Portfolio Lead

Digital Portfolio Lead – Digital Transformation Portfolio in Retail - 2 year FTC 📊🛍️ Pulse is partnering with a well-known retail brand going through a major multi-market digital transformation, with big plans to keep scaling its customer platforms, supply chain and enterprise technology. The portfolio is worth hundreds of millions over multiple years, and they're now looking for the person to own it end to end. This is a newly created, senior role and the boardroom voice for the whole portfolio. You'll decide what gets funded, paused or cut, with a PMO Manager reporting into you to run governance day to day. You'll be presenting to C-suite and director-level stakeholders daily, so boardroom confidence is a must. What you'll be doing:

• Owning the end-to-end digital transformation portfolio and turning strategy into a clear, prioritised roadmap
• Leading investment and prioritisation decisions across customer, supply chain and operations
• Setting portfolio governance, decision forums and PMO standards
• Overseeing portfolio financials: budgets, forecasts, vendor spend, investment cases and benefits
• Giving the exec team a clear, honest view of portfolio health and challenging constructively when things drift
• Leading and developing the PMO Manager and wider portfolio office What they're looking for:
• 10+ years in portfolio, programme or PMO leadership, ideally progressing from project to programme to portfolio
• Experience across more than one large, complex organisation
• Genuine portfolio ownership, including making and defending investment calls, not just delivering programmes
• Real board and C-suite exposure, confident presenting to and challenging senior leaders
• Strong commercial and financial acumen
• Retail, FMCG or consumer-facing background preferred; a strong tech portfolio background also works 📍 Location: Berkshire (hybrid), with some travel across UK and Ireland A rare chance to lead one of the UK's most ambitious retail digital transformations from the top. Digital Portfolio Lead – Digital Transformation Portfolio in Retail - 2 year FTC 📊🛍️