Transformation Office Manager

DPD UK is a member of Geopost who are a market leader in parcel delivery and e-commerce solutions, providing a broad range of delivery and innovative services for customers worldwide. DPD UK has a turnover of nearly £2 billion and our aim is to be the most sustainable delivery company in the UK. At DPD UK we also aim to deliver the best service, use the best technology and recruit and retain the best people in the industry.

DPD is a Valuable 500 company and a Disability Confident Employer.

Job Description

The Transformation Office Manager is responsible for establishing, leading, and continually improving the organisational frameworks for portfolio, programme, and project delivery. This role ensures the company's change portfolio is strategically aligned, governed effectively, and delivers maximum value against business objectives. The Transformation Office Manager provides oversight of all change initiatives, manages capacity planning, financial tracking, risk management, and ensures adherence to best practice methodologies and standards across all programmes and projects. This includes a critical focus on developing people with the skills required to support successful execution of the change portfolio.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Transformation Office Strategy and Governance: Define, implement, and maintain the Portfolio and Programme Management methodologies, standards, processes, and tools, ensuring they are consistently applied across the organisation.
• Portfolio Management: Oversee the central portfolio of change initiatives, including intake, prioritisation, resource allocation, and benefits realisation tracking to ensure alignment with the overarching corporate strategy.
• Financial and Resource Management: Establish and manage the processes for tracking portfolio spend against budget, forecast resource demand, and manage capacity planning to ensure optimal utilisation of the TMO Analysts and other internal resources.
• Reporting and Insight: Develop and deliver accurate, timely, and insightful portfolio level reporting to the Head of Transformation and executive stakeholders, highlighting performance, risks, dependencies, and key decision points.
• Risk and Dependency Management: Implement a robust framework for identifying, assessing, managing, and escalating strategic risks and complex cross programme dependencies that could impact the successful delivery of the portfolio.
• Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and manage the team of TMO Analysts, fostering a culture of high performance, standardisation, and continuous improvement within the TMO function.
• People and Value Focus: Actively promote and monitor initiatives that align with the strategic goal of doing what matters for customers and colleagues, ensuring relevant metrics and feedback loops are integrated into the portfolio management process.
• Quality Assurance: Conduct stage gate reviews and assurance activities to ensure programmes and projects comply with governance requirements, quality standards, and predefined milestones.
• Professional Development: Maintain up to date knowledge of industry best practices in portfolio, programme, and project management.
• Subject Matter Expertise: Act as a central point of contact and subject matter expert for all portfolio governance and delivery queries.
• Strategic Contribution: Contribute to the broader goals of the Strategy & Transformation function.
• Compliance and Standards: Ensure all activities adhere to company policies, legal requirements, and regulatory standards.

Remuneration and Benefits

Package:
£11,000 car allowance or car
15% bonus

Your package will include an excellent basic salary, company car or cash alternative, attractive bonus scheme, based on individual and company targets and Private Medical Insurance.

• Holiday trading
• Enhanced maternity and paternity package
• Free life assurance of 4 x salary on joining the pension scheme
• Vitality at Work
• Free On Site Parking
• Discounted shopping from 100's of retailers including up to 5% off supermarket shopping
• Milestone Days off to celebrate with your family and friends
• For employees who regularly use a screen as part of their job we offer free eye tests and support with the cost of glasses