Mission freelance SC Agile Portfolio Governance Lead - Hybrid

Agile Portfolio Governance Lead
Target Start Date: ASAP
Target End Date: 18/05/2026
Recruitment Type (Contractor or Temp): Contractor
Rate: £650 per day, Inside IR35
Location of role: Basingstoke, Bracknell and other sites as needed
Location requirement: Hybrid (a flexible attitude to travel and working locations will be required)
Clearance Required: SC(potentially obtain DV)
Working Pattern: Monday - Friday

Mandatory skills:
- Experience in implementing agile portfolio management in a product or offerings environment.
-Budgeting and forecasting in an agile portfolio including lean budgeting and value stream funding.
- Defining and measuring key metrics and KPI's (e.g. Velocity, cycle time, predictability, OKR's).
- Data modelling and transformation handling both structure and unstructured data, including schema design and normalisation.
- Risk and dependency management.
- Coaching and change leadership.
- Stakeholder management skills to build and maintain relationships across the business.
- Ability to take an outcomes driven approach.
- Self-confidence with the ability to listen, influence and negotiate.
- Able to solve complex problems and customer challenges.


Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 10 weeks. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.

Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.