Lead Technology Portfolio Governance Specialist

McKesson; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 156,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare company is seeking a Lead Technology Portfolio Governance Specialist in Mississauga. This role focuses on improving portfolio management processes, ensuring governance, and working closely with stakeholders. Candidates should have over 10 years of experience and a strong background in PMO. The position offers a competitive salary and a hybrid work environment.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package

Annual bonus opportunities

Diverse and inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in portfolio management.
• 5+ years of PMO process development experience.
• 3+ years in a technology-focused role.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate current processes and identify gaps.
• Ensure unified portfolio intake processes.
• Establish governance for financial oversight.
• Develop metrics and collaborate with analytics teams.
• Conduct training and documentation initiatives.

Skills

Executive presentation skills

Stakeholder management

Process development

Emotional maturity

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Planview

Clarity

Job description

Overview

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.

Job Title: Lead Technology Portfolio Governance Specialist

Current Need:

McKesson Technology (MT) has an Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO), a centralized function to 1) enable consistent portfolio management 2) build and mature project and program management capabilities and 3) drive project management rigor and standards to enable value realization from investments.

Key Responsibilities

• Process Development and Refinement: Evaluate the current state, identify process gaps using stakeholder interviews, and define or adjust portfolio process for projects and non-projects, resource and capacity management, RAID, Change Requests (CRs), and financials.
• Standardize Intake: Ensure all service areas adopt a unified portfolio intake process for all work, with appropriate triage and governance procedures in place to direct requests to projects, enhancements, or business continuity activities.
• Enhancements Process: Optimize the enhancements process and promote its consistent adoption across all teams by clearly communicating procedures and expectations, while providing ongoing support.
• Enforce Governance: Establish process and tool-based controls to ensure that BU Service Category Manager/CIO approval is obtained before work begins, to reduce financial variances for enhancement activities.
• Enhance Visibility: Develop detailed requirements for the development of dashboards that monitor capacity and expenses related to enhancements and conduct monthly review meetings with appropriate business unit and shared services stakeholders.
• Metrics, AI and Automation: Collaborate with the Analytics and Insights team to develop metrics. Partner with the team to implement or develop AI agents and automate process steps and notifications, aiming to decrease manual tasks and increase efficiency for stakeholders.
• Establish Clear Ownership: Define and document specific roles and responsibilities related to process governance for Project Managers, Service Managers, and Portfolio Leads.
• Facilitate Training Initiatives: Collaborate with the Organizational Change Management (OCM) team to comprehensively document training materials for end-to-end portfolio process for all work.
• Derive Insights: Analyze data and derive actionable insights for the project managers and service managers.
• Establish clarity and connect the dots across multiple teams, while employing standard ways of working by partnering with all portfolio leads.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring their needs and expectations are met with portfolio process guidance and documentation.
• Flex between tactical process level conversations and strategic portfolio conversations and adapt communication to the audience.

Required Skills and Experience

• Typically requires 10+ years of experience.
• Requires at least 5+ years of PMO process development experience.
• Requires at least 3+ years of experience within a technology focused area (Digital Transformation, Shared Services, Technology PMO, etc.).

Critical Skills and Experiences

• Exceptional executive presentation, communication, and influence management skills.
• Experience working with VPs, SVPs / C-suites on a regular basis.
• Process development leadership experience, by directly partnering with program/project managers.
• Experience delivering results by collaborating and influencing business and technology delivery teams in a highly matrixed organization.
• Proven stakeholder management skills & building credibility with executive leadership.
• Ability to intentionally flex between strategy and detail and adapt style to different levels of the organization.
• Experience driving organizational transformation and change management.
• Ability to make complex concepts simple and convey it in layman’s terms.
• Demonstrated ability to establish collaborative relationships and move with speed while bringing people along.
• High degree of emotional maturity and ability to remain calm and focused under pressure.

Additional Knowledge & Skills (desired but not required)

• Experience working within a technology PMO is highly desirable.
• Experience working in large matrixed organizations is highly desirable.
• Experience working with portfolio tools (Planview, Clarity, etc.) is desirable.
• Experience in a highly regulated industry is desirable.
• Certification(s) in SAFe Agile, Prince2 / APM, PMP and/or Lean Six Sigma desirable.

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Travel

Hybrid role and may have to travel within the country up to 10%

Relocation

Relocation is not budgeted for this role

Compensation & Benefits

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson\'s pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please=null.

Base Pay Range: $113,500 - $189,100

Equal Opportunity Employer

McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees and is committed to a diverse and inclusive environment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age or genetic information. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.

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