Technology Portfolio Manager

UNILEVER IS LOOKING FOR AN ICE CREAM – Technology Portfolio Manager

The Ice Cream division at Unilever is preparing to stand on its own, aiming to become an independent, EUR 8.3 billion publicly listed company by the end of 2025. We’re on a mission to create the ultimate snacking company—a place where growth, innovation, founder and ownership mentality, and performance are cultivated and rewarded. Here, we craft extraordinary ice cream experiences, transforming ordinary moments into lasting memories, because we know life tastes better with ice cream.

ABOUT THE MAGNUM ICE CREAM COMPANY:

The Magnum Ice Cream Company is all about growth: growing our business, our customers’ businesses, and our people’s careers. Growth begins with empowerment, so we free our people to be innovative, responsible entrepreneurs, driven and equipped to give our consumers more amazing products and unforgettable moments—while having fun doing it.

With 19,000 expert ice cream colleagues and iconic brands like Wall’s, Cornetto, and Ben & Jerry’s, loved in 76 countries, we are the world’s largest ice cream company, leading the industry. We have been taking pleasure seriously for more than 100 years, serving happiness with every lick or scoop of ice cream for generations.

We are investing to unlock the full growth potential of The Magnum Ice Cream Company as a standalone entity, once we separate from Unilever, which is planned to happen before the end of 2025. We dream big but keep things simple to act fast.

If you want to grow with us, make an impact, and shape the future of Ice Cream, this is the place for you!

JOB PURPOSE
Join our Technology Strategy & Portfolio team to support the management of technology investments for the Ice Cream business. In this critical role, you will establish and maintain governance frameworks, deliver financial and performance insights, and enable data-driven decision-making through robust processes aligned with strategic priorities.

Process Setup & Governance

• Assist the design and implementation of the IT portfolio management process, including governance structures and reporting capabilities.
• Ensure all investment requests adhere to established processes and standards on a continuous basis.

Reporting & Analytics

• Support the design of monthly portfolio reports covering investment status, risks, and performance metrics.
• Design and build dashboards and reports from scratch using Power BI and other visualisation tools.
• Deliver internal investment reporting, including budget tracking and variance analysis, to enable informed decision-making.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve the portfolio processes and reporting mechanisms and realize them accordingly.
• Support automation and optimisation initiatives for reporting and governance workflows.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Partner with Finance and IT functions to align approvals, budgeting, planning, and delivery cycles.
• Support communication and change management efforts related to portfolio processes.

Skills and Experience Required:

Experience

4+ years of experience in IT project delivery, portfolio management, PMO, or a similar role in a complex, matrixed organization.

Technical & Analytical Skills

• Proficiency in Power BI, Excel, and data visualisation tools for portfolio reporting.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret financial and operational data.

Process & Governance Knowledge

• Understanding of IT portfolio management principles and governance frameworks.
• Familiarity with project and product lifecycle management, including agile and hybrid delivery models.

Financial Acumen

• Experience in financial reporting, budgeting, and investment tracking.
• Ability to prepare and analyse business cases and prioritisation frameworks.

Continuous Improvement Mindset

• Strong collaborative mindset; able to work cross-functionally with business, technology, and finance teams.
• Comfortable working in evolving environments with a hands-on, solution-oriented approach.
• Ability to drive process optimisation and automation initiatives.

Preferred

Experience in Consumer Goods or a similar industry.

WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU?

• Attractive total remuneration package, including excellent company pension, bonus, and share scheme.
• Flexible cross-disciplinary career opportunities and a wealth of training opportunities & wellbeing resources whenever and wherever.
• Plenty of company-paid holidays to further ensure your work-life balance is maintained.
• We encourage an inclusive culture, which comes to life with interchangeable public holidays, paid paternity leave of 6 weeks, and our transgender policy.
• Under the Hybrid Working principles, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 40% in the office or at customers, suppliers, or partners to connect and collaborate. For the time you work from home, we will ensure you are well equipped. When you are at the office, you can enjoy our tasty canteen with prepped food and our own products.
• Informal culture and the opportunity to be the first to try our new products.
• My Fitness Plan (reduction on your Fitness Subscription).
• Home work allowance.
• Company laptop and mobile phone.
• Green Mobility Policy.