Job summary:

Job description:

*** F2F Interview Required - Reasonable expenses will be paid for face to face interview ***

The ideal candidate will be an excellent leader and will have experience in overseeing staff of different disciplines to produce results in a timely manner. 

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders to create a roadmap for future development aligned and prioritized to deliver strategic and business objectives
• Establish a suitable governance framework and portfolio structure to deliver the necessary project capability to support delivery of the road map and business objectives
• Formulate, organize and monitor resource utilization on inter-connected projects
• Coordinate cross-project activities as needed
• Develop and control deadlines, budgets and activities
• Apply change, risk and resource management
• Assess program performance and aim to maximize benefits
• Provide coaching and guidance to the portfolio team
• Build and manage strong supportive relationships across the organization
• Work with PMO and IT resource managers and build resource demand plans showing availability of resource for  prioritized list of initiatives
• Forecast best case scenarios for resource optimization
• Provide bi-weekly status updates from team members informing the respective project managers and resource managers on who worked on what
• Facilitate portfolio review meeting with the PMO manager and the BRM management on prioritization of resource at regular intervals
• Maintain up to date report on resource availability, capacity requirement for running new projects or assist in understanding the impact of resource availability with upcoming Change requests

Requirements

• Proven experience as a portfolio manager
• Thorough understanding of project/program management techniques and methods
• Excellent Knowledge of change management principles
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office; working knowledge of resource scheduling, resource balancing across multiple projects and programs
• Excellent problem-solving ability
• Strong knowledge of industry practices and performance measurements
• Demonstrated project management skills, including ability to prioritize, meet deadlines and follow through on completion of complex high-profile projects
• Detail oriented with aptitude to implement quality controls throughout work processes
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with all levels of the organization
• Ability to work well with minimal direction
• Demonstrated problem solving, decision making, and leadership skills required.
• Professional qualification in project management
• Effective negotiation and persuasion skills
• Expert planning and organizational skills
• A strong background in portfolio assurance, governance and methodology
• Strong knowledge in resource and budget planning
• Proficient in using project and portfolio management tools like CA PPM, Changepoint
• Solid ability to create reports and documentation
• Expert in creating process flows in Visio and other tools
• Build maintain and implement IT release calendars
• Work cross-functionally to manage IT schedules and financials
• Able to organize and lead a team to achieve objectives and targets
• Collects, analyzes, summarizes information and trends on resource forecasts Vs actuals
• Guide the team in the development of processes, bringing frameworks like Scrum/Kanban, that will enable them to better prioritize incoming work, estimate effort, track progress and perform resource planning

Required Skills:

• 7 years experience
• 3 years of Solid Skills in resource management , understanding capacity Vs Demand across the porfolios
• 3 years of Solid skills in project scheduling utilizing a project scheduling tools such as MS Project
• 5 years of Solid Skills in MSProject , Visio , Powerpoint and excel
• 5 years of Experience in PPM tools - CA PPM, Changepoint
• 5 years of Demonstrated success in portfolio management practices with emphasis on portfolio/program management support, reporting , process and governance
• 5 years of Highly developed negotiation, facilitation collaboration and consensus building skills
•  Ability to build relationships and collaborate across functional and virtual teams with a mixture of direct and dotted-line reporting
• 3 years of Understanding formal project management methodology
• 5 years of Proven experience in successfully leading and facilitating teams in portfolio management, portfolio planning and financial analysis

Highly desired Skills:

• 3 years of Experience managing large, global portfolios

Contact the recruiter working on this position:

The recruiter working on this position is Avinash Ravuri
His/her contact number is +(1) (202) 7384374
His/her contact email is avinash@msysinc.com

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