Portfolio Manager
Role Overview
Coordinates delivery oversight and portfolio performance across assigned portfolios, programs, subsidiaries and functions.
Consolidates project and program information, challenges delivery status, manages cross-project dependencies and prepares governance, escalation and decision inputs.
Project Sponsors, Program Leads, Project Managers and Business Owners retain their defined delivery and outcome accountabilities.
Key Skills for This Role
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Main Purpose
Coordinates delivery oversight and portfolio performance across assigned portfolios, programs, subsidiaries and functions.
Consolidates project and program information, challenges delivery status, manages cross-project dependencies and prepares governance, escalation and decision inputs.
Project Sponsors, Program Leads, Project Managers and Business Owners retain their defined delivery and outcome accountabilities.
Area of Responsibility
- Coordinate delivery oversight across assigned portfolios, programs, subsidiaries, functions and Group projects.
- Maintain the consolidated view of projects, programs, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions and benefits.
- Validate and challenge project and program RAG status, forecasts, recovery actions and reporting quality.
- Consolidate project updates into program and portfolio performance views.
- Maintain integrated program roadmaps and monitor cross-project dependencies and decision requirements.
- Lead the weekly Project Delivery Review for assigned areas and support the Portfolio & Program Review.
- Prepare governance packs, escalation inputs, decision requirements and recommended actions.
- Coordinate with Project Sponsors, Program Sponsors, Program Leads, Project Managers and Business Owners to resolve information gaps and progress actions.
- Direct and quality-assure the work of assigned EPM Specialists.
- Escalate material exceptions to the EPM Director through the defined governance route.
- Support project intake, placement, tiering, onboarding and gate-readiness reviews.
- Identify portfolio resource constraints, delivery conflicts and improvement opportunities.
Qualification
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Industrial Engineering, Management, or a related field.
- Master's degree is preferred.
- PMP, PgMP, PfMP, PRINCE2, MSP or equivalent certification preferred.
Work Experience
- 9-11 years of relevant experience across project, program, portfolio, EPM or transformation management.
- Experience coordinating complex cross-functional portfolios or programs and preparing executive governance reporting.
Required Skills
- Project and portfolio coordination.
- Delivery planning and tracking.
- EPM governance and controls.
- RAID and RAG management.
- Reporting and dashboarding.
- Stakeholder coordination.
- Risk, issue, and dependency management.
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