Project Portfolio Manager Job in St. Louis, Missouri US
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010A Project Portfolio Manager is needed for a 6 month Contract-to-Hire position with our client in St Louis, MO. Essential Functions of the Position: Manage multiple Operational Activities including but not limited to, Resource Management for the entire IT department, Portfolio Prioritization including ROI metrics and key weightings, and Application Portfolio tracking.
Provide oversight for a Portfolio of Projects, including understanding which projects are at risk, mitigation strategies for those projects, which projects are completing in the near-term, and excellent political skills to ensure the proper escalations are followed.
Understand on a detailed level Resource Management.
This includes views of entire IT department supply/demand balancing and the ability to look at large amounts of resource data and determine constraints and provide recommendations on how to mitigate resource risk.
Ability to lead Project Prioritization with Managers/Directors/VPs in order to give the entire department visibility to constraints in resources as it relates to delivering projects.
Ability to interact with multiple project managers to understand key issues/risks on their projects and the savvy to know when to escalate and when to let a project run its course.
Specific Qualifications (items are required unless noted otherwise): 10 years of IT work experience5 years managing projects and portfoliosExpert in MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS SharePoint, and CA Clarity portfolio, resource and project modulesBachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field or equivalent work experienceProject Management certification or successful completion of a recognized project management curriculum is preferredExpert knowledge of SharePoint Work Flow in order to track deliverable creation and approvalsFamiliarity with Earned Value and its application on a portfolio of projectsExpert knowledge of Clarity’s Project Management Platform used for Resource Management, Project Management and Portfolio Management.