BT Group
Senior Manager, Portfolio Strategic Initiatives
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Senior Manager, Portfolio Strategic Initiatives
Req ID: 59761
Job Function: Strategy, Transformation & Business Intelligence
Posting Start Date: 08/07/2026
Posting End Date: 15/07/2026
Division: BT International
Job Location: GBR-London-BTHQ One Braham
Advertised Salary: Competitive
About The Role
This role offers a unique opportunity to lead and execute strategic initiatives that transform BT International’s portfolio across data, voice, security, cloud, and unified communications. You’ll work at the heart of our strategy, partnering with senior leaders to deliver commercial success, cost leadership, and portfolio simplification—making a tangible impact on how we serve customers worldwide.
This role will lead high-priority strategic and portfolio initiatives within BT International, driving transformation and commercial success across multiple product domains. The individual will act as a trusted advisor to the Portfolio leadership team, ensuring end-to-end product accountability and enabling cost leadership, profitability, and simplification.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead strategic projects across BT International’s portfolio areas: data connectivity, voice connectivity, security, cloud, unified communications, and contact centres.
- Reporting into the Strategy Director and partnering with Portfolio leadership to shape and execute strategic initiatives.
- Drive end-to-end product success, supporting the transition to full accountability for cost leadership and sales performance.
- Deliver cost transformation programs, identifying labour and non-labour savings opportunities.
- Develop and analyse product P&Ls, identifying actionable levers for profitability improvement.
- Create execution plans for portfolio-specific profitability and simplification initiatives.
- Work cross-functionally with sales, transformation, service, and portfolio teams to accelerate commercial success and portfolio simplification.
- Manage customer migration plans, ensuring risks are mitigated and communication is clear.
- Produce strategic content for internal and external stakeholders to articulate progress and outcomes.
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Essential Skills / Experience
SKILLS:
- Strategic thinking and problem-solving
- Financial acumen (P&L management, cost analysis, profitability levers)
- Project and program management
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Ability to manage ambiguity and deliver under pressure
- Knowledge of telecoms and technology portfolio areas (connectivity, cloud, security, UC)
- Proficiency in data-driven decision-making and business case development
PROFILE:
- Experience: 5–8 years in strategy, portfolio management, or transformation roles within telecoms, technology, or related sectors.
- Background: Strong exposure to product lifecycle management, commercial analysis, and strategic execution.
- Mindset: Highly analytical, commercially astute, and comfortable operating in complex, matrixed environments.
- Influence: Proven ability to engage senior stakeholders and drive consensus across diverse teams.
- Delivery: Track record of leading cross-functional initiatives with measurable business impact.
Our Package
Tailored benefits make a real difference. That’s why we offer a comprehensive range to support your growth, wellbeing, and everyday life. You can design the package to suit you and your lifestyle. Your core benefits include:
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- Company car scheme (or cash alternative)
- 15% on target annual bonus
- Private healthcare for you and your family
- Access to an online private GP 24/7 for you and your immediate family
- Market-leading paid carers leave with up to 2 weeks off
- Equalised maternity, paternity, and adoption leave – 18 weeks’ full pay and 8 weeks’ half pay
- Discounted EE and BT products, including mobile and broadband
- Market leading Pension scheme – 5% from you and 10% from us
- Holiday purchase scheme
You can select additional benefits, including healthcare, dental, gym memberships and more when you’re ready.
About BT International
At BT International, our purpose is to keep the world connected. As part of BT, we build on almost 180 years of innovation and expertise to deliver secure connectivity and digital services to some of the world’s leading multinational businesses and organisations. Our customers trust us to safeguard their data, drive their digital transformation and keep their businesses running. With colleagues on the ground across the world and supporting customers wherever they need to operate, BT International offers a truly global experience. Whether it’s about providing cloud connectivity, helping organisations collaborate, or enabling innovation in cybersecurity and digital services, you’ll be part of a team that shapes how businesses succeed in a world that is being transformed by AI. If you have the drive and ambition to make an impact on a global stage, BT International is where it happens.
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