Senior Portfolio Governance & Program Manager

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Job Description:

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About Caterpillar Oil & Gas and Marine Division (COGMD)

Caterpillar’s Oil and Gas division, provides superior products and service solutions to make our customers more efficient and lower total cost of ownership. Globally, we deliver engineered oilfield and drilling equipment repair and certification, mechanical and rotating equipment repairs and upgrades, rapid prototyping of spare parts, robust asset management, operation and maintenance and field engineering services. We offer a wide range of career opportunities across a variety of technical and business roles in engineering and service locations worldwide. Join our team and help build engineering solutions that change the industry!

About the role:
The Senior Portfolio Governance & Program Manager will be responsible for establishing and leading the governance of strategic growth projects at the division level aligned with our 2030 growth objectives. In this role, the senior manager will lead portfolio level reviews, identify areas for improvement, and report performance against KPIs. The senior manager will help ensure visibility, alignment, and value realization across the portfolio while supporting core governance operations.

Additional Information:

• Position will be located in Houston, TX.
• This position will require less than 25% travel.
• Relocation is available for this position

• Sponsorship is not available for this position

• This position requires working onsite five days a week.

What you will do:
• Provide leadership and oversight for a portfolio of strategic projects ensuring alignment with overarching business objectives and critical program milestones.
• Ensure clear communication of objectives, expectations, and assign responsibilities as needed.
• Drive project portfolio prioritization, actions and execution.
• Plan, organize, and facilitate periodic governance meetings and other executive reviews. Follow-up on action items for timely closure.
• Drive proactive, risk and issue management across the program portfolio, identifying roadblocks and drive resolution before they can impact key milestones.
• Collaborate with the senior leadership team to prioritize critical issues and required information to facilitate effective decision making.
• Track and report on key performance metrics and benefits realization.
• Contribute to portfolio roadmap maintenance and development of governance templates, tools, and reporting standards.

What you will have:

Program Management: Knowledge of the policies and techniques to manage a set of related projects within a program; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control the set of projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve program objectives.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Evaluates risks and vulnerabilities, and creates contingency plans.
• Advises others on preferred tools, techniques and methods for estimating program cost and time.
• Conducts regular and ad-hoc program reviews with project managers, team and clients.
• Coaches others in maintaining open communication among project managers and interested parties.
• Oversees reporting requirements, and creates monitoring and control mechanisms.
• Plans, estimates, staffs, organizes and monitors a set of projects within a program.

Data Gathering & Analysis: Knowledge of data gathering and analysis tools, techniques, and processes; ability to collect and synthesize data from a variety of stakeholders and sources in an objective manner to reach a conclusion, goal, or judgment.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Advises on advanced data gathering and analysis methodologies and technologies.
• Oversees data gathering and analysis activities within the organization.
• Documents sources and validates the accuracy of data analysis by evaluating the pros and cons of data analysis methods used.
• Implements procedures and policies within a data processing function.
• Teaches others how to improve the validity and reliability of data used in various analyses.
• Evaluates best practices of data gathering and analysis within the industry.<