Portfolio, Programme & Change Manager

Pacific Life Re

Portfolio Lead managing enterprise-wide portfolio management capability within Pacific Life Re's Business Change function. Overseeing project prioritization and investment decisions aligned to strategic objectives.

Posted 7/29/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in portfolio management frameworks and investment prioritization, with a strong ability to translate business strategy into actionable change pipelines. Proven leadership in establishing and maturing Portfolio Management Offices while delivering integrated insights and governance across organizational functions.

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Portfolio Management FrameworksInvestment PrioritizationPortfolio AnalyticsChange LeadershipDelivery Methodologies

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Hard Skills

Portfolio ManagementTransformation LeadershipBusiness Case EvaluationGovernance FrameworksIntegrated Planning Processes

Soft Skills

Trusted AdvisorStakeholder EngagementStrategic Alignment

Tools & Technologies

PlanviewClarityPower BI

Industry Keywords

InsuranceFinancial ServicesBankingAsset ManagementReinsurance

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Establish and run a mature, enterprise-wide portfolio management capability
Enable the Executive Committee and senior leadership to make data driven, prioritised, and strategically aligned investment decisions
Lead the development of the Project Portfolio pipeline for Lines of Business or DBS Functions
Deliver integrated portfolio insight, governance, evaluation and prioritisation of projects based on business value, organizational capacity, and risk
Act as a trusted advisor to various divisional leadership and senior stakeholders
Implement integrated planning processes across strategy, budgets, and delivery
Challenge and shape demand to ensure alignment with business priorities
Translate business strategy into coherent and prioritised change pipelines
Create and maintain a single integrated view of the change portfolio
Help redefine the governance framework(s) for prioritizing, sequencing, and pausing change initiatives
Deliver forward-looking portfolio insights including: Delivery health and performance; Strategic alignment; Capacity and resource constraints; Interdependencies and risk hotspots
Upskill the Business Change function and Business areas in portfolio thinking and disciplines

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of hands-on experience in portfolio / transformation / change leadership within; Insurance (Life, Reinsurance preferred), or Financial Services (Banking, Asset Management)
Proven track record of establishing or maturing Portfolio / Transformation Offices (PMO++, EPMO, Portfolio Office)
Deep expertise and qualifications in: Portfolio management frameworks (e.g. MoP, P3O, enterprise PMO models)
Investment prioritisation and business case evaluation
Portfolio analytics, reporting, and tools (e.g. Planview, Clarity, Power BI)
Strong understanding of delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid)

Benefits

Comp & perks

25 days of annual leave with option to buy/sell more days
Adoption and fertility leave
Generous enhanced parental leave
Comprehensive private insurance coverage for employee and dependents
Group Life Insurance coverage of 9x basic annual salary and Group Income Protection up to 75% of basic annual salary
Optical benefits
15% combined employee/employer contributions
Subsidized gym membership
Access to Employee Assistance Program
Cycle to Work and Electric Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme
Time off for volunteering
Charitable matching of employee donations