Manager - Portfolio

CSS; Roseville (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

CSS is seeking a Manager - Portfolio to support the Strategy Realization Office by governing the enterprise project and product portfolio. You will ensure alignment with business objectives, prioritize initiatives, allocate resources, govern processes, and analyze performance for effective decision-making.

You will coordinate cross-functional dependencies across projects and products, drive standardized project management practices, and implement an internal audit program aligned with SOX

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or Supply Chain required.
• PMP, SCRUM Master, Agile Product Owner preferred; Six Sigma is a plus.
• Demonstrated leadership and ability to communicate with stakeholders and management.
• Experience across Project Management, Program Management, Portfolio Management and Change Management.

Responsibilities

• Oversee approval, planning, prioritization, development and implementation of enterprise project and product efforts.
• Develop and standardize project management methodologies and procedures.
• Proactively identify bottlenecks before timelines are disrupted.
• Efficiently allocate team members based on skills and capacity.
• Use metrics to accurately predict project completion dates.
• Address systemic issues to prevent recurrence rather than only treating symptoms.
• Enable projects/products to achieve ROI and meet organizational goals.
• Develop and maintain enterprise governance processes and standards for portfolio management.
• Establish a comprehensive internal audit program aligned with SOX controls.

Skills

PMP

SCRUM Master

Agile Product Owner

Six Sigma

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or Supply Chain

Master's degree preferred

Job description

As the Manager - Portfolio, you will directly support the Strategy Realization Office (SRO) by ensuring effective governance of the entire Enterprise project/product portfolio. You will ensure the portfolio is aligned with the business objectives, prioritized, resourced, governed, and the performance analyzed and communicated. Additionally, you will ensure the cross-functional dependencies between projects and products efforts are connected and coordinated.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for overseeing the approval, planning, prioritization, development, and implementation ofenterprise project and product efforts
• Responsible for developing, establishing, and standardized project managementmethodologies and procedures
• Responsible for proactively identifying bottlenecks before they disrupt timelines
• Responsible for efficient allocation of team members based on skills and capacity
• Responsible for using metrics to accurately predict project completion dates
• Responsible for fixing the underlying systemic issue when a failure occurs, rather than just treating symptoms
• Responsible for enabling projects/products to achieve a return on investment and meeting the goals and objectives of the organization
• Responsible for developing and maintaining the enterprise project and product governance processes and standards to enable effective portfolio management
• Responsible for establishing a comprehensive internal audit program aligned with the required SOX Controls

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree –Business Administration, Engineering, Supply Chain required; Master's Degree preferred
• Licenses/Certificates/Designations –PMP, SCRUM Master, Agile Product Ownerpreferred
• 5-7 years of experience as an Agile Product Owner & Scrum Master, Six Sigma
• Required to communicate effectively with project teams, product teams, stakeholders, executive management.
• Customer Focused
• Demonstrated Leadership
• Project Management, Program Management, Portfolio Management, Change Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Process Mapping, Capacity Modeling, Data Analysis
• Critical Thinking
• Analytical Ability
• Ability to Work Independently
• Ability to travel up to 25%