Job Description :
Portfolio Manager/Release Manager
Dimondale, MI
11 Months
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Job Description:
Responsible for establishing and managing a portfolio of projects and programs to realize Treasury’s organizational strategy and objectives.
The IT Portfolio Manager will be responsible for establishing and managing a portfolio of projects and programs to realize Treasury’s organizational strategy and objectives. This individual will also perform continuous analysis and monitoring of portfolio components to identify resource availability, program issues, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
The ideal candidate will be an excellent leader and will have experience in overseeing staff of different disciplines to produce results in a timely manner.
Responsibilities:
Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders to create a roadmap for future development aligned and prioritized to deliver Treasury’s strategic and business objectives
Establish a suitable governance framework and portfolio structure to deliver the necessary project capability to support delivery of the road map and business objectives
Formulate, organize and monitor resource utilization on inter-connected projects
Coordinate cross-project activities as needed
Develop and control deadlines, budgets and activities
Apply change, risk and resource management
Assess program performance and aim to maximize benefits
Provide coaching and guidance to the portfolio team
Build and manage strong supportive relationships across the organization
Work with PMO and IT resource managers and build resource demand plans showing availability of resource for Treasury’s prioritized list of initiatives
Forecast best case scenarios for resource optimization
Provide bi-weekly status updates from team members informing the respective project managers and resource managers on who worked on what
Facilitate portfolio review meeting with the PMO manager and the BRM management on prioritization of resource at regular intervals
Maintain up to date report on resource availability, capacity requirement for running new projects or assist in understanding the impact of resource availability with upcoming Change requests
Requirements:
Proven experience as a portfolio manager
Thorough understanding of project/program management techniques and methods
Excellent Knowledge of change management principles
Excellent knowledge of MS Office; working knowledge of resource scheduling, resource balancing across multiple projects and programs
Excellent problem-solving ability
Strong knowledge of industry practices and performance measurements
Demonstrated project management skills, including ability to prioritize, meet deadlines and follow through on completion of complex high-profile projects
Detail oriented with aptitude to implement quality controls throughout work processes
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with all levels of the organization
Ability to work well with minimal direction
Demonstrated problem solving, decision making, and leadership skills required.
Professional qualification in project management
Effective negotiation and persuasion skills
Expert planning and organizational skills
A strong background in portfolio assurance, governance and methodology
Strong knowledge in resource and budget planning
Proficient in using project and portfolio management tools like CA PPM, Changepoint
Solid ability to create reports and documentation
Expert in creating process flows in Visio and other tools
Build maintain and implement IT release calendars
Work cross-functionally to manage IT schedules and financials
Able to organize and lead a team to achieve objectives and targets
Collects, analyzes, summarizes information and trends on resource
orecasts Vs actuals
Guide the team in the development of processes, bringing frameworks like Scrum/Kanban, that will enable them to better prioritize incoming work, estimate effort, track progress and perform resource planning
Required Skills:
Solid Skills in resource management , understanding capacity Vs Demand across the portfolios
Solid skills in project scheduling utilizing a project scheduling tools such as MS Project
Solid Skills in MSProject , Visio , Powerpoint and excel
Experience in PPM tools - CA PPM, Changepoint
Demonstrated success in portfolio management practices with emphasis on portfolio/program management support, reporting , process and governance
Highly developed negotiation, facilitation collaboration and consensus building skills
Experience managing large, global portfolios
Ability to build relationships and collaborate across functional and virtual teams with a mixture of direct and dotted-line reporting
Understanding formal project management methodology
Proven experience in successfully leading and facilitating teams in portfolio management, portfolio planning and financial analysis