Portfolio Manager - Public Services

Location: UK-based, Glasgow or Whiteley - with occasional travel to customer, partner and Leidos locations as needed

Clearance Required: This role will require BPSS to start with attainment of UKSC for specific customer engagements.

Make a Difference Where It Matters!

We're looking for an experienced Portfolio Manager to join our team.

In this role, you'll help lead a portfolio of programmes, services and strategic initiatives that support critical public services across the UK. Working closely with customers, delivery teams and business leaders, you'll help ensure successful outcomes while supporting growth, innovation and operational excellence.

This is an opportunity to influence large-scale programmes, develop talented teams, strengthen customer relationships and help shape the future of secure digital solutions.

What You'll Be Doing

Leadership & People

• Lead and support a team of Programme Managers, Service Delivery Managers and delivery leaders.
• Create an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing culture.
• Support workforce planning and team growth to meet current and future demand.
• Help attract, develop and retain great talent.
• Encourage innovation and the adoption of new technologies, including AI-enabled tools.
• Drive continuous improvement across people, processes and delivery.

Customer & Business Growth:

• Build trusted relationships with customers, partners and stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to grow existing customer relationships and services.
• Support business development, account planning and bid activities.
• Stay informed on market trends, customer priorities and emerging technologies.
• Work across teams to strengthen capabilities in areas such as: Digital Modernisation Systems Integration Cloud Cyber Security Data & Analytics AI-enabled Solutions

Portfolio Delivery:

• Support the successful delivery of programmes and managed services.
• Monitor delivery performance, customer satisfaction, financial performance and risk.
• Ensure work is delivered in line with customer and organisational requirements.
• Promote strong governance, planning, forecasting and reporting.
• Work closely with engineering, architecture, finance, PMO, security and people teams.
• Support effective risk management and problem-solving across the portfolio.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement:

• Encourage the sharing of lessons learned and best practices.
• Support the development of new delivery approaches and capabilities.
• Help teams adopt innovative ways of working that improve customer outcomes and team effectiveness.

What We'd Love to See:

We recognise that no candidate will meet every requirement. If you're excited about the role and believe your experience could add value, we'd encourage you to apply.

You may bring:

• Experience leading portfolios, programmes or large-scale services.
• Strong stakeholder and customer management skills.
• The ability to balance people, delivery, commercial and operational priorities.
• Experience managing risk, governance and financial performance.
• A collaborative leadership style with a passion for developing others.
• Interest in innovation, continuous improvement and emerging technologies.
• Experience within government, public sector, defence, critical national infrastructure or technology environments would be beneficial but is not essential.

What Success Looks Like:

• Strong customer relationships and satisfaction.
• Successful delivery of programmes and services.
• High levels of employee engagement and development.
• Effective financial management and forecasting.
• Growth within existing customer accounts.
• Adoption of innovative and efficient ways of working.
• Strong collaboration across teams and functions.

What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme and much more!)
• Flexi-Time Working

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.
 

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & Europe – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world.  You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team.  We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years.  Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.          

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.