Portfolio Management Tooling Manager - Welwyn Garden , United Kingdom of Britain and North

Position: Portfolio Management Tooling Manager - Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom of Great Britain and North
About the role:

This role sits within Tesco's PPMO (Project Portfolio Management Office), which operates across Finance Change and Enabling Functions Technology portfolios. The role is within the Data, Reporting, Quality Assurance and Tooling Hub and will be managed on a day to day basis by the Hub Lead.

What is in it for you:
We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work.  to find out more! Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary. Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays). Private medical insurance. 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (12 months service required at the qualifying date) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave.

Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing. The above information is a shortened summary, refer to our policies for full details

You will be responsible for:
The Portfolio Management Tooling Manager is responsible for the strategic ownership, development and continuous improvement of Tesco's PPM Tooling Landscape. Acting as the primary product owner, the role will ensure current strategic tooling continues to evolve in line with business needs, delivering value to sponsors, end users and the wider PPMO community through effective roadmap management, stakeholder engagement, platform enhancements and adoption initiatives.

Key areas of responsibility include
• Own and maintain the Portfolio Tooling product vision, strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment to PPMO priorities and business objectives.
• Act as the Product Owner for Planview, managing and prioritising the platform backlog based on business value, risk, user feedback and strategic requirements.
• Engage with sponsors, stakeholders and end users to capture requirements, understand pain points and identify opportunities for platform improvements.
• Translate business requirements into clear user stories, functional requirements and acceptance criteria for development and configuration activities.
• Lead the planning, prioritisation and coordination of releases, ensuring changes are effectively tested, validated and deployed.
• Develop, configure and implement enhancements, new features and process improvements to meet evolving business needs.
• Own and manage tooling administration activities including user access, licence management, permissions, security roles and system configuration.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to maximise platform value, improve user experience and increase operational efficiency across the portfolios.
• Lead the testing and validation of new functionality, ensuring solutions meet agreed requirements and acceptance criteria before release.
• Maintain ownership of Project Boards and associated ways of working, ensuring they support effective portfolio, programme and project delivery.
• Ensure high levels of data integrity, data quality and governance across the platform through proactive monitoring, controls and user engagement.
• Support reporting, dashboard and KPI requirements, ensuring data can effectively support portfolio management, governance and decision making processes.
• Collaborate with reporting, finance, resource management and governance teams to improve data usage, automation and business insight capabilities.
• Act as the primary point of contact for tooling support queries, managing triage, prioritisation and resolution activities across the user community.
• Develop and deliver user training, demonstrations and educational…