Manager, Portfolio Operations and Planning

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

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Fika

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2018

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

🎲 Gambling

💰 Non Equity Assistance - Fika on 2022-01

Healthcare • Consulting • Gambling

Fika is an Australian-focused online casino and casino-affiliate site that lists and promotes real-money online casinos, pokies (slots), and bonus offers. The site aggregates welcome packages, free spins, and payment/banking options, highlights secure and fast payouts, and provides recommendations to help Australian players choose and access online gambling platforms while promoting responsible gambling.

📋 Description

• Own and maintain one integrated portfolio plan aligned with Fika's strategy and Global Adoption & Influence OKRs • Translate priorities into workstreams, milestones, owners, decision points, resourcing assumptions, and measurable outcomes • Lead monthly portfolio reviews and quarterly planning, with clear action and decision follow-through • Develop dashboards and executive reporting on progress, capacity, trade-offs, and delivery confidence • Support prioritisation when new opportunities or resource constraints affect the agreed portfolio • Coordinate delivery across Digital, Research and Data, Programs, Marketing, Development, and country teams • Establish and maintain decision rights, including RAPID frameworks where useful • Manage dependencies, hand-offs, decision logs, and escalation points across teams • Provide programme-management leadership for flagship cross-functional priorities, including the Safe Access Scorecard • Ensure decisions are translated into accountable actions and closed-loop follow-through • Maintain portfolio-level risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, and mitigation actions • Track budgets, forecasts, and expenditure across relevant workstreams in coordination with Finance • Manage operational aspects of consultants, contracts, and external delivery partners • Identify capacity and resourcing gaps and develop practical options for addressing them • Ensure records and processes align with Fika's financial, contracting, and operational policies • Design and run meeting and review rhythms for the portfolio • Maintain key decisions, actions, workstream documentation, and version control • Develop templates, standard operating procedures, and tools for cross-functional delivery • Maintain an intake and assessment process for events, partnerships, and emerging opportunities • Review and improve operating processes based on delivery experience, performance data, and team feedback

🎯 Requirements

• At least 6 years of progressive experience in programme or portfolio management, strategy and operations, consulting, or international development • A bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of relevant education and professional experience • Experience managing complex, multi-workstream initiatives across functions, geographies, or institutions • Capability in work planning, OKRs, risk management, budgeting, resource planning, and executive-level reporting • Excellent facilitation, judgement, problem-solving, and written communication • Ability to create structure, surface trade-offs, and drive accountability without unnecessary bureaucracy • Ability to influence across a matrix and build trust with senior leaders and delivery teams • Strong proficiency with digital project-management, collaboration, dashboard, and workflow tools • Some early-morning or evening meetings may be required for cross-time-zone coordination • International travel may be required based on strategic priorities • Preferred: experience working in Africa and/or global development • Preferred: exposure to government, MDBs, bilateral institutions, or complex institutional partnerships • Preferred: experience supporting evidence, digital-product, or policy-to-implementation portfolios • Preferred: familiarity with Salesforce, data dashboards, automation, or AI-enabled workflows • Preferred: professional fluency in French, Spanish, or Swahili • Application requires a maximum one-page motivation letter • CV maximum 2 pages, highlighting relevant diplomas, degrees, and recognized certifications • CV must exclude personal information and non-certified training

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements • Comprehensive mental and physical wellness support • Annual salary reviews aligned with Fika's compensation policy • Opportunities for professional growth • Targeted development programs • Reasonable accommodations during the application and employment process