Head of Portfolio

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

At M Group Energy, we’re enabling the energy essential to support our lives.

We provide an end-to-end service, delivering solutions in electricity transmission, distribution, renewable energy, EV, metering and home decarbonisation.

This role will be within our  Transmission   & Renewables  team. We design, build and commission substations at voltages up to and including 400kV. Our teams construct and maintain transmission lines and substations, ensuring the efficient and reliable delivery of electricity.

This role will be working on our SPEN projects, covering works across Scotland.
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What will you be doing?

As the  Head of Portfolio , you’ll be responsible for leading the strategic planning, governance, and delivery oversight of a portfolio of complex  Overhead Lines  projects and programmes. You’ll ensure seamless alignment across all initiatives, achieving corporate objectives and fulfilling customer commitments. Are you ready to drive consistency, efficiency, high standards, and robust risk management throughout the portfolio?

Portfolio Strategy & Planning

Develop and maintain a portfolio strategy aligned with business objectives, ensuring both cross-regional and cross-functional communication and collaboration is maintained

Prioritise projects and programmes based on strategic value, risk, resource availability and security

Ensure any portfolio decisions support both long-term commercial and reputational value of the wider business

Governance & Assurance

Establish and maintain robust governance structures for portfolio management

Monitor compliance with internal standards, regulatory obligations, and industry best practices

Provide assurance to senior leadership and stakeholders on portfolio performance and risk exposure

Ensure governance and assurance is delivered through robust procedures and reports consistent across the portfolio

Commercial Management

Oversee portfolio-level budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance. Monitoring cost performance and implement corrective actions when needed

Assist in defining the commercial strategies for procurement across the portfolio and assist in supplier negotiations for major contracts or frameworks

Oversee change management processes for scope, cost, and schedule variations

Ensure cost efficiency and value delivery across all projects and programmes

Work with commercial teams to ensure effective channels of communication are in place

Ensure robust commercial governance across all projects

Risk & Issue Management

Identify and manage portfolio-level risks, dependencies, and constraints

Implement mitigation strategies to minimise impact on delivery and performance

Ensure portfolio level risks are communicated to the wider business

Ensure commercial position is protected and change management procedures are in place

Monitor supplier performance against contractual commitments

Stakeholder Engagement

Act as the primary interface for portfolio-related matters with internal and external stakeholders, including customers, suppliers, and industry bodies.

Communicate portfolio performance to senior leadership, through the presentation of executive dashboards summarising key metrics such as (but not limited to) delivery performance, safety, commercial outcomes, and risk.

Keep internal stakeholders updated (Design, Procurement, Operations etc) on any significant changes in the portfolio

Leadership

Lead, develop and mentor a team of high performing Project Managers, building capacity and resilience where required.

Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement across all projects and programmes.

Drive cultural and operational change to embed best practices in governance, risk management, and change…