Sr. Cybersecurity PMO Manager

The Sr. Manager of Global Cybersecurity Services Portfolio is responsible for developing and maintaining all PMO processes including our project management lifecycle, intake process, audit processes, resource management processes, project stage gates, handover or transition processes, and any other processes deemed necessary to ensure consistent delivery of high-quality project management services. 

This position will be responsible for managing PMO personnel, including a high volume of contractors who report directly to this role but receive assignments from our security domain leaders. This includes performing interviews, hiring, onboarding, termination, coaching, mentoring, conflict resolution, and problem solving. This role will participate in periodic evaluation for the purpose of redeveloping of our operating model to ensure continuous improvement.

This position will function as a conduit to update Sr. Leadership within GCS as well as Carnival Corporation executives and GCS Stakeholders. This role will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing a series of portfolio dashboards and portfolio meetings, as well as any systems or tools required to ensure consistency of data and high-quality delivery across our portfolio.

This position will ensure consistency in the data within our portfolio as well as timeliness of health and status reporting by maintaining an audit process and holding project managers accountable for timeliness, accuracy, and completeness of updates.

This position is required to establish a collaborative framework that partners closely with key stakeholders to drive security and compliance solutions across Carnival Corporation.  Additionally, this position has overall accountability for the global portfolio management and budgeting of capital initiatives across GCS. 

This position provides direct support to the CISO and GISCS Leaders with the goal to improve the quality and timeliness of delivering transformational programs.  This position is directly involved in implementing solutions and contributing to process improvement.

Essential Functions:

• PMO Management – Responsible for upkeep for our GCS PMO. Includes all routine maintenance tasks (people, process, and technology related) to support our PMO. Some examples of this include: Managing PMO Resources, Managing contracts and credentials for contingent workers, Managing access to PMO tools, PMO timesheet approvals, resource request reviews, general PMO support, PMO system, tool, and report maintenance, support for capital planning, pro-active risk management, and project-related financial reviews
• PMO Transformation – Co-create and execute transformational initiatives in the GCS PMO space. Support leadership in developing, upgrading, or improving prioritization model, PMLC, internal PMO processes, PMO operating model, PMO dashboards, quality improvement initiatives, resource management capabilities, ppm tools and all other related processes and technologies in support of the PMO.
• Portfolio Management – Responsible for accuracy and completeness of portfolio data from idea through to transition to run. Responsible for maintaining materials used to train staff responsible for upkeep of portfolio data. Maintains audit procedures required to validate accuracy and completeness. Maintains a catalog of training and job aids related to portfolio management systems and tools. Ensures consistent treatment of projects and adherence to our PMLC across different pillars to consistent outcomes and ensure high quality project delivery.
• Financial Management – Participates in annual financial planning process. Assists by collecting and aggregating idea/submissions which form the basis for our annual capital planning process. Support the backlog of ideas and maintain accurate and complete financial records as they make their way through our project management lifecycle and become projects. Provides CapEx support to GCS leaders for Capital Allocation Requests (CARs) submissions and expense tracking and project chargebacks. 
• Communication and Transparency – As needed, leads large, complex, risky and/or political programs.  Ensures success through excellent project management, teamwork and collaboration, prioritization and creative problem solving, risk mitigation, resource planning, and communication.  Conducts executive project reviews with IT Executives and Business Leaders. 

Qualifications:

• Education:  Bachelor’s degree; Master’s degree a plus
• Discipline/Major:  An undergraduate degree in Business or Project Management is required. An advance degree is highly desirable, particularly an MBA.
• Required Certifications:  Formal training in project management is required. Candidate must have