Portfolio Manager - Technology Programmes
As the Portfolio Manager, you will be responsible for the delivery of a portfolio of projects ensuring successful program KPI outcomes by focusing on best in practice program/project management standards.
Supporting the project managers to deliver the projects within the defined portfolio in line with the agreed KPIs.
The ideal candidate will have experience assisting the business stakeholders to define the roadmap of strategic projects for their business units.
To impart Project Management standards and knowledge to other PMO team members through leading, guiding and motivation. Support the IT PMO leadership team to maintain and develop standards in Project Governance.
Assist the IT PMO team to deliver its range of services including the following.
- Project intake processing, assessment, and sizing leading to project qualification for delivery commencement.
- Project Management forecasting, collective resource requirements forecasting for portfolio delivery.
- Project output reviews and approvals
- Ensure a project commences through the project kick-off process and that it commences with appropriate governance rigor that sets it up for delivery success.
- Establishing projects for success by ensuring key resources and conditions are in place.
- Quality project reporting within portfolio including appropriate financial reporting management.
- Effective Steering meetings for portfolio via quality deck content and appropriate sponsorship.
- Support in the utilisation of PMO tooling (KeyedIn, SharePoint), act as KeyedIn )
Admin.
- Monitoring progress of portfolio deliverables conducts health checks within the portfolio as required.
- Address risks challenge that portfolios encounter.
- Continued engagement with the business to understand inter programme dependencies.
- Project lessons learned and closeout reports.
- Act as the escalation point for all projects within the portfolio.
- Ensure supplier accountability on project delivery within the portfolio is achieved.
- Manage and mentor project managers within the portfolio delivery scope.
- Continuous process improvements within the PMO to sustain and improve maturity level.
Essential Qualifications
- Minimum 2-3 years' experience in a similar leadership role.
- 15+ yrs experience working in Projects / Programmes
- Senior People Management experience essential
- Ability to mentor, guide, and coach direct reports
- Exceptional relationship management skills.
- Strong client-facing skills with excellent communication, negotiation and conflict management skills.
- Distinctive problem-solving and project management skills, including experience executing complex strategic and commercial initiatives.
- Knowledge and experience of financial reporting, monitoring, and planning.
- Ability to interpret data and best practice tools to deliver change.
- Strong sense of ownership of the business.
- Demonstrate vision, innovation, and creativity.
- Strategic thinker.
- Commercially aware.
- Strong communication skills.
- Strong relationship building skills.
- Strong leadership and coaching skills.
- Builds formal and informal networks.
- Strong project management skills
All interested candidates should send CVs
Morgan McKinley is acting as an Employment Agency and references to pay rates are indicative.
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