Project Portfolio Manager
Access Point Consulting
Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Contract type: Full time
Remote
Description
Job Summary:
The Portfolio Manager will be responsible for managing a portfolio of company objectives and projects while ensuring alignment with strategic goals. This role will provide executive-level reporting.
Supervisory Responsibilities
Required Skills/Abilities:
Job Summary:
The Portfolio Manager will be responsible for managing a portfolio of company objectives and projects while ensuring alignment with strategic goals. This role will provide executive-level reporting.
Supervisory Responsibilities
- None
- Oversee and manage a diverse portfolio of objectives and projects, ensuring alignment with the company's strategic goals and objectives.
- Plan, organize, and oversee individual projects to ensure they meet technical, cost, and schedule objectives while effectively managing resources.
- Conduct risk management and follow project management policies to create required artifacts and ensure top-quality results for successful project completion.
- Conduct thorough business analysis and ensure that project requirements are clearly defined and documented.
- Use project management tools, such as Confluence, Jira and Smartsheet to manage delivery and reporting.
- Prepare and present executive-level reports on portfolio performance, providing insights and recommendations to senior management.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, technical staff and stakeholders to ensure effective communication and alignment on project objectives and deliverables.
- Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure successful project outcomes.
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
- The ability to think strategically and align projects with the company's long-term goals. This involves understanding the broader business context and making decisions that support the company's mission and vision.
- Identify challenges and develop innovative solutions to overcome obstacles in project execution.
- Help stakeholders assess project performance, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions to optimize portfolio management.
- Prioritize tasks, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and meet deadlines.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Strong business analysis skills with the ability to translate complex business requirements into actionable project plans.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex information to executive-level stakeholders.
- Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate and guide cross-functional teams.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Highly organized with excellent attention to detail
- Strong time management and multi-tasking skills
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 5+ Proven experience as a Portfolio Manager or in a similar role, preferably within IT or cyber security industry.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, Program Management Professional (PgMP), or Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP)certification
- Agile project management experience and a solid understanding of cyber security principles and technologies, preferred.
- Comprehensive experience and knowledge of project management tools such as Jira and Confluence and Smartsheet
- Strong business analysis skills with the ability to translate complex business requirements into actionable project plans.
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