Delivery and Portfolio Manager (IT Consulting)
Job Location:
Houston, TX - USA
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Job Summary
- Personally lead 23 complex client-facing engagements at a time from initiation through delivery owning on-time on-budget delivery at the margin sold
- Run Agile delivery hands-on using Azure DevOps: write and groom user stories configure sprints track velocity manage capacity and resource allocation and produce status and risk reporting
- Drive project planning requirements gathering business analysis and user story development especially during discovery and early shaping
- Identify risks remove obstacles and keep engagements on scope schedule budget and quality
- Lead distributed project teams spanning the US Brazil and India
- Oversee and coach 23 project managers running additional engagements; set delivery standards across the portfolio
- Communicate effectively with C-level stakeholders client teams and technical teams; escalate and resolve issues early
- Support SOW scoping and estimation as needed
- 10 years of working experience with 7 years in IT consulting leading client-facing engagements
- Strong application development project experience
- Hands-on Agile/Scrum delivery from a PM perspective user stories sprint configuration velocity tracking capacity and allocation management
- Experience delivering projects in the Microsoft ecosystem ( Power Platform)
- Ability to lead projects from the ground up discovery requirements shaping and delivery
- Strong business analysis skills
- Experience leading distributed teams across time zones
- Strong executive communication and stakeholder management
- Willingness to work hands-on in the delivery details not only at a governance level
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field
- Prior software development experience
- PMP CSM (Certified Scrum Master)
- Experience with IT integration work for client M&A (systems consolidation data migration app rationalization)
Required Skills:
Must Have Requirements: 10 years of working experience with 7 years in IT consulting leading client-facing engagements Strong application development project experience Hands-on Agile/Scrum delivery from a PM perspective user stories sprint configuration velocity tracking capacity and allocation management Experience delivering projects in the Microsoft ecosystem ( Power Platform) Ability to lead projects from the ground up discovery requirements shaping and delivery Strong business analysis skills Experience leading distributed teams across time zones Strong executive communication and stakeholder management Willingness to work hands-on in the delivery details not only at a governance level Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field Nice to Have: Prior software development experience PMP CSM (Certified Scrum Master) Experience with IT integration work for client M&A (systems consolidation data migration app rationalization)
