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Posted: 10/14/2026Director of Business Performance – Portfolio Management
Global University SystemsCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in establishing and leading performance management capabilities, developing KPIs and performance frameworks, and providing strategic insights into business performance. Proven ability to influence senior leadership and drive measurable outcomes through performance improvement plans.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Performance Management CapabilityKPI DevelopmentFinancial AcumenAnalytical CapabilityStakeholder Relationship Building
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Establish and lead the Group-wide business performance and portfolio management capability
- Define its operating model, governance and ways of working
- Develop a consistent performance framework covering KPIs, scorecards, financial performance, operational performance and executive performance reviews
- Lead structured performance reviews with institutional and functional leadership teams
- Analyse business performance to identify underlying commercial, financial and operational drivers
- Provide independent, evidence-based challenge where businesses or institutions are underperforming
- Develop and oversee performance improvement and recovery plans
- Ensure clear ownership, milestones and measurable outcomes
- Track commitments through to delivery and escalate insufficient progress
- Use portfolio-level analysis and cross-institution benchmarking to identify performance gaps, risks and opportunities
- Translate complex financial and operational information into clear, commercially focused recommendations
- Provide senior leadership with concise insight into portfolio performance, business performance, risks and opportunities
- Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders while maintaining independence for constructive challenge
- Build and lead a high-performing performance management capability
Requirements
What you’ll need- Significant senior-level experience in a complex, multi-entity or international organisation
- Strong track record of diagnosing and addressing business underperformance
- Excellent commercial and financial acumen
- Experience connecting financial results with operational and strategic performance
- Experience developing KPIs, performance frameworks, scorecards and executive review processes
- Strong analytical capability
- Ability to identify drivers behind financial and operational performance
- Credibility to influence and constructively challenge CEOs, CFOs and senior leadership teams
- Experience developing recovery or performance improvement plans and driving actions through to measurable outcomes
- Experience establishing a new performance, commercial or portfolio capability would be particularly valuable
- Experience within private equity portfolio operations, value creation or another highly performance-focused environment would be advantageous
Benefits
Comp & perks- Hybrid or flexible working arrangements
- Contributory Pension Scheme: 5% personal contribution and 3% company contribution
- Private Medical Insurance
- 20 days annual leave plus 1 day per year capped at 25 days
- Bank holidays
- Season Ticket Loan
- Eye Care Vouchers
- Training and Development opportunities, including FutureLearn short courses and Group-wide professional development programmes
- Staff Discount Scheme via My Rewards Hub
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Refer a Friend Scheme for staff members
- Tuition Support, including discounts and sponsorship opportunities at select GUS institutions
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Hard Skills
Performance Framework DevelopmentBusiness Performance AnalysisOperational Performance ReviewFinancial Performance AnalysisPerformance Improvement PlanningPortfolio-Level AnalysisScorecard DevelopmentExecutive Review ProcessesCommercial RecommendationsPerformance Gap Identification
Soft Skills
Constructive ChallengeInfluencing SkillsRelationship ManagementLeadershipCommunication
Industry Keywords
Multi-Entity OrganizationPrivate Equity Portfolio OperationsValue CreationPerformance-Focused EnvironmentCommercial Capability