#TEAMBULK ARE HIRING A PORTFOLIO MANAGER (6-MONTH FTC)
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IN A NUTSHELL
We're looking for a Portfolio Manager (6-month FTC) to own Bulk's change portfolio and run our PMO. You'll look after around 30 board-visible, high-priority, high-materiality projects, within a wider pool of 60–80 initiatives running across the business at any one time.
You'll work with the board to prioritise where we spend time and money, manage capacity across teams, and own the end-to-end delivery process. We're a small central team and expect people across the business to run their own projects, so a big part of the role is upskilling them to do it well as skill levels vary across the team. You might also step in to project manage our most critical projects – where the stakes are highest and we don't have the capacity elsewhere. Typically we would expect this to be around 30% of your work the balance will vary across the year.
We expect you to be AI-fluent: using AI to sharpen how we run projects and the portfolio, and keeping pace with new developments so the wider business benefits too.
Reporting to our CFO, this is a chance to shape how a fast-growing, ambitious business decides what to do, and then makes sure it gets done.
WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?
Portfolio Management & Board Reporting
Own the end-to-end portfolio of 60–80 initiatives, with a focus on the ~30 board priorities high-materiality projects.
Maintain a single, trusted view of the portfolio: status, cost, timelines, risks, dependencies and benefits with direct reporting into the Board.
Produce the board pack and portfolio reporting, calling out what's off track and what decisions are needed.
Challenge business cases and benefit claims so the numbers stand up – including risk mitigation, compliance exposure and strategic value, not just headline savings.
Track benefits through to realisation, flagging slippage and premature benefit booking.
Prioritisation & Capacity Management
Work with the board and leadership team to rank and re-rank the portfolio so we're spending time on the right things.
Run capacity planning across the business, so priorities match what teams can actually deliver.
Surface trade-offs early and clearly: what stops, slows or waits when something new comes in.
Run the intake and approval process for new initiatives, with right-sized gating that doesn't slow delivery.
Project Framework & PMO
Own Bulk's end-to-end project management process, from idea and intake through business case, discovery, delivery and benefits realisation.
Iterate and develop the process as the business grows, keeping it lean and fit for purpose.
Run the PMO: standards, templates, tooling (Asana) and the governance rhythm around them.
Make sure every project is tracked appropriately, with the right level of governance for its size and risk.
Continuously improve the PMO.
Initiative Shaping
Work with sponsors to shape new initiatives: framing the problem, options, scope and expected benefits.
Support the business in composing business cases and project initiation documents (PIDs) for priority initiatives, ensuring and driving up quality.
Set the standard for what a good business case and PID look like at Bulk.
Upskilling the Business
Federate project management across the business. We're a small central team, and expect the business to be able to run their own projects where appropriate.
Help teams understand what good looks like and how to do it themselves, through guidance, templates, training and coaching.
Design and deliver project management training for project owners and managers across the business.
Build engagement with the process, so teams see…