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In partnership with the Technology Leadership and associated business partners, work to achieve an optimized mix of project investments, maximizing the use of all resources in delivering value and return from projects and programs in the portfolio. Serve as the primary contact for various governance and finance-related steering committees, and senior executives for communications, and for reporting the state and performance of initiatives within the portfolio.
Job Responsibility:
Owns all aspects of one medium complexity Portfolio
Ensures adherence to the appropriate governance relating to the portfolio
Drives the development and maintenance of communications and reporting about the portfolios
Accepts responsibility when missed deadlines affect major project outcomes
Delegates effectively and efficiently
Works with business areas to identify and categorize new projects
Conducts regular updates with the senior executive bodies and business partners
Ensures and balances the availability of the required skills and competencies across project and program teams
Directs the creation and maintenance of the required portfolio documentation and artifacts
Provides long-term strategic group/area planning and operational oversight for a portfolio of projects
Ensures effective prioritization and road mapping
Supports portfolio control boards, project assurance teams and quality review meetings
Formulates objectives and priorities ensuring that the current year plan is executed upon
Identifies, prioritizes, and initiates new projects
Authorizes the structure of portfolios
Prepares necessary data for business cases
Establishes clear governance framework and reporting regime
Identifies and monitors portfolio risks
Solves escalated issues and provides problem-resolution tactics
Advises on the available standards, procedures, methods, tools and techniques for portfolio management
Encourages open and transparent conversations
Hires, leads, and develops a team of strategic professionals
May drive process improvements within or outside their own portfolio
Realigns resources to meet changing internal and external business needs
Understands financial concepts and how LOB(s) technical portfolio impacts LOB financially
Establishes financial milestones and reviews and reports on financial metrics
Manages and drives budget process in collaboration with finance
Collaborates with business partners and senior director to review financial performance metrics and to create IT business cases
Requirements:
7 years’ experience people management and/or team lead experience
10 years of experience in IT or related business/industry with 2 or more years of IT governance/portfolio management experience
PMI/PMP Prince2 or related certification
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems or a related field, M.B.A., or equivalent education and experience
Experience with Agile Methodology or CSM certification
Management of Portfolios (MoP) or P3O certifications
Demonstrated experience in managing “upward” among senior leadership
Demonstrated experience in leading diverse teams
Experience driving large, cross-functional program delivery and project management experience
Experience in a strategy consulting environment
Experienced thinking strategically about portfolio and projects, considering audits/regulatory work/legal activities, impacts on the wider organization, and partners across the organization
Experienced in holding team members accountable for new performance standards and expectations by providing feedback and taking action as needed
Experienced building partnerships and alliances to foster collaboration and alignment within the organization and with technical thought leaders
Skilled in developing trust among various parties involved during a negotiation process
Experience incorporating diverse perspectives into all facets of work, demonstrating emotional intelligence throughout interpersonal interactions, and mentoring others to grow in emotional intelligence