IT PMO Chancellor Portfolio Manager

About the Opportunity

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. 

JOB SUMMARY

The Portfolio Manager serves as the key interface between the Chancellor’s Office functions and ITS, emphasizing visibility, maximizing the value of investments and facilitating decision making discussions. Manage resourcing, risks, and issues mitigation, and planning for strategic initiatives and manage the ITS intake; partnering with ITS directors and Chancellor's office team to create business cases.

Provides initiative reporting and serves as IT point of contact for Chancellor's office Provides a centralized view of assets and initiatives related to a specific portfolio(s). Helps to drive project prioritization and decisions around which projects will deliver maximum value, in conjunction with the business leaders. Drives planning, prioritization, implementation and monitoring elements of projects within a portfolio. May directly manage projects or programs. In addition to the business liaison and portfolio accountability responsibilities, manages projects/programs and ensures resource management within the projects, stakeholder and sponsor communications, reporting, and engagement.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. This position will not be sponsored for a work visa

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge and skills required for this position are normally obtained through a bachelor’s or master’s degree with project management, finance background or technical background, or equivalent experience. PMPor PgMP or PfMP Certification and CSM required.  Minimum of eight years of experience in IT PMO and business/industry.  Vendor management experience, holding vendors accountable. Prior direct IT supervisory experience. Successful Program, Product and Project management experience leading technical and non-technical work. Digital product management experience. Leadership and motivational skills to support high morale within the matrix team. Prior technical competency in the areas of release management, agile development, & maintaining backlogs. Demonstrated Risk management, especially at the portfolio level is required. Demonstrated Financial management for a program/portfolio is required, including budgeting, forecasting and reporting. Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver against financial and resource constraints. Experience with one or more project/program management methodologies (such as PMI PMBOK, Agile) and across a range of project types. Demonstrated ability to manage project, program and portfolio (SPM module) in ServiceNow Knowledge of project planning tools, such as Microsoft Project and Project Server, with evidence of practical application. Highly skilled in managing Agile teams, use of ServiceNow Agile and JIRA for sprint and release planning

•           Deep understanding of current and emerging technologies, how other enterprises are employing them to drive digital business, and how they may be applied to the enterprise to drive digital business.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & ACCOUNTABILITIES

1)  Portfolio Management

• Ensure execution of contracted projects and programs within the Chancellor IT portfolio and establishes and ensures appropriate governance functions for the portfolio.
• Develops and controls the portfolio budget formulation, and manages expenditure within agreed spending plans with key focus on customer centricity and internally on quality, cost , profitability, timelines and risk management
• Leads the development and maintenance of stakeholder mapping, communications and reporting.
• Collaborates with architecture team to assist in the development of a vision and strategy for the product and content lifecycle application and integration portfolio.
• Creates a collaborative partnership among IT Leaders and portfolio stakeholders and enables resource demand planning, change management and project pipeline planning decisions.
• Ensures and balances the availability of the required skills and competencies across project teams within the portfolio.
• Monitors and coordinates dependencies across the projects in the portfolio and resolves conflicts.
• Participates in the development and evolution of the overall approach for the portfolios, understands the portfolio business objectives and develops key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the Portfolio success.

2)  New Initiatives and Portfolio Pipeline Health

• Partners closely with technical and business owners to analyze new project requests and readiness for governance decisions and provid