Portfolio Manager

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 20 April 2026
LOCATION
Glascoed
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
SALARY
£60,000 / year
CATEGORY
Management
This employer holds a UK Home Office sponsor license — sponsorship for this specific role is at the employer’s discretion

SKILLS

Project Management Portfolio Management Risk Management Customer Relationship Management Financial Planning SAP Engineering Forecasting

FULL DESCRIPTION

Portfolio Manager

We currently have a vacancy to join one of the world’s leading, global defence, security and aerospace companies as a Portfolio Manager. The role will be based in Glascoed and will require the successful candidate to be on site a minimum of 3 days per week but with the ability to be flexible. This will be working a 37 hour week with a 1pm finish on Fridays.

Main Responsibilities:

  • You willleadthe delivery of your project portfolio, monitoring and reporting performance across schedule, technical, financial and quality goals while providing professional projectmanagementand building good customer and supplier relationships through effective communication and expectationmanagement.
  • You will identify and develop follow-on business opportunities, deliver financial planning to meet targets for orders,sales, margin and cash, and ensure accurate forward-load data is produced using business toolsets to support effective forecasting and portfolio decision making.

Benefits:

  • Annual bonus
  • Enhanced Pension scheme- up to 14% combined
  • Flexible working pattern including working from home/ flexible start and finish times
  • 25 holiday days plus bank holidays- 26 days after 5 years’ service/ 27 days after 10 years’ service
  • Early finish on Fridays
  • Shared Incentive Plan
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Life Assurance (you and your spouse/ partner)- 6 x salary
  • Ill Health Income Protection/ Private Medical Insurance- 50% of salary

About You:

  • You will hold a Degree-level qualification (engineering discipline preferred) or comparable experience in the engineering/manufacturing sector, with demonstrable Project Management delivery experience, ideally from a comparable industry (Defence)
  • You will have formal training in Project Management (accredited by APM, PMI or PRINCE), with knowledge of scheduling and risk software tools (e.g. MS Project & Predict!), as well as experience of SAP
  • Possess ample proven skills in building customer relationships and achieving high levels of customer satisfaction
  • You are experienced in managing risks and opportunities to benefit the projects
  • You have experience working as a Project Manager or Project Engineer in the Manufacturing or Engineering sector

You must be eligible to apply for SC clearance and, therefore, must hold a British passport and have lived and worked in the UK for the past 5 years

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