Job Description
About the Team
The Customer Improvement & Change function sits within Customer Care (CC) and is the conduit for all change affecting Customer Care. We forge strong, lasting working relationships with key partners within CC and across the wider ASOS organisation to manage and deliver change and transformation. The current areas of responsibility across Customer Change include:
1. Customer experience strategy & management
2. Continuous improvement management & operational readiness
3. ASOS growth change demand, PMO & operations change delivery
4. CC strategy transformation & delivery
The Details
The Senior Portfolio Manager is responsible for leading the Change Delivery team to deliver all change activities that support the wider ASOS strategic goals that impact CC. You’ll provide support and guidance to support the teams in successfully delivering change into our frontline operations, both internal and outsourced.
Key to this role is understanding the holistic view of all change impacting CC, and you’ll oversee the central change roadmap for strategic and BAU change. You will build a strong governance structure across the whole of the CC portfolio of change to provide visibility enabling key decisions based on prioritisation, capacity, dependencies and project risk.
On behalf of CC, you will be the representative for surfacing the impact of wider business changes at various forums. The role is accountable for representing the voice of the CC Operation to the wider business ensuring the right level of consideration and impact has been understood.
It is crucial that this role supports CC to provide one view of our priority to key delivery partners, to ensure accountability on what is needed to drive delivery at pace for CC.
You'll also be supporting our culture by championing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategies.
Qualifications
About You
5. Excellent relationship management with an ability to manage expectations at a senior level and challenge where needed.
6. Experience with portfolio governance, prioritisation, and resource planning.
7. Experience in working within a complex matrixed organisation at portfolio level.
8. Qualified Practitioner in Change Management/Project Management.
9. Experience working in fast-paced waterfall and agile project environments, across multiple concurrent complex projects.
10. Proven experience working in contact centre environments and working as part of cross functional delivery teams.
11. Empathetic to differing and sometimes conflicting needs of stakeholders.
12. Data driven and can use data to understand the impact of change on CC.
13. Can work with both business and technical delivery teams.
14. High attention to detail and proven ability to manage competing priorities.
15. The ability to multi-task and flex your approach depending on business priorities.
16. Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills with the ability to bridge knowledge-gaps.
Additional Information
BeneFITS’
17. Employee discount (hello ASOS discount!)
18. ASOS Develops (personal development opportunities across the business)
19. Employee sample sales
20. Access to a huge range of LinkedIn learning materials
21. 25 days paid annual leave + an extra celebration day for a special moment
22. Discretionary bonus scheme
23. Private medical care scheme
24. Flexible benefits allowance - which you can choose to take as extra cash, or use towards other benefits
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