Program & Portfolio Manager

Georgia Tech; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia Tech in San Diego seeks a Program/Portfolio Manager to oversee enterprise level programs, coordinate data analysis and reporting, and support project execution across faculty, staff, and vendors.

You will develop analyses, financial models, and benchmarking for project requests, maintain tools for portfolio management, and contribute to education materials in project management. This role operates in a dynamic university environment with cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required; related field acceptable with experience.
• Five to seven years of job related experience.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification preferred.
• Experience with DoD related procurement transactions preferred.
• Knowledge, skills, & abilities include clear communication, organization, and facilitation.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of assigned programs throughout project life-cycle to ensure completion within scope, quality, time and cost constraints.
• Compile and respond to data requests to facilitate development of recommendations.
• Develop data analysis, financial modeling, and benchmarking for project requests and initiatives.
• Design, develop and maintain tools and processes for portfolio management and enterprise-level tracking.
• Assist in creation and delivery of materials for project/program management education and mentoring.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Statistics, Data Science or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience

Job description

About Us

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Job Summary

Manage enterprise level programs and portfolios through administrative support, data analysis, tracking and reporting. Oversee and support project execution through continual coordination of program/portfolio plans, data analysis, reporting and education. This position will interact on a regular basis with: faculty, staff, and vendors. This position typically will advise and counsel: faculty, staff and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Job Duty 1 - Manage all aspects of assigned programs throughout project life-cycle to ensure completion within the defined scope, quality, and time and cost constraints
• Job Duty 2 - Compile and respond to data requests to facilitate the development of recommendations to address/resolve potential and existing Institute and unit-level challenges
• Job Duty 3 - Develop data analysis, financial modeling, and bench-marking for project requests and initiatives
• Job Duty 4 - Design, develop and maintain tools and processes for portfolio management and enterprise-level tracking
• Job Duty 5 - Assist in creation and delivery of materials for project/program management education and mentoring
• Job Duty 6 - Perform other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Statistics, Data Science or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience

Required Experience

Five to seven years of job related experience

Preferred Qualifications

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
• Experience with DoD related procurement transactions

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

SKILLS Ability to communicate effectively; organizational and facilitation skills.

USG Core Values

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 25 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The Institute is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and Institute policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Equal opportunity and decisions based on merit are fundamental values of the University System of Georgia ("USG") and Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of an individual's race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

Other Information

This is not a supervisory position.

This position does have any financial responsibilities.

This position will not be required to drive.

This role is considered a position of trust.

This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).

This position will have some travel.

This position does require you to attain and maintain security clearance.

This position is located in San Diego, CA

Salary Job Grade A11

Salary range is dependent on candidates experiences and skills that ranges from $74,966.00 - $101,955.00.

Due to our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be U.S. Citizens.

Background Check

Successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit https://usg.polic