Portfolio Benefits Lead
Posted 2 weeks ago by SGN
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Farringdon, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Portfolio Benefits Lead is responsible for defining, planning, tracking, and reporting benefits across a major transformation portfolio within the Operations directorate. This role involves developing a benefits management framework, establishing governance standards, and working with various teams to ensure benefits are linked to strategic objectives. The position requires strong stakeholder management and analytical skills to drive value realization and promote a culture of value-driven delivery. The role is hybrid, allowing for office work 2-3 days per week in Farringdon, with some travel across the UK.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement a consistent benefits management framework across the Operations transformation portfolio.
- 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 demonstrating levers and enablers for benefit realization.
- 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 realization.
- 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 organization.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience in benefits management within large-scale transformation programmes or portfolios.
- Strong understanding of programme/project management methodologies (e.g., 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.
- Experience working in regulated environments (ideally utilities, energy, water, or infrastructure) is a plus.
- Relevant professional certifications (e.g., MSP, APM, CIMA, ACA) are advantageous.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Farringdon
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Farringdon | Personal Contract Full time | Hybrid/Office based 2-3 days per week (ability to work from one of our main offices throughout South and Southeast England, London or Scotland office s ) with some UK t ravel Joint-contribution pension from 6% (12% total) – Enhanced maternity & family leave – Life assurance – HolidayPlus – Virtual GP & Employee Assistance Programme plus retail and leisure discounts & many more. REQ 5643
The world is changing fast, expectations from customers, communities, regulators and our stakeholders are rising. We are in the midst of a multi-year programme that will help us not only achieve our Target Opering Model but also integrate change with ongoing operational delivery and improvement projects. We’re already making great progress with a new Executive Team, a new COO function, moving from five to nine regions in our Southern network (creating closer communities for our people) plus introducing new processes and organisation structure to optimise efficiency. We are also transforming the ways of working and management tools used by our front line services. We’re now offering fantastic opportunities for colleagues to help us on this exciting journey!
About The Role...
The Portfolio Benefits Lead is responsible for defining, planning for, tracking, and re porting benefits across a major transformation portfolio within Operations directorate . We deliver safety, warmth, and comfort to homes and businesses. Every role, whether in the office or on the front line, plays a key part in this mission. Here’s how you will contribute…
- 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
What you will need
We are looking for candidates with the following experience and skills …
- Proven experience in benefits management within large-scale transformation programmes or portfolios
- Strong understanding of programme/project management methodologies (e.g., 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
Although not essential, t he following would help candidates stand out …
- Experience working in regulated environments (ideally utilities, energy, water, or infrastructure)
- Relevant p rofessional certifications (e.g., MSP, APM, CIMA, ACA)
Not sure you meet every requirement? Research shows some people – particularly women and those from underrepresented backgrounds – may hesitate to apply unless they meet every criteria. At SGN , we value diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. If this role interests you but you’re not sure you tick every box, we’d still love to hear from you. You might be just who we’re looking for – now or in the future.
Why SGN? SGN leads pioneering research and development for a net-zero energy system. Our innovative technologies are transforming the gas industry while keeping people safe and warm. We are an award-winning employer, including CCA Gold Awards for Great Places to Work and Inclusivity and Accessibility , and a proud Gold member of the Armed Forces Covenant.
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