Title:  Senior Manager: BCB Portfolio

Job Requisition Details

Job Requisition ID: 145971

Closing Date: 1 June 2026

Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng

Talent Acquisition: Bongiwe Mchunu

Job Family

Career Stream

Leadership Pipeline

Job Purpose

• To manage and orchestrate a defined portion of the BCB enterprise portfolio by ensuring initiatives are strategically aligned, capacity-feasible, governed effectively, and value-driven—while enabling Value Stream Owners and delivery teams to execute. The role focuses on portfolio optimisation, dependency management, financial and benefits oversight, and executive-level reporting.

Job Responsibilities

        Portfolio Strategy & Prioritisation

• Translate high-level BCB strategic priorities into a clear, prioritised portfolio view, highlighting:
  • What is being delivered.
  • In what sequence.
  • Against what capacity and funding constraints.
• Facilitate structured Portfolio trade-off discussions, including:
  • Re-prioritisation where capacity is constrained.
  • Deferral or stopping of low-value initiatives.
• Ensure all initiatives entering the portfolio:
  • Have a clear business case and defined outcomes.
  • Are aligned to strategic objectives.
  • Are realistically sequenced based on dependencies and capacity.
• Provide constructive challenge to VSOs and stakeholders where:
  • Initiatives are misaligned
  • Benefits are unclear
  • Delivery expectations are unrealistic.

        Enterprise Capacity & Dependency Orchestration

• Build and maintain a portfolio-level view of demand vs capacity across:
  • Value streams (PDI)
  • Group Technology
  • Shared services (Risk, Finance, Ops, etc.)
• Identify and actively manage cross-stream dependencies, including:
  • Conflicting delivery timelines.
  • Technology bottlenecks.
  • Shared resource constraints.
• Facilitate resolution of systemic delivery blockers, not just track them.
• Drive early escalation of constraints that:
  • Affect multiple value streams.
  • Impact delivery timelines or outcomes.
• Support VSOs by providing visibility they do not normally have.

        Portfolio Governance & Risk Management

• Ensure consistent application of PMO governance standards across the portfolio
• Facilitate stage-gate forums that:
  • Focus on decisions, not status updates
  • Surface real risks and trade-offs
• Maintain a portfolio-level risk and dependency view, including:
  • Aggregated risk themes
  • Cross-cutting risks
• Drive clear accountability for risk resolution:
  • PMO escalates and tracks
• Ensure governance outputs result in:
  • Decisions taken
  • Actions tracked
  • Accountability assigned.

        Financial & Benefits Oversight

• Provide a consolidated view of portfolio financial performance, including:
  • Budget vs actuals
  • Forecast vs approved
• Ensure every initiative has:
  • Clear financial baseline
  • Defined benefits and success metrics
• Track and challenge:
  • Whether benefits are being realised
  • Whether value assumptions still hold
• Work with Finance, VSOs & stakeholders to ensure:
  • Spend is justified
  • Outcomes are evidenced
• Ensure formal benefits closure discipline, not just delivery completion.

Job Responsibilities Continue

        Portfolio Reporting & Executive Support

• Develop integrated, Exco-ready portfolio views that:
  • Highlight what matters (not everything)
  • Focus on outcomes, risks, and decisions
• Translate fragmented delivery data into:
  • Clear insights
  • Trade-offs
  • Decision points
• Provide forward-looking views, not just retrospective status
• Ensure reporting:
  • Is standardised and consistent
  • Minimises duplication and stakeholder fatigue
• Support QBR and governance cycles by:
  • Preparing structured inputs
  • Ensuring follow-through on decisions.

        Value Stream Owner/Stakeholder (VSO) Enablement & Partnership

• Act as a strategic partner to VSOs, not a reporting layer.
• Provide VSOs with:
  • Clear prioritisation context
  • Dependency visibility
  • Support in navigating enterprise constraints.
• Reduce friction by:
  • Consolidating reporting requirements
  • Avoiding duplicate requests
• Challenge constructively while maintaining trusted relationships
• Ensure clarity of:
  • Roles and responsibilities
  • PMO vs PDI boundaries.

        Continuous Improvement & PMO Maturity

• Identify opportunities to:
  • Simplify governance
  • Improve reporting quality
  • Reduce manual effort
• Support adoption of:
  • PMO tools
  • Standard templates
  • QBR processes
• Continuously improve:
  • Data quality
  • Decision-making effectiveness.
• Actively contribute to building a modern PMO capability.

Essential Qualifications- NQF level

• Matric/ Grade 12/ National Senior Certificate
• Bachelor’s degree/Diploma in: Business, Finance, Engineering, Project Management or a related field

Relevant certifications (Advantageous):

• Project Portfolio Management (PPM), PMP, Agile, or equivalent, SAFE Scaled Agile

Minimum Experience Level

• 8–10 years’ experience in either:
• Portfolio management, Programme governance, Strategy, Strategic delivery, Business Integration, Business/Process Improvement, Product Ownership, Business Analysis, Financial Analysis
• Experience operating in:
• Complex, multi-stakeholder environments
• Agile or value-stream-based operating models

• Proven track record of:
• Managing enterprise-level portfolios and initiatives
• Driving cross-functional alignment and decision-making
• Engaging with senior executives and stakeholders

Key Competencies

• Strategic Portfolio Planning & Prioritisation
• Cross-Value Stream Dependency Management
• Financial Governance & Cost Visibility
• Benefits Realisation & Value Tracking
• Integrated Reporting & Decision Enablement
• Stakeholder Influence & Alignment

Technical / Professional Knowledge

Behavioural Competencies

Disclaimer

Preference will be given to candidates from the underrepresented groups

Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566