PMO Portfolio Manager (Local To Chicago) Sonoma Consulting is one of the fastest growing national IT Consulting and Executive Search company in the United States, which was founded in 2011 by Mark McGee, the President and CEO. Sonoma Consulting has two business divisions - IT Consulting Services ability to work cooperatively at all levels in a matrix environment to build and maintain the positive relationships required to accomplish organizational goals Excellent communication skills and interpersonal/team effectiveness ability to succinctly and accurately communicate to various levels of management and employees Team with training, resource management, integration management and analytics functions to make sure they have the appropriate methods and tools Exceptional analytical, strategic, planning, organization, and time management skills to effectively execute project plans and budgets Clear understanding of the roles and responsibilities of cross- functional project teams and functional management Exceptional portfolio, program, and project management skills Business acumen; ability to think from an overall "best for the business" perspective Demonstrates initiative; results oriented Excellent decision making skills ability to negotiate and balance decisions and manage competing priorities across multiple functional areas DAY IN THE LIFE INTERACTION Portfolio Managers work closely with functional VPs to drive alignment between initiative(s) and work stream teams, monitor areas of significant program risk in conjunction with executive/steering committees, program leaders, and initiative leaders, and the Senior Director of PMO The person in this role will interact weekly or daily with PMO Program Managers to understand program health, resolve issues, and mitigate risks. Proactively work with the BRM to make the right assignments needed for the programs in the portfolio to successfully plan, launch and get executed. Team with the COE analytics team to leverage data analysis processes and tools to help identify trends and Portfolio Managers will team with Program Managers and COE Methods and Tools Manager to execute intake and demand management, financial, estimating and resource management processes They will own the accountability for the financial health of their portfolio Participate in the stage gate process for a particular projects and programs. Report to the Director of the COE on a weekly basis and provide status as to where value has been generated across the function and what activity was accomplished to drive standardization and transparency in a given week. Qualifications BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: EDUCATION REQUIRED: Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems, Business, or related field YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 10+ years of experience in program, project, and portfolio management 7+ years of experience with the functions within program and portfolio management 7+ years with delivery methodologies and tools SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED: Project, Program, and Portfolio leadership experience Program manager experience or people manager experience (with direct reports) Portfolio, capacity, and financial management experience Experience managing global initiatives Experience driving change management initiatives across an organization DESIRED/PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Self-motivated individual with passion to succeed Demonstrated leadership for process harmonization across an organization Experience implementing initiatives through effective influence management skills at multiple levels in the organization Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills Experience in creating and delivering presentations to leadership Excellent facilitation and issue resolution skills Previous experience operating in a matrix organization Ability to work independently or collaboratively to determine and develop approaches to solutions with very little to no supervision or direction Experience providing work direction and leadership to people and teams in a management role Experience with Planview, MS Project, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Word Master's degree in Management Information Systems, Business, or related field PHYSICAL JOB REQUIREMENTS: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile Required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers
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