Description

Facilitate and coordinate the efforts of senior leadership toward the establishment of the project portfolio definition, its structure and processes, from demand management and strategic alignment of projects and programs to portfolio categories and criteria, through evaluation, selection and prioritization; to execution, tracking and measuring the achieved results.

Manage the capital planning process for respective business line(s).  Maintain roadmap of project/initiative delivery.  Manage prioritization, resourcing and scheduling of requests working with business and IT managers.  Assist business line with IT facilitation of strategy. Drive vendor evaluation and selection for new solutions.

Identify staffing needs. As mandated and resourced by leadership, ensure and balance the availability of the required skills and competencies across project and program teams within the project portfolio.

 

Responsibilities

Directly supervise the team members Perform or contribute to performance reviews for project/program managers Define, develop and execute personnel training road-maps Mentor junior level staff Improvement of organizational sponsorship skills Manage assigned budget Contribute to ongoing improvement of organizational project management processes Consistently measure performance Cost, Schedule and Quality indicators. 

•3+ years managing project portfolios

•5+ years managing complex projects and programs

•Certifications applicable: Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification or equivalent required

•Six Sigma Green Belt Certification preferred
•Agile Certification (PMI-ACP) / Scrum Master (CSM) Certification Preferred

•English languaje B2/C1

•Insurance background desired