Project Portfolio Manager - Remote

Title: Project Portfolio Manager - Remote

Location: Remote

Length: Long term

Restriction: W2 Only

Description:

Interview Type: Skype *** Very long term project expect to go for 4+ years ***Remote *** W2 or 1099; no c2c *** East Coast residency strongly preferred) due to security, US Citizen only ***

Short Description:

Under limited supervision manages projects through the full life cycle from project definition and approval through implementation and evaluation of all project deliverables Provides guidance to the project team May also serve in a lead role

Job Description:

The Information Technology (IT) Project Portfolio Manager within Enterprise Systems Department (ESD) at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is responsible for supporting the organizational and IT leadership in overseeing managing and reporting on operational and strategic initiative projects to achieve the organization s goals and objectives This individual will act as the primary resource for Enterprise Systems Department leadership for communications and for reporting the state and performance of all projects within the portfolio The individual will collaborate closely with the Project Managers Business Analysts ESD Director and other GTRI departmental leadership teams to ensure that projects selection methodologies standardized tools and processes are utilized to prioritize and select projects for execution

As an IT Project Portfolio Manager you will facilitate a cross functional team to collect organize document and communicate project related information such as scope requirements resources required and their necessary skills to work on the project Some of your primary tasks will be to conduct project planning execution and control of selected projects on the JIRA portfolio platform You will also organize information and all documentations in both Jira and Confluence platforms You will ensure that the leadership team has all necessary information to guide and enable them on making decisions to approve the projects for successful execution

Job Requirements:

Gatekeeper for the overall project portfolio level intake process

Develops ongoing project pipeline from customer requests

Work with the Team Leads and Project Managers to plan and manage resource capacity and utilization

Monitors the health of all portfolio initiatives interdependencies risks and issues

Provides reporting mechanisms and standards for all projects in the portfolio ensuring transparency for

stakeholders and leadership

Facilitates a regular cadence of portfolio reviews with the management that drives the effective delivery of

projects and supports continual learning and improvement for the organization operational units and

research laboratories

Maintains a customer first mindset in all elements of the portfolio intake process

Maintain a knowledgebase of internal and external customer practices related to the project and portfolio

management practices resource capacity planning leveraging supported enterprise wide tools and

processes that enable standard portfolio performance reporting

Develop deploy operate and continuously improve the project portfolio management process with a

customer focused and fit for purpose mindset

Develop deploy and maintain supporting portfolio management tools (e g project intake form business

case form prioritization matrices portfolio KPI s portfolio dashboard etc )

Act as a liaison between the project teams (project managers project leaders project sponsors) and other

departmental leadership

Communicate with ESD Director as necessary to discuss and resolve resources required to deliver the

project

Experience with Various project management Frameworks and Processes Such as Agile

Education and other requirements:

A Bachelor s degree is required: Preferred degree in Business Accounting or IT related field.

Strong experience with Microsoft Project Management software

5+ years of senior IT project management experience preferably with large technology implementation projects.

5+ years of experience with Agile project delivery methodology

5+ years portfolio level project intake governance

Excellent oral and written communications

Interpersonal negotiation planning judgement leadership decision making analysis and problem solving skills

Certifications preferred PMP SAFe program consultant Certified Scrum Master.

Required Skills:

Senior IT project management experience preferably with large technology implementation projects. 5 Years

Experience with Agile project delivery methodology 5 Years

Portfolio level project intake governance 5 Years

A Bachelor s degree is required: Preferred degree in Business Accounting or IT related field.

Highly Desired :

Certifications preferred PMP SAFe program consultant Certified Scrum Master.