Portfolio Performance Lead

Bold innovation and leadership. Informed decision-making. Impacting the future.

£65,000 - £70,000 (+ Benefits)

Head of Data Strategy and Delivery

Marketing, Fundraising & Engagement

Permanent

Full time 35 hours per week

Stratford, London. Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office).

Portfolio Performance Lead

27 February :55

This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications is received or once a suitable candidate is found, therefore we strongly recommend that you apply early to avoid disappointment. If you require more time to apply as part of a reasonable adjustment, please contact as soon as possible.

2 stage interview process include task related to the role

12 and 16 March 2025 1st stage over Microsoft Teams

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to fully complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly, and objectively.

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.

We are looking for a proactive and experienced performance professional to join us as Portfolio Performance Lead.

Cancer Research UK has a vision of a world where everyone can live longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer. To help achieve this, we’re strengthening how we engage and inspire people, evolving the way we use insight, data and digital tools to deepen supporter relationships and grow our impact.

Join us at Cancer Research UK as we step into an exciting new chapter of transforming how we engage supporters and accelerate progress towards beating cancer.

As our Portfolio Performance Lead, you’ll play a central role in building a clearer, more connected understanding of how our fundraising and engagement activities are performing across the organisation. Your expertise in insight, performance and audience‑led decision‑making will help shape how we inspire and mobilise millions of people to support our lifesaving work.

In this influential role, you’ll lead a team of Senior Performance Managers and work closely with colleagues across data, finance, strategy, marketing and propositions, to build a trusted, organisation‑wide view of performance. You’ll help create the systems, stories and rhythms that surface opportunities, highlight risks and inform senior leadership decisions. And you’ll join a passionate, collaborative community where bold ideas are welcomed, people are valued, and your work will have a meaningful and lasting impact on our mission.

• Develop and communicate the portfolio performance story (including audience performance) working in partnership with other performance managers, Finance and Data Insight and Performance (DIP) specialist colleagues to ensure an aligned and consistent view
• Lead an effective portfolio performance management process, establishing portfolio level performance measurement frameworks, enabling the regular review of performance, identifying risks and opportunities to ensure outcome focused performance discussions at senior leadership level.
• Lead and develop a team of Senior Performance Managers, ensuring effective delivery as a team, and coaching team members to ensure ownership of their proposition areas
• Ensure senior leaders and business stakeholders have easy access to a centralised, consistent, independent view of performance which is up to date and relevant.
• Lead the Performance Management community in a consistent approach to priority and target setting as part of the planning process.
• Ensure central insights and the performance story are fed into the process, to provide an independent view and challenge assumptions where appropriate.
• Work with DIP colleagues to identify and enable opportunities to reduce manual work to focus effort on insight and performance storytelling and to identify opportunities for innovation through data to…