Are you an experienced Project Delivery professional with a passion for leading complex, high‑risk change programmes that truly make a difference?
Do you thrive on shaping strategic direction and want to be at the forefront of defining and leading DVLA’s change roadmap—driving both immediate impact and long‑term innovation?
Are you motivated by the challenge of ensuring that critical digital services and business functions are transformed and future‑proofed, while continuing to meet the evolving needs of customers and users?
If you’re excited by the opportunity to influence at scale, lead transformational change, and play a pivotal role in the delivery of DVLA services at a national scale, then we’d love to hear from you.
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary.
Read more about Civil Service Pensions here 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below Find out more about what it’s like working at DVLA
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- Department for Transport Careers DVLA is seeking a highly experienced G6 Portfolio Manager to lead one of our complex change portfolios, helping to shape the future of the Agency and the services we provide to millions of customers each year.
Aligned to the Portfolio Manager (G6) role within the Government Project Delivery Capability Framework (PDCF), this role is responsible for leading a portfolio of programmes and projects that deliver DVLA’s strategic objectives and government priorities.
You will work closely with Executive Team members in their role as Senior Responsible Owners (SROs) to define, prioritise and balance the mix of projects that will maximise business outcomes and value for money.
As a senior leader within DVLA’s established Project & Portfolio Management (PPM) capability, you will take ownership of large, complex programmes of change.
This includes securing and managing internal resources and external suppliers, overseeing multi‑million‑pound budgets, and ensuring the successful delivery of benefits across the full change lifecycle.
You will manage strategic dependencies across programmes and business‑as‑usual operations, ensuring robust governance and clear accountability.
The role spans business change, customer engagement, stakeholder and supplier management, procurement, and digital, data and technology delivery.
Operating in a multi‑modal environment, you will blend established programme and project methodologies with agile principles to deliver at pace while managing risk effectively.
Typically, you will be responsible for an annual change budget ranging between £10m – £25m, shaping the roadmap of projects and programmes to meet DVLA’s strategic objectives.
You will take direct line management responsibility for between 15‑30 Project Delivery professionals, with a wider delivery team that may range between 100‑200 internal and external resources across a range of technical and business disciplines.
Reporting directly to the Head of Profession for Project Delivery, you will sit on the PPM Senior Management Team, playing a critical role in shaping and strengthening DVLA’s project delivery capability.
You will champion the Project Delivery Profession across DVLA, the Department for Transport and wider government, driving continuous improvement in delivery standards, methodologies and the implementation of the PDCF. You will also support the ongoing professional development of DVLA’s PPM community of around 120 Project Delivery practitioners, ensuring that core Government guidelines and best practices are adhered to and championed, including HM Treasury Green Book, Teal Book and the Government Functional Standard for Project Delivery.
At DVLA, the Project Delivery profession is about more than technology.
Our change portfolio covers everything from customer migration and channel shift, business process transformation and strategic procurement, to digital services, infrastructure and estates delivery; all focused on improving outcomes for customers, stakeholders and staff.
Our change portfolio covers everything from customer migration and channel shift, business process transformation and strategic procurement, to digital services, infrastructure and estates delivery; all focused on improving outcomes for customers, stakeholders and staff.
If you are an experienced portfolio leader who thrives in complex environments and wants to make a real impact at a national scale, this is an outstanding opportunity to lead transformational change at DVLA.
Responsibilities
- People & Leadership: Communicate and build commitment to a shared vision and sense of purpose.
- Support business areas to take decisions independently and take the lead in their area of expertise.
- Stakeholder Management: Map stakeholder interest and influence to determine priorities for engagement and communication.
- Communicate regularly and obtain input on issues such as means of communication.
- Engage in debate to resolve issues and differences between stakeholders and to challenge assumptions.
- Governance & Reporting: Establish clear governance framework and reporting regime aligned to Management of Portfolios best practice.
- Co‑ordinate reporting from projects and provide analysis of performance at portfolio level for review by governance bodies.
- Provide secretariat support for senior governance boards.
- Planning, Scheduling & Resourcing: Maintain portfolio delivery map and critical path to monitor project progress.
- Recognise and track interdependencies across change projects.
- Recommend how financial and other resources be allocated across change initiatives to optimise the organisation’s return on investment.
- Develop strategies to address resource gaps.
- Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need.
- We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
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