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Leidos · 5 hours ago

IT Portfolio Senior Manager

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$122K/yr - $221K/yr

8+ years exp

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U.S. Citizen Only

Security Clearance Required

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Responsibilities

Portfolio Oversight: Manage and oversee multiple concurrent IT projects, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and objectives.

Team Leadership: Manage, mentor, and develop a team of project managers and other contributing professionals through performance targets, regular reviews, and professional development, ensuring high performance and retention.

Resource Optimization: Optimize resource allocation across projects to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

Stakeholder Engagement: Develop and execute effective strategies to engage stakeholders at all levels, and maintain effective relationships to ensure thorough management of stakeholder expectations.

Risk and Issue Management: Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks, issues, and dependencies across projects.

Performance Monitoring: Maintain, monitor, and regularly report portfolio performance through key performance indicators and metrics.

Process Improvement: Develop and continually improve toolkits, templates, processes, and governance within the project management methodologies to drive effective and efficient project delivery.

Budget Management: Oversee the financial aspects of the project portfolio, ensuring projects are delivered within budget.

Qualification

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IT project managementPortfolio management methodologiesStakeholder engagementRisk managementBudget managementProcess improvementPMP certificationAgile frameworksServiceNowMicrosoft ProjectPower PlatformsCoaching skillsOrganizational change management

Required

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, or a related field and 8+ years of experience in IT project/portfolio management, with at least 4 years supervising or leading teams or projects.

Broad experience mentoring, coaching, and developing diverse project delivery talent.

Strong understanding of portfolio management methodologies, tools, and best practices.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex topics in simple terms with all levels of the organization.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

US citizenship is required and able to obtain security clearance as needed.

Preferred

Master’s degree in Information Technology, or a related field.

PMP, PgMP, PfMP or other relevant project management certifications.

In-depth knowledge of PMI PMBOK and Agile frameworks, including Scrum and SAFe agile, with practical experience operating these frameworks in an enterprise environment. Additional experience in systems engineering and organizational change management valued.

Proven experience with ServiceNow, Microsoft Project (and Project Online), SharePoint, and Power Platforms (PowerBI, Power Automate, and Power Apps).