Portfolio Leader

Company Description

Resultant is a modern consulting firm with a radically different approach to solving problems.

We don’t solve problems for our clients. We solve problems with them.

Through outcomes driven by data analytics, technology solutions, digital transformation, and beyond, our team works with clients in both the public and private sectors to solve their most complex challenges. We start by learning as much as we can about who they are, how they work, and what they’re striving for so we can feel their problems as our own. Partnering with our clients means their desired outcomes are always top of mind, their challenges and strengths guiding our efforts. We build client-focused relationships before we build unique solutions that blaze past expectations.

Originally founded in Indianapolis in 2008, Resultant now employs more than 450 team members who operate from offices around the United States including Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, Indiana; Columbus, Ohio; Lansing, Michigan; Denver, Colorado; Dallas, Texas and Atlanta, Georgia.

We’re Resultant. Clients partner with us to see a difference. People join us to make one.

Job Description

To help continue our rapid growth and solve our clients’ toughest problems, we need an experienced and proven Portfolio Leader to join the team. As a Portfolio Leader, you will be responsible for leading the successful execution of the project, driving value-add outcomes and doing whatever it takes to deliver success. This will include creation of project plans, review of documentation, interactions, and deliverables, and creating ongoing project status and health reports. It will also include working with key stakeholders (internal and external) to set the vision, strategy, and goals of the project. Finally, it will include leading a team of functional and technical people in achieving these goals.

Consider your day-to-day responsibilities in this role:

• Own the overall delivery of the project(s) to which you are assigned, making sure all aspects are in place and working effectively to deliver value and drive desired outcomes (contractual and otherwise).
• Continuously set the mission, vision, and plan for the project, assuring that the client’s best interests are always reflected in the work the team is doing and the direction they are headed.
• Enhance, maintain, and progressively update a highly complex project schedule, accounting for task durations, interdependencies, project milestones, and defined deliverable review cycles.
• Manage agile project delivery through the use of modern tools like Jira, Confluence, Miro, Smartsheets, DevOps, etc.
• Monitor and manage fixed-fee and time and materials project budgets, track key financial metrics throughout the lifecycle of your project, and initiate change order discussions with clients for out-of-scope requests to avoid costly invoice write-offs.
• Leverage your experience to anticipate risks and lead diverse teams of Resultant employees, client employees, and third-party employees to a successful project outcome.
• Communicate and collaborate closely with teammates, clients, and stakeholders to keep the project on track and help everyone stay aligned to the mission.
• Drive and manage change, both technical and functional, related to the project.
• Mediate complex technical and business discussions with clients and vendors.
• Manage and mitigate risk wherever possible; including, but not limited to, detailed understanding of client and Resultant responsibilities as outlined in relevant contractual agreements.
• Create, update, and track project plans and related documentation/tools to aid the team in being successful and to help in communicating with stakeholders.
• Support existing client extension and expansion through world-class delivery.
• Ensure compliance with Resultant core business processes

Qualifications

Some of the qualifications and skills we are expecting include the following:

• Demonstrated ability to lead, problem solve and deliver results on large complex multi-disciplinary programs across industries and sectors on-time, on-budget, and on-quality.
• Experience managing complex technology and/or data development projects, clients, partners, and organizations.  
• Proven track record of establishing strong, executive level client relationships.
• Demonstrated mastery of finance & accounting literacy – deep expertise in utilizing budget and sales goals to make informed decisions.
• Demonstrated mastery of project lifecycle awareness – understanding each stage of a project, which tasks need to be completed in each stage, and the ability to articulate the process to others.
• Demonstrated mastery of emotional intellig