Head of Portfolio Management & Reporting

Role: Head of Portfolio Management & Reporting (Principal Officer Level)
Client: An Garda Síochána
Locations: Ashtown Gate, Dublin 15
Salary: Starting from: €106,021
Application: GetGot Application form only - https://staffline.getgotjobs.ie/

This role will be Head of Portfolio Management & Reporting (PM&R) within the Strategy and Transformation function. The PM&R pillar will be responsible for the governance and oversight of programmes and projects accepted into the transformation portfolio. This will include developing and maintaining the portfolio plan, and managing at a portfolio level the dependencies, risks and issues, and change impact across the portfolio. The pillar will oversee and assure the capacity of S&T's resources deployed to programmes and projects on an ongoing basis.

The PM&R pillar will also be responsible for coordinating progress, risk and issue reporting across the programmes and projects within the portfolio and collating the portfolio-level view of progress for appropriate governance bodies. This PO resource will be responsible for the management of the pillar that comprises of two sub-teams as outlined below. The PO will report directly to the Executive Director for Strategy and Transformation.

The Portfolio Management Team, which will be responsible for portfolio planning, dependency management, resource management and allocation, and supplier management.
The Governance & Reporting Team, which will be responsible for maintaining appropriate templates, coordinating reporting from programmes and projects, and developing the portfolio level view of progress and performance.

Essential Criteria
Educational Requirements;

• A qualification at minimum Level 8 in the National Framework of Qualifications (Honours Bachelor Degree level).

Experience Required

• Five or more years of experience in large scale programme management or portfolio management, including the development and implementation of portfolio governance and reporting structures, in a major national organisation.
• Proven leadership of enterprise-wide portfolio offices in large national organisations, delivering high standards of governance, reporting, and cross-functional resource allocation for complex programme portfolios.
• Led multidisciplinary teams to achieve solution-oriented outcomes by aligning diverse
• stakeholders with strategic objectives, cultivating consensus, and fostering a collaboration.
• Track record of applying best practice in portfolio, programme, and project governance, with a focus on effective sound decision-making and robust financial/commercial evaluation.
• Demonstrated record of building strong relationships with senior stakeholders and conveying complex information clearly across diverse internal and external audiences.
• Experience at senior managerial level with a strong track record of effective, evidence-based decision-making underpinned by robust financial and commercial analysis, contract management expertise, and sound judgement in identifying areas of sensitivity
• Proven experience in high responsibility setting, demonstrating strong organisation, resilience, and sound judgement to solve complex problems and prioritise strategic portfolio delivery.

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Closing date for all completed online application forms is 3:00 PM, 20^th August 2025.