The IT Delivery Lead will have an aptitude for translating complex, technical subjects into clear, business-oriented language and have the ability to work across diverse organisations leading complex internal and external project teams.

The IT Delivery Lead will report to the Group I&T Shared Services ITD and will cooperate with the IT Management Team and transformation functions to support alignment of the project portfolio across the DS Smith IT organisation.

• Responsible for maintaining the demand and portfolio management processes within the divisional area of responsibility
• Responsible for the resourcing of project management and delivery standards for the formally identified set of projects which form the corporate or division project portfolio.
• Administers the portfolio management process across SE IT and business executives.
• Ensures all project are appropriately resourced with Project management capabilities, and all projects are evaluated and managed against std project evaluation criteria and management frameworks
• Works with the finance organization to ensure project benefits are demonstrated in methodology that will enable objective evaluation of projects against company objectives and thereby aid project approval decision-making
• Works with business partners, functional leaders, and project managers to identify project interrelationships that will affect portfolio priority and resource allocation decisions
• Ensures all required data for making portfolio decisions is complete and available for decision-making, working with functional managers and project managers to do so
• Maintains the portfolio documentation and minutes of project review board meetings
• Monitors projects in the portfolio-milestone schedule commitments, resource commitments-and collects project information to update the portfolio.
• Distributes project portfolio information to executive management, directors, and other key personnel
• Works with project managers to translate portfolio decisions to appropriate plans for and execution of the project

• Demonstrate knowledge in strategic planning and execution.
• Experience in areas of portfolio management, resource management, test management will be preferred
• Have a proven track record of successful leadership of Program and Project management function.
• Extensive experience of leadership responsibilities.
• Experience of experience in large, multi-national, cross-functional teams influencing senior-level management and key stakeholders effectively across the organization and within complex contexts.
• Proven experience in Prince II, MS Project or equivalent