Portfolio Director

About the role

The Portfolio Director is responsible for strategic oversight of a portfolio of client programs and projects, ensuring delivery performance, risk management, and client outcomes across the portfolio. This role drives standardization, predictability, and continuous improvement across Project and Program Management.

Responsibilities

• Owns delivery of an end-to-end program or a portfolio of interconnected projects.
• Strategic alignment, cross-initiative governance, portfolio budgeting and resourcing, executive reporting.
• Enterprise planning, program governance, senior stakeholder alignment, complex risk/financial management.
• Owns a program (multiple interdependent projects) or a portfolio (multiple initiatives aligned to a strategy).
• Responsible for strategic alignment, long-term planning, and benefit realisation.
• Operates across multiple teams, business domains, or geographies.
• Establishes and enforces governance frameworks and standards.
• Own the strategic direction and operating model of a program or portfolio.
• Drive alignment between multiple projects and organizational objectives.
• Define governance, standards, and delivery frameworks for the program/portfolio.
• Control program/portfolio budget, resource model, and sequencing.
• Portfolio prioritisation within agreed boundaries.
• Funding allocation across projects/programs.
• Escalation pathways and risk mitigation strategies.
• Operating cadence (steering committees, performance reviews).
• Approaches to benefits tracking and realisation.
• Requires alignment from Head of Delivery for changes that affect organizational standards and shifts in strategic priorities or long-term investment.

Requirements

Extensive experience leading large portfolios of complex client programs, proven track record leading high-performing teams, deep understanding of delivery economics, risk, and governance, executive-level stakeholder management experience, proven commercial awareness and track records of enabling large initial and expansion projects (ideally both Time & Material and Fixed Fee), excellent understanding of clients' business, managing strategic client engagements from start to finish, ensuring high levels of satisfaction and value, ability to build strong partnerships with internal stakeholders across the organization to meet shared objectives, strong communication, influencing and conflict management skills, outstanding presentation skills, structured, organized and extremely rigorous great time management and prioritization skills, readiness to walk the extra mile, empathy and the ability to listen, flexibility to travel across the region when required – working from SimCorp's office at least two days a week.

Qualifications

Typically 10+ years of experience in project management or client-facing roles.

Skills

Proven track record in leading high-performing teams, deep understanding of delivery economics, risk, and governance, executive-level stakeholder management experience, proven commercial awareness and track records of enabling large initial and expansion projects (ideally both Time & Material and Fixed Fee), excellent understanding of clients' business, strong communication, influencing and conflict management skills, outstanding presentation skills, structured, organized and extremely rigorous great time management and prioritization skills, readiness to walk the extra mile, empathy and the ability to listen, flexibility to travel across the region when required – working from Simcorp's office at least two days a week.

Benefits

A attractive salary and bonus scheme are essential for any work agreement. In addition, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including health care, leave, and retirement plans. Your total compensation may vary based on role, location, department and individual performance.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $199,280 – $298,920 USD. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including health care, leave, and retirement plans.

Schedule

Flexible working hours and a hybrid model - working from SimCorp's office two days a week.

Who We Are

For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 3,000+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds. SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. Following the recent merger with Axioma, we leverage the combined strength of our brands to provide an industry-leading, full, front-to-back offering for our clients. SimCorp is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated into our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best-in-class solutions to our clients.