Senior Portfolio Manager

Responsibilities

• Organizing a series of work into a single portfolio consisting of reports that capture project objectives, costs, timelines, accomplishments, resources, risks and other critical factor project delivery and budget forecasting
• Coordinates and/or leads strategic project planning and annual budgeting
• Coordinates with senior/executive management business partners to plan and ensure project objectives are met and budget aligns with IT budget objectives
• Provides support, direction and remove roadblocks to ensure all enterprise portfolio initiatives are delivered on time and in budget and achieve ROI thresholds
• Works with management to determine future systems direction for both internally developed and vendor-maintained systems and performs feasibility studies

Requirements

• Requires a BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study
• Minimum of 7 years of broad based experience planning, designing and organizing a series of large size highly complex portfolios
• Project management experience in multiple technical and business disciplines
• Master’s degree, multiple trade certifications or other continuing education strongly preferred
• Experience with the Governing Process Life Cycle strongly preferred

  Hard Skills

  • project management
  • budget forecasting
  • portfolio management
  • feasibility studies
  • strategic planning
  • risk management
  • cost analysis
  • resource management
  • ROI analysis
  • business analysis

  Soft Skills

  • leadership
  • communication
  • organizational skills
  • collaboration
  • problem-solving
  • direction providing
  • stakeholder management
  • time management
  • critical thinking
  • strategic thinking

  Certifications & Qualifications

  • BA/BS degree
  • Master’s degree
  • project management certifications
  • trade certifications