Job Description

The IWG Portfolio Manager will serve as a dedicated member of the Portfolio Management Office (PMO) embedded within one or more Integrated Work Groups (IWGs). This role connects portfolio strategy with IWG execution to ensure alignment and delivery ensuring alignment prioritization and delivery of initiatives that support company goals.

IWG Portfolio Managers will collaborate as a Prioritization Team to coordinate across IWGs enabling enterprise-wide transparency integration and effective resource allocation.

Key Responsibilities

1. Facilitation & Coordination

• Lead and coordinate the prioritization process for objectives and initiatives within assigned IWG(s).
• Manage the intake of new enhancements ideas and initiatives ensuring they meet initiative definitions and are properly scoped.
• Organize and lead regular IWG meetings ensuring alignment with the companys Operating Framework.
• Provide support to initiative leads to ensure consistent initiative management and accountability.
• Support cross-collaboration with other IWGs by identifying interdependence and overlaps supporting ongoing collaboration where required to ensure proper coordination through implementation.
• Onboard new IWG team members to the PMO process.

2. Business Partnership & Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a trusted advisor to IWG leaders (working group initiative leaders etc.) and stakeholders in aligning priorities.
• Foster strong relationships across IWGs PMO and PSG (Prioritization Subgroup).
• Serve as a liaison between IWGs and the leadership team sponsors ensuring communication is clear timely and transparent.

3. Portfolio & Program Management

• In partnership with other IWG Portfolio Managers develop and maintain a structured framework for managing multiple initiatives aligning them to company and IWG strategic objectives.
• In partnership with IWG leaders initiative leaders and other stakeholders define initiative scope goals timeline budget deliverables and success initiative progress close gaps and escalate constraints or risks when needed. Ensure scope and deliverables are defined with support where needed.

4. Prioritization Team Contribution

• Collaborate with other IWG Portfolio Managers to form a Prioritization Team responsible for coordination across IWGs.
• Ensure inter-IWG integration by connecting similar initiatives across different IWGs.
• Partner with other IWG Portfolio Managers to ensure consistency in process across IWGs including controls/governance reporting tools initiative intake protocols and project management best practices.
• Contribute insights lessons learned and continuous improvement suggestions to strengthen portfolio management practices.

5. Change Leadership & Process Improvement

• Drive change management design and execution to enable adoption of new processes systems and initiatives.
• Partner with the work groups to assess impact of implementations and assist in developing change management plans to mitigate any risks.
• Cultivate a culture of accountability innovation and collaboration within IWGs.

6. Reporting & Communication

• Provide regular updates to IWG leaders PMO and PSG on initiative progress risks and resource needs.
• Ensure consistent communication of process and priority changes to relevant stakeholders.
• Define requirements for dashboards analytics and reporting to enhance visibility of initiative health.

Qualifications & Skills

• Strong background in program/portfolio management and enterprise-wide organizational leadership.
• Experience working in matrixed organizations with multiple stakeholders.
• Proven ability to manage large-scale initiatives across functions and IWGs.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills with ability to influence at all levels.
• Analytical mindset with ability to establish and track KPIs.
• Project/Portfolio Management certification (e.g. PMP PgMP PMO certification) preferred.
• Familiarity with portfolio/project management tools (e.g. MS Project Workday) preferred.

Success Measures

• Effective alignment of IWG initiatives with company strategic goals.
• Transparent and efficient prioritization across IWGs.
• Timely execution of initiatives within scope budget and resources.
• High stakeholder engagement and trust.
• Demonstrated contributions to continuous improvement of PMO and IWG practices.

DPR Construction is a forward-thinking self-performing general contractor specializing in technically complex and sustainable projects for the advanced technology life sciences healthcare higher education and commercial markets. Founded in 1990 DPR is a great story of entrepreneurial success as a private employee-owned company that has grown into a multi-billion-dollar family of companies with offices around the world.

Working at DPR youll have the chance to try new things explore unique paths and shape your future. Here we build opportunity togetherby harnessing our talents enabling curiosity and pursuing our collective ambition to make the best ideas happen. We are proud to be recognized as a great place to work by our talented teammates and leading news organizations like U.S. News and World Report Forbes Fast Company and Newsweek.

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