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Mars UK • BRA-Sao Paulo-Guararema | POL-Wielkopolskie-Poznan | Brazil

Finance Portfolio Delivery Operations Lead

Employment type:  Full time
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Job Description

Job Description:

Finance Portfolio Delivery Operations Lead | hybrid | Guararema

The Finance Digital Technologies Portfolio Operations Lead is responsible for driving end-to-end visibility, governance, and value realization across the FDT portfolio of projects, products, and initiatives. This role ensures strategic alignment, operational excellence, and the adoption of lean-agile ways of working at scale. Acting as a strategic partner to senior leadership, the role provides critical insights and recommendations to support decision-making and delivers continuous portfolio optimizations.

Finance DT Portfolio Operations

  • Maintain end-to-end visibility of the FDT portfolio (projects, products, initiatives).

  • Operate a centralized governance framework and integrated portfolio roadmap aligned to priorities.

  • Monitor value realization, OKRs, and portfolio performance.

  • Lead annual and quarterly planning cycles.

  • Drive transparency through consistent reporting on health, performance, and priorities.

  • Partner with FDT LT to provide insights and support strategic decision-making.

  • Own portfolio inputs for All Hands, Town Halls, and broader communications.

Delivery Standards & Ways of Working

  • Manage the FDT Portfolio Runbook and governance model.

  • Embed high-quality standards, tools, and lean-agile practices at scale.

  • Ensure compliance through IT control monitoring and adherence reviews.

  • Improve efficiency through process, tooling, and ways of working.

  • Foster continuous improvement, collaboration, and best practice adoption.

  • Provide expertise in delivery tools (e.g., JIRA, ADO, ServiceNow).

Value Management Office (VMO) & End-User Readiness

  • Lead transition to scaled lean-agile delivery.

  • Define metrics and KPI framework to drive outcome-focused delivery.

  • Drive adoption of new ways of working and BAU standards.

  • Build and maintain Knowledge Centre and Lean-Agile CoE.

  • Own end-user training and internal communications.

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Company benefits

Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Open to compressed hours
Sabbaticals
Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks at 90% pay
Enhanced paternity leave – 26 weeks at 90% pay
24 days annual leave + bank holidays
“Pawternity” leave
Pregnancy loss leave
Bank holiday swaps
Shared parental leave
Adoption leave
Family health insurance
Pregnancy support
Neo-natal leave
Faith rooms
Meditation space
Dog friendly office
Dog friendly co-working space
Annual bonus
Employee discounts
Cinema discounts
Referral bonus
Joining bonus
Cycle to work scheme
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice
Enhanced pension match/contribution
Theme park discounts
Lunch and learns
In house training
Learning license
Studying sabbaticals
Open to part time work for some roles

Working at Mars UK

Company employees:

4,000 In the UK

Gender diversity (m:f):

57:43

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Flexa awards 2026
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