Investment & Value Management

• Support business case development and investment decision-making through robust portfolio analysis.
• Connect strategic alignment, benefits, costs, risks and delivery confidence into a single portfolio view.
• Develop executive reporting that provides clear insight into progress, value delivered and future priorities.
• Embed benefits realisation disciplines to ensure technology investments deliver measurable outcomes.

Change Leadership & Continuous Improvement

• Promote strong change governance and business adoption practices across the portfolio.
• Support organisational readiness and transformation initiatives to maximise business impact.
• Continuously improve portfolio management and PMO processes to ensure they remain scalable, practical and stakeholder-focused.
• Champion a culture of accountability, transparency and continuous improvement across Group IT.

What we're looking for

We're seeking a strategic and highly organised portfolio leader who combines strong governance expertise with the ability to influence stakeholders and drive meaningful change across complex technology environments.

You'll ideally bring:

• Significant experience in technology portfolio management, PMO leadership, programme governance or change portfolio management.
• Experience developing and improving demand management, prioritisation frameworks and portfolio governance practices.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Waterfall and hybrid technology delivery environments.
• Experience in portfolio reporting, dependency management, RAID management, benefits tracking and delivery assurance.
• Experience supporting organisational change, transformation programmes or business adoption initiatives.

Benefits & Culture

At Zellis we create market-leading HR & Payroll products and services, to power exceptional employee experiences so that you and your people do better. Our multi-award-winning products pay over five million employees a year, with almost half (42%) of the FTSE 100, 50% of the top retailers and 30% of the top universities in the UK & Ireland as customers, making us the largest provider of Payroll and HR software and managed services.

Our vision is to be the clear leader in pay, reward, analytics, and people experiences. We're passionate about creating an environment where people want to join, belong to, and be part of a progressive organisation. Our values, which were defined with input from all of our 2,000 colleagues, we live and breathe every day:

• Unstoppable together.
• Always learning.
• Make it count.
• Think scale.

Our people are critical to our ongoing success; we’re proud of our inclusive culture that gives you the platform to grow, challenge the status quo and play a crucial role in further enhancing our market position as the leading provider of HR & Payroll software and services. With Zellis you’ll have the chance to stretch and challenge yourself in an environment that’s varied, flexible and hugely supportive.

We also love to reward and recognise our brilliant colleagues. As part of your benefits package, you’ll receive:

• A competitive base salary.
• 25 days annual leave, plus your birthday off and the opportunity to buy additional holiday.
• Private medical insurance.
• Life assurance 4x salary.
• Enhanced pension scheme with company contributions up to 8.5%.
• A huge range of additional flexible benefits across financial & personal wellbeing, lifestyle & leisure.