Portfolio Management Officer - Media & Entertainment
Portfolio Management Officer (Media & Entertainment)
Transformation Management Office
18 months FTC / Full time
Office location: ITV White City (hybrid working that includes office presence on a weekly basis)
For more information please email TalkingCareers@itv.com
Your work matters to millions.
Shaping culture is in the DNA of ITV. So, it’s not surprising that you’ll find us in every home in the UK, our productions are famous all over the world and we’re at the forefront of the digital streaming revolution.
When you join us, you enter a fun working environment. With opportunities to learn, to grow and make a real difference. Small enough that your impact’s felt in the business, but big enough that your impact reaches millions of people.
Come develop your skills, change TV and the course of your career. Don’t just watch it. Be part of it. Join ITV.
Your impact sends ripples.
The PMO is responsible for supporting the programme management function by providing administrative support, tracking the project's progress, monitoring KPIs and ensuring programme documentation is up to date. Reporting to the Programme Director with a dotted line to the COO of M&E, the PMO will also work closely with the delivery leads to support the portfolio of projects and programmes and ensure they are delivered on time, within budget, and delivering business value.
- Support the Programme Director and COO of M&E by providing an up-to-date status of all strategic programmes across M&E for use in board meetings and other governance forums.
- Proactively track deadlines and deliverables by actively seeking updates
- Manage programme risk & issue logs proactively seeking updates from Delivery Leads.
- Support in monitoring project’s progresses, programme status reporting (managed in Smartsheet Control Centre)
- Coordinate Delivery Leads’ status report updates
- Maintain the programme documentation including but not limited to: governance structure, meetings cadence (incl. terms of reference), programme onboarding deck, trackers, etc…
- Provide administrative support to the programmes , including scheduling meetings, preparing agendas, documenting decisions and noting and proactively following-up on actions
- Support in maintaining the high level programme plan.
- Support in monitoring programme KPIs and analysing data, providing insights to support decision making
- Support the implementation of project management tools and software
- Support the development of programme phase/wave budgets where appropriate, working with the Programme Director and relevant finance business partner
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of project management processes and procedures
Join ITV Insights Group, Impact Millions
- Great communicator with an ability to build and influence relationships
- Can work as a team as well ability to work independently, takes initiatives
- Excellent attention to detail
- Proficient in Google suite
- Able to work under pressure, to tight deadlines, and can manage multiple tasks, prioritise effectively
- Experience with project management tools and softwares especially Smartsheet Control Centre
- Understanding of project management methodologies (e.g. Agile, Waterfall)
- Experience of or familiarity with change management is preferable
- Portfolio management or PMO experience (project management qualification is a plus)
ITV is for everyone.
ITV strongly encourages applications for this role from disabled people. As a Disability Confident Leader, if you meet the minimum criteria for a role and you have declared that you are disabled, we’ll guarantee to take you to the next stage* (minimum criteria above).
Find out more about applying with a disability.
* There may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications.
Because those who make an impact deserve to be rewarded for it.
ITV offers some great rewards and benefits including:
- Flexible working with a range of options
- Generous holiday allowance, plus you can buy more
- Annual bonus opportunity
- Competitive pension contribution
- Save as you earn - with an opportunity to buy ITV shares
- Wellbeing and volunteering days plus a wide range of opportunities to help you live a balanced and healthy life
Closing date: 24th September 2024