Technology Portfolio Business Manager

At OSB Group, our Technology function is central to delivering our strategy and supporting our purpose - helping more people securely achieve their ambitions.

As we continue to evolve and expand our Technology Business Management capability, we're recruiting a Technology Portfolio Business Manager to join our growing team. This is a brand new role, offering a great opportunity to shape how portfolio governance, planning and financial management are delivered across Technology.

Reporting to the Technology Portfolio Governance Lead, you'll work as part of a small, collaborative squad, partnering closely with Technology, Finance and business stakeholders. Together, you'll bring greater structure, transparency and insight to a complex and fast-moving portfolio, helping to ensure our investments are aligned, well-governed and delivering value.

The role can be based from our Wolverhampton or Chatham and may require occasional travel between all OSB locations.

As a Technology Portfolio Business Manager, you will play a key role in providing strategic oversight and operational coordination across a portfolio covering multiple delivery teams and value streams.

You'll act as a trusted partner to senior Technology leaders, supporting effective portfolio governance, financial management, workforce planning and reporting, ensuring that technology investments are aligned to strategic priorities and delivering value for money.

This is a highly visible role operating in an environment of changing priorities and ambiguity, where you will need to balance strong governance with pragmatic delivery, proactively challenging and supporting stakeholders to drive the right outcomes.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Provide portfolio oversight and governance, ensuring accurate data, clear visibility and alignment to strategic priorities
• Define and embed RAIDD frameworks, driving consistency, quality and effective risk and dependency management
• Lead and support portfolio planning and prioritisation, managing interdependencies and adapting to evolving priorities to drive effective delivery
• Partner with senior stakeholders as a trusted advisor and first point of contact, influencing decision-making and challenging where needed
• Oversee financial planning, budgeting and performance, ensuring strong cost control, ROI and value for money
• Manage workforce planning and capacity insights, supporting effective resource allocation across multiple teams
• Deliver high-quality executive reporting and insights, improving data transparency and driving informed decisions
• Drive continuous improvement of portfolio processes, tools and controls, ensuring strong governance and operational excellence

• Base salary between £55,000 - £70,000 dependent upon experience
• Enhanced family-focused benefits
• Annual bonus opportunity up to 15%
• 28 days annual leave + bank holidays

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At OSB Group, we understand how much our people bring to our organisation, which is why we try our best to give back too! Our Purpose is to help our customers, colleagues and communities prosper and we are on a transformation journey to become 'the bank of the future'.

Our commitment to professional development, flexible working, and employee well-being fosters a dynamic and supportive workplace.

We are looking for talented individuals who have the experience and knowledge set out below:

• Proven experience in Technology Business Management, PMO or portfolio management within a technology environment
• Strong understanding of technology delivery models (Agile, Waterfall, hybrid) and operating in fast-paced change environments
• Demonstrable financial acumen, including budgeting, forecasting and investment analysis
• Experience of portfolio management tools such as Planview, JIRA or Confluence (desirable)
• Understanding of technology change models, including financial treatment and depreciation
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, including engagement at executive level
• Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and translate data into meaningful insights

Shortlisted candidates will go through a personalised recruitment process, that is relevant and conversational - inclusive any individual reasonable support required. We want to bring out the best in you!

Not sure if you meet the spec? Let us decide.

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We champion diversity at all levels, with Board-level Diversity Champions tracking our progress. We are proud to be signed up to the Women in Finance Charter to actively support the growth and development of senior women in our sector and are dedicated to treating all our employees and job applicants equally, opposed to discrimination on any grounds.