IT Portfolio Manager, Security

University of Miami; Miami (FL); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Tuition remission

Job summary

The University of Miami is seeking an IT Portfolio Manager in Miami to oversee and administer programs within the IT project portfolio. This full-time role requires developing best practices for project management and ensuring effective execution.

Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree and at least 7 years of relevant experience. The position is hybrid, offering competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and tuition remission.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to implement strategies to improve organizational effectiveness.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversees and administers one or more programs and projects.
• Collaborates with Project Intake Team to manage new requests.
• Provides oversight to program and project managers.

Skills

Operational Management

Organizational Development

Financial Oversight

Team Leadership

Technical Proficiency

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

Job description

**Current Employees:**If you are a current Staff, Faculty or Temporary employee at the University of Miami, please click to log in to Workday to use the internal application process. To learn how to apply for a faculty or staff position, please review this .***Any appropriate combination of relevant education, experience and/or certifications may be considered.***#LI-AS1The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.**Job Status:**Full time**Employee Type:**Staff**HYBRID**The IT Portfolio Manager oversees and administers one or more programs and corresponding projects within the project portfolio and works closely with IT PMO Leadership – meeting regularly with the Executive Director of the PMO and assisting with the IT department’s governance. The Portfolio Manager interacts with IT leadership to identify potential projects that best align to the strategic priorities of the organization, balances capacity against demand, and connects plans and resources to project execution.The IT Portfolio Manager assesses, documents, and budgets potential projects; perform project resource planning; conducts continuous monitoring and reports on portfolio health and participates in the department’s change management process and staff training.Core Responsibilities:* Works to develop and implement best practices, processes, and toolsets for effective portfolio/project management, and helps educate staff on best practices and effective project execution.* Manages and leverages the life cycle of a wide range of cross departmental initiatives, investments, programs, projects, and outcomes to optimally achieve enterprise goals and objectives.* Recalibrates the portfolio as necessary when the demands of the business dictate a change in delivery or scope of work.* Collaborates with Project Intake Team to manage the processes of reviewing new requests, assessing project priority, and making go / no-go recommendations to Executive Steering Committee.* Coordinates with Enterprise PMO on management of large, strategic initiatives.* Works with the leadership team, department directors and project business sponsors to provide a comprehensive overview of capital and operational projects (overview includes the anticipated overall budget for each initiative in the portfolio).* Partners with the PMO on project requests, processes and procedures through project completion including projects specifically managed by PMO/PMs.* Provides oversight to program and project managers within the portfolio and quality assurance ensuring that initiatives are being well managed and adhering to appropriate standards and good practice; develops and facilitates regular portfolio performance review presentations for Executive Steering Committee.* Manages all aspects of change control and risk oversight.* Develops an overall understanding of each initiative in the portfolio to understand the potential customer impact and service requirements generated by each initiative in the portfolio.* Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.The University of Miami Health System, "UHealth", IT Department has an exciting opportunity for a Full-Time IT Portfolio Manager to work in Miami.**CORE QUALIFICATIONS:*** Bachelor’s degree in relevant field* Minimum 7 years of relevant experience* Operational Management: Optimizes day-to-day operations and processes for efficiency and effectiveness.* Organizational Development: Ability to implement strategies to improve organizational effectiveness, engagement, and manage change.* Financial Oversight: Knowledge of financial operations and management.* Team Leadership: Ability to create and maintain a cohesive and productive team environment, build positive working relationships and work collaboratively with others.* Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.* Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills to convey ideas clearly and persuasively.*This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.*The mission of the University of Miami is to transform lives through education, research, innovation, and service. A vibrant and diverse academic and healthcare community, the University of Miami and the University of Miami Health System ("UHealth") have rapidly progressed to become one of the nation’s top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation.The University comprises 12 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 350 majors and programs. Visit to learn more about our points of pride.The University ranks No. 55 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges list and ranked No. 49 in the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings.Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is ranked the #1 eye hospital in the USA and offers some of the nation's premiere eye doctors to treat every eye condition for adults. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer, part of the Miller School of Medicine, received the prestigious National Cancer Institute designation in 2019.The University of Miami and UHealth have also ranked among the Forbes Best Employers and Best Employers for Women on several occasions, most recently in 2022.