Summary: The Agile Portfolio Governance Lead role is a contractor position focused on implementing agile portfolio management within a product environment. The position requires a hybrid working arrangement, with responsibilities including budgeting, risk management, and stakeholder engagement. Candidates with high-level security clearance are preferred, and the role is based in Basingstoke, Bracknell, and other sites as needed. The target end date for the contract is May 18, 2026.
Key Responsibilities:
- Implementing agile portfolio management in a product or offerings environment.
- Budgeting and forecasting in an agile portfolio including lean budgeting and value stream funding.
- Defining and measuring key metrics and KPIs (e.g. Velocity, cycle time, predictability, OKRs).
- Data modelling and transformation handling both structured and unstructured data, including schema design and normalisation.
- Risk and dependency management.
- Coaching and change leadership.
- Stakeholder management skills to build and maintain relationships across the business.
- Taking an outcomes-driven approach.
- Listening, influencing, and negotiating effectively.
- Solving complex problems and customer challenges.
Key Skills:
- Experience in implementing agile portfolio management.
- Budgeting and forecasting skills.
- Ability to define and measure key metrics and KPIs.
- Data modelling and transformation expertise.
- Risk and dependency management skills.
- Coaching and change leadership abilities.
- Strong stakeholder management skills.
- Outcomes-driven mindset.
- Self-confidence and negotiation skills.
- Problem-solving capabilities.
Salary (Rate): £650 per day
City: Basingstoke
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Agile Portfolio Governance Lead
Target Start Date: ASAP
Target End Date: 18/05/2026
Recruitment Type (Contractor or Temp): Contractor
Rate: £650 per day, Inside IR35
Location of role: Basingstoke, Bracknell and other sites as needed
Location requirement: Hybrid (a flexible attitude to travel and working locations will be required)
Clearance Required: SC(potentially obtain DV)
Working Pattern: Monday - Friday
Mandatory skills:
- Experience in implementing agile portfolio management in a product or offerings environment.
-Budgeting and forecasting in an agile portfolio including lean budgeting and value stream funding.
- Defining and measuring key metrics and KPI's (e.g. Velocity, cycle time, predictability, OKR's).
- Data modelling and transformation handling both structure and unstructured data, including schema design and normalisation.
- Risk and dependency management.
- Coaching and change leadership.
- Stakeholder management skills to build and maintain relationships across the business.
- Ability to take an outcomes driven approach.
- Self-confidence with the ability to listen, influence and negotiate.
- Able to solve complex problems and customer challenges.
Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 10 weeks. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.
Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.
