Transformation Portfolio & Automation Lead

Vital Energi is delivering a significant portfolio of people, systems and process‑efficiency change to support business growth, operational excellence and the transition to a more digitally‑enabled, data‑driven organisation.

The Transformation Portfolio & Automation Lead will shape and run a high‑performing PMO, ensuring disciplined governance, transparent reporting and strong delivery control across all change initiatives. Alongside PMO leadership, the role will directly manage selected programmes and lead the development and delivery of Vital Energi’s AI and automation roadmap — identifying opportunities to streamline operations, enhance decision‑making and unlock efficiency through intelligent technologies.

A key part of the role is to drive innovation across the change portfolio, challenging existing ways of working, introducing modern delivery practices, and identifying new digital, automation and process‑optimisation opportunities that strengthen Vital Energi’s competitive position. The postholder will act as a catalyst for new ideas, ensuring the organisation continually evolves, adopts emerging technologies and embeds smarter, more efficient operational models.

This role is central to ensuring Vital Energi’s change portfolio delivers measurable value, improves operational efficiency and builds the capabilities needed for future growth.

• Lead and develop the PMO function, embedding consistent standards, tools and methodologies across all change activity.
• Maintain portfolio‑level governance including integrated planning, RAID management, dependency mapping, resource forecasting and benefits tracking.
• Produce clear, insight‑driven reporting for senior leadership, enabling informed decision‑making and proactive risk management.
• Ensure change activity aligns with Vital Energi’s strategic priorities, commercial objectives and operational constraints.
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation in PMO processes, reporting and delivery frameworks.

• Lead the delivery of selected strategic change programmes, ensuring clear scope, structured plans, disciplined execution and measurable outcomes.
• Deliver programmes covering people change, digital systems implementation, process optimisation and operational efficiency.
• Oversee business readiness, change impact assessment, training, communications and adoption planning to ensure change lands effectively.
• Work with operational teams to design future‑state processes that improve efficiency, reduce waste and enhance customer experience.
• Manage suppliers and delivery partners, ensuring commercial value, quality and performance.
• Track and realise benefits, ensuring programmes deliver tangible improvements in cost, efficiency, performance or customer outcomes.
• Introduce innovative delivery approaches, tools and techniques to accelerate progress and improve outcomes.

• Develop Vital Energi’s AI and automation roadmap, identifying opportunities to apply intelligent automation, workflow optimisation and data‑driven decision‑support tools.
• Lead discovery activity to assess current processes, pain points and automation potential across operational and back‑office functions.
• Work with IT, data and operational teams to design and deliver automation solutions (e.g., RPA, workflow automation, AI‑enabled analytics, machine‑learning‑driven optimisation).
• Establish governance, standards and controls for automation delivery to ensure quality, scalability and risk management.
• Build business cases and benefits models for automation initiatives, ensuring clear value and measurable outcomes.
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