IT - Portfolio Manager

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• 401(k) with 3% Employer Match
• Group Term Life Insurance and AD&D
• Employer Paid Long-Term & Short-Term Disability
• Voluntary Supplemental Hospital and Accident Plans
• Employee Assistance Program
• 8 Company Paid Holidays & 1 Floating Holiday
• Progressive Paid Time Off (PTO) Accruals
• Annual Salary Incentive Bonus

• Define and govern the IT project requests and intake process
• Partner with Business Relationship Managers and Business Process Consultants to develop strategic initiatives and prioritize requests
• Coordinate with other IT teams to ensure dependencies and resourcing are managed effectively
• Integrate risk management and change control into the portfolio governance to proactively address delivery obstacles
• Develop standard templates and processes for estimating work, visualizing progress, and setting key milestone dates
• Suggest methods to capacity plan, calculate ROI, and provide governance metrics
• Build and maintain communication strategies for executive stakeholders, sponsors, and end users throughout the project life cycle
• Ensure process alignment of IT to multiple departments, processes, and objectives
• Manage and support a team of Project Managers within IT to meet the KPIs of the Portfolio department

• Bachelor's degree in a technical area such as Computer Science, Information Technology, or Business. Equivalent training and experience can be considered in lieu of a degree.
• At least 5 years of related experience working as a Program/Portfolio Manager position or in a similar position. Preference will be given to candidates with SAP experience
• PMP Certiciation is preferred but not required
• Previous experience with large-scale SAP/ERP implementations is required. Preference will be given to candidates with global exposure.
• Must have strong communication skills and experience giving executive level informative style briefings.

• Excellent understanding of project implementation methodologies (waterfall ASAP, agile, etc.)
• Strong experience with ERP related deployments and understanding of the various IT areas that impact the process.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and uncertainty around projects, must be capable of adapting to changing principles.
• Excellent problem-solving and root cause analysis skills.
• Experience with applying the KISS principle (keep it simple).
• Strong strategic thinking skills and ability to operate under pressure with numerous tasks and responsibilities.
• Excellent analytical skills to interpret complex, cross-functional requirements and challenges.
• Commitment to quality and achieving results that are oriented to detail and task completion.
• Effective teamwork skills, across different locations both geographically and technologically.
• Ability to effectively communicate in English, both verbally and in writing. Additional languages preferred.

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