Portfolio Manager - Public Service

In this role, you'll help lead a portfolio of programmes, services and strategic initiatives that support critical public services across the UK. Working closely with customers, delivery teams and business leaders, you'll help ensure successful outcomes while supporting growth, innovation and operational excellence. This is an opportunity to influence large-scale programmes, develop talented teams, strengthen customer relationships and help shape the future of secure digital solutions. What You'll Be Doing Leadership & People

• Lead and support a team of Programme Managers, Service Delivery Managers and delivery leaders.
• Create an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing culture.
• Support workforce planning and team growth to meet current and future demand.
• Help attract, develop and retain great talent.
• Encourage innovation and the adoption of new technologies, including AI-enabled tools.
• Drive continuous improvement across people, processes and delivery.
Customer & Business Growth:
• Build trusted relationships with customers, partners and stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to grow existing customer relationships and services.
• Support business development, account planning and bid activities.
• Stay informed on market trends, customer priorities and emerging technologies.
• Work across teams to strengthen capabilities in areas such as: Digital Modernisation Systems Integration Cloud Cyber Security Data & Analytics AI-enabled Solutions
Portfolio Delivery :
• Support the successful delivery of programmes and managed services.
• Monitor delivery performance, customer satisfaction, financial performance and risk.
• Ensure work is delivered in line with customer and organisational requirements.
• Promote strong governance, planning, forecasting and reporting.
• Work closely with engineering, architecture, finance, PMO, security and people teams.
• Support effective risk management and problem-solving across the portfolio.
Innovation & Continuous Improvement :
• Encourage the sharing of lessons learned and best practices.
• Support the development of new delivery approaches and capabilities.
• Help teams adopt innovative ways of working that improve customer outcomes and team effectiveness.
  
  Experience leading portfolios, programmes or large-scale services.
• Strong stakeholder and customer management skills.
• The ability to balance people, delivery, commercial and operational priorities.
• Experience managing risk, governance and financial performance.
• A collaborative leadership style with a passion for developing others.
• Interest in innovation, continuous improvement and emerging technologies.
• Experience within government, public sector, defence, critical national infrastructure or technology environments would be beneficial but is not essential.
What Success Looks Like :
• Strong customer relationships and satisfaction.
• Successful delivery of programmes and services.
• High levels of employee engagement and development.
• Effective financial management and forecasting.
• Growth within existing customer accounts.
• Adoption of innovative and efficient ways of working.
• Strong collaboration across teams and functions.
  
  At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance., Leidos UK & Europe (http://www.leidos.com/company/global/uk-europe) - we work to make the worldsafer,healthier, andmore efficient through technology, engineering andscience.
Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation. What Makes Us Different: Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change. Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours. People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing . We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future. If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares., Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme and much more!)
• Flexi-Time Working, Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits .