development of portfolio governance and ways of working

Key relationships:

• Heads of Delivery and Programme Managers
• Senior business and technology stakeholders
• Wider Transformation & Change teams

Contribution to departmental goals:

• Enables informed decision-making across the portfolio
• Improves transparency, alignment and planning maturity
• Strengthens governance and confidence in portfolio reporting

Qualifications:

• Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field (desirable)
• Portfolio, programme or project management certification (desirable)

Experience:

• Experience operating within complex transformation portfolios or programmes
• Proven track record of working with senior stakeholders and influencing outcomes
• Experience handling and interpreting large volumes of data from multiple sources
• Experience establishing or improving portfolio planning, reporting or governance processes

Skills:

• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building capability
• Confident in holding others to account and challenging constructively
• Advanced analytical skills - able to interpret, reconcile and validate information
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity and bring structure to complexity
• Clear and concise communication - translating complexity into meaningful insight
• Outcome-focused with the ability to work autonomously without detailed direction

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 and behavioural framework, which outlines our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q.

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!