Portfolio Benefits Lead

Location & Contract

Farringdon | Personal Contract – Full time, Hybrid/Office based 2-3 days per week with occasional UK travel.

About the Role

The Portfolio Benefits Lead is responsible for defining, planning, tracking, and reporting benefits across a major transformation portfolio within the Operations directorate.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a consistent benefits management framework across the Operations transformation portfolio that links to and supports the high-level enterprise benefits framework.
• Establish governance, standards, and tools for benefits identification, tracking, and reporting.
• Work with portfolio, project and operational teams to identify, quantify, and baseline benefits.
• Ensure benefits are clearly linked to business cases and strategic objectives.
• Support the development of benefits maps and profiles clearly demonstrating the levers and enablers that will lead to benefit realisation.
• Build relationships with senior stakeholders across Operations, Finance, Transformation Office and Project Delivery functions.
• Act as a trusted advisor to programme directors and business owners on value realisation.
• Facilitate workshops to drive accountability for benefits ownership.
• Ensure benefits are embedded and sustained post-implementation.
• Support business readiness and transition to operations to secure benefit outcomes.
• Promote a culture of value-driven delivery across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in benefits management within large-scale transformation programmes or portfolios.
• Strong understanding of programme/project management methodologies such as MSP, PRINCE2, Agile.
• Ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders.
• Experience in financial modelling, cost–benefit analysis, and value tracking.
• Strong analytical, data interpretation and data visualisation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in regulated environments such as utilities, energy, water, or infrastructure.
• Relevant professional certifications (e.g., MSP, APM, CIMA, ACA).

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

SGN values diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We encourage applications from women, individuals from underrepresented backgrounds, and those who do not meet every requirement.

Accessibility

If you require any accommodations or support during the application process, please let us know. We are committed to an inclusive and accessible experience for everyone.

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