Project Portfolio Management Manager

• Engage with and conduct quarterly (or at other intervals as specified) reviews with senior business, IT, executives, stakeholder committees, the IT steering committee and other relevant bodies to validate and assess the project portfolio, execute change, and reprioritize to meet business needs as required.

• 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

• Ensure the oversight and coordination of dependencies across the projects and programs in the portfolio, and resolve or escalate conflicts.

• Manage the capital planning process for respective business line(s)

• Support and advice executives on actions required to balance the portfolio of existing assets and services

• Drive vendor evaluation and selection for new solutions

• Lead reviews of any significant initiatives, projects or programs that are challenged and provide recommendations as to whether it should continue, be significantly changed, placed on hold or discontinued- Direct the creation and maintenance of the required project portfolio documentation and artifacts

• Work with project teams to manage/oversee the full range of the project life cycle (initiate, plan, execute, close) for projects covering a portfolio of projects which focus on the business needs of a specific business line(s) or strategy

• 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

• Portfolio Management milestone plans and resource allocation- Accept responsibility for deliverables and timeline commitments

• Directly supervise the team member- Contribute to the ongoing improvement of organizational project management processes- Perform or contribute to performance reviews for project/program managers

• 10 or more years of experience in the IT and/or insurance industry.

• Seven to 10 years of diverse roles and increasing leadership responsibilities across major projects and programs.

• Demonstrated experience in managing "upward" among senior leadership.
• Demonstrated experience in leading diverse teams.
• Experience managing Agile software development projects and groups is a plus.
• Experience with Digital Transformation and customer experience improvement initiatives is a plus.
• Substantial consulting leadership experience is a plus.

360QM