Portfolio Manager

Are you ready to make your mark as part of the Portfolio Management Team in our London office?

The Portfolio Manager is a key leader within the Technology Portfolio Team, responsible for managing and organising the portfolio of initiatives that support the Infrastructure Operations unit. This unit delivers essential services across server and virtualisation, storage, business continuity, identity and access management, automation, system monitoring, and IT operations platforms including messaging and collaboration systems.

General Responsibilities:

• Collaborating with the Infrastructure Operations portfolio owner to define objectives, priorities, and execution strategies aligned with business and technology goals
• Providing oversight and coordination across multiple projects and programmes to ensure alignment with the portfolio vision, managing dependencies, mitigating risks, and maintaining delivery focus
• Serving as the primary liaison between project managers, programme managers, product owners, governance forums, and technical teams to monitor initiative performance, resource allocation, and issue resolution
• Establishing and delivering consistent portfolio-level performance, risk, and progress reporting to governance boards and senior leadership
• Leading portfolio governance activities, including steering committee participation, prioritisation forums, and stakeholder communication
• Supporting financial and resource planning processes, including collaboration with finance teams to manage annual budgets and capacity plans
• Driving collaboration across technology and business teams to identify and address interdependencies, reduce redundancies, and foster synergies across infrastructure-related initiatives
• Representing the portfolio in cross-portfolio coordination efforts, sharing best practices and aligning with other Portfolio Managers on firmwide strategies and standards
• Ensuring adherence to PMO methodologies and maintaining high standards for project documentation, reporting, and delivery metrics

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Guiding and supporting the work of project and programme managers delivering initiatives within the Infrastructure Operations portfolio
• Promoting effective team collaboration and alignment with delivery expectations
• Supporting performance management, mentorship, and continuous improvement within the Portfolio team

• PMP or equivalent project management certification
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field
• 10+ years of experience in IT project/programme management, including 5+ years in infrastructure or IT operations environments
• Proven experience in managing infrastructure-focused portfolios, including virtualisation, storage, identity & access management, and operations platforms
• Strong portfolio, programme, and project management capabilities with the ability to manage across strategic, operational, and BAU streams
• Experience in portfolio financial planning, reporting, and resource capacity management
• Strong leadership, organisational, and stakeholder engagement skills
• Deep understanding of IT service delivery, infrastructure dependencies, and operational excellence frameworks
• Familiarity with both Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies
• Demonstrated success in cross-functional collaboration and enterprise-level portfolio delivery
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and reporting tools

At White & Case, you can make a real difference, work on cutting-edge deals that make the headlines and help shape the world we live in. We live by our values—to be pioneering, united and human—and we believe that you’ll experience them from your first day. We will give you the support and training that will help you achieve your potential as a global lawyer.

We believe that consistent high performance merits reward and support. Our compensation package reflects your calibre as a Portfolio Management professional, and our benefits are designed to support your changing needs and priorities across different life stages.

We are a global law firm with longstanding offices in the markets that matter today. Our on-the-ground experience, our cross-border integration, and our depth of local, US and English-qualified lawyers help our clients work with confidence in any one market or across many.

This role is based in our London office and reports to the Senior Manager, Portfolio Operations.

Our standard office hours are 09:30-18:00, with a current requirement for 3 days in the office per week.

We offer a flexible range of benefits, services and programmes designed to help support your lifestyle requirements. Some of the benefits currently available include:

• Private medical insurance
• Pension plan with matched employer contribution up to 7.5%
• Yearly wellbeing fund
• Income protection
• Holiday purchase
• Life insurance
• Critical Illness insurance
• Private GP services
• Travel insurance
• Dental coverage
• Cycle to work
• Holiday purchase (available during annual enrolment)

White & Case is committed to creating a fair workplace. It is our Firm’s policy to recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, creed, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law.

If you require assistance and/or adjustment to participate in our application and/or interview process, please email us. We will be happy to work with you.

Note to recruitment agencies: Our internal Recruitment team are responsible for all end-to-end lateral recruitment processes. All agencies must sign White & Case terms of business, which are office specific. Candidates submitted by an agency without terms of business agreed with the appropriate office, and/or outside of our online application tracking system, will not be considered a formal introduction.

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