Portfolio Director
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Job Location:
Riverton, NJ - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
7 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Portfolio Director is a senior manager that leads an organization responsible for managing the entire life cycle of a portfolio of complex IT solutions. A key focus is delivering and operating these IT solutions for the Church globally. This position requires a combination of the ability to establish and communicate strategic vision exceptional customer focus executive presence and extensive experience leading technology-focused product and service delivery in a large global organization.
This individual works with divine guidance to provide or support technology that furthers the mission of the Church and reflects the eternal impact of the gospel.
We value early mid and late-career candidates and encourage all applicants with the posted skills and abilities to apply.
Responsibilities
Establish and maintain trusted partner relationships by becoming part of their senior management team/directors council
Understand the partners needs and advise influence and develop strategies to leverage technology for partners benefit
Frequently communicate with other executive management portfolio leaders stakeholders and technology teams to articulate portfolio vision and roadmap by translating business vision into easily understood terms
Leverage portfolio roadmap to get buy-in from key partner and ICS stakeholders to set and achieve portfolio and solution/initiative goals
Execute portfolio and project plans:
- Ensure business requirements are defined at proper level to successfully create and maintain the portfolios suite of solutions
- Ensure IT risks are identified and properly managed
- Develop and share best practices and ensure Solutions Managers execute projects and operations within forecasts and budgets
- Anticipate and identify problems early via regular review of budget spend rates labor usage and performance against objectives
- Set Service Level Agreements and meet performance objectives
- Successfully produce measurable business value.
Promote and support portfolio division and department strategies and goals by collaborating cross-portfolio and cross-team
Demonstrate leadership and create a high performing workforce by creating a culture of fostering accountability building capability and positively influencing others
The employee must regularly manage the work of other employees (may include mixed workforce)
The employee is authorized in partnership with HR to hire or fire employees and recommends advancement promotion or any other change of status of employees within their reporting line
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in related field.
- 10 years combined senior level management responsibility within a technology organization including five years managing large successful tech rollout projects for a large organization
- Demonstrated success building deploying and operating enterprise-class solutions. Able to manage full life-cycle solution delivery including providing thought leadership necessary to advance IT capabilities and improve results.
- Experience building and maintaining executive-level relationships. International experience is a plus.
- Skilled at establishing vision and have the ability to translate that vision into business solutions.
- Strong IT product and operational experience including budgeting resource management and metrics.
- Exceptional customer focus on customer service.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience presenting to technical and non-technical audiences at an executive level.
- High level of professionalism with strong interpersonal conflict resolution and problem-solving skills.
- Able to deliver results in an environment of competing priorities and changing project scope.
- Experience with cost analysis budgeting performance management and metrics.
- Strong technology implementation background project management experience and proven product management experience
- This job operates in a professional environment
- To successfully perform the essential functions of the job there may be physical requirements which need to be met such as sitting for long periods of time and using computer monitors/equipment
Preferred:
- Masters degree
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Project / Program Management
- Project Portfolio Management
- Portfolio Management
- Credit Analysis
- Banking
- Pricing
- Analysis Skills
- Project Management
- Financial Analysis
- Budgeting
- Property Management
- Contracts
About Company
Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings— giving Church members places ... View more
