Strategic Initiatives Project Manager Jobs in Alabama

SUMMARY:
The Strategic Portfolio Manager partners closely with leadership across functional areas to translate strategic priorities into actionable initiatives and measurable business cases. This role supports the coordination and execution of strategic projects while managing risks, progress, and financial impacts. Acting as the liaison between business units, finance, and technology, the Strategic Portfolio Manager ensures cohesive planning, delivery, and reporting aligned to organizational goals. This role assists functional areas with their strategic initiatives, including prioritization and collaboration between business owners, product management, and delivery teams. The Strategic Portfolio Manager will partner with leadership and key stakeholders across the organization to drive successful project completion, and to identify and support enterprise-wide process optimizations.
JOB DUTIES
• Collaborates with functional leadership to translate strategic priorities into clear, tangible actions and well-defined business cases, defining the portfolio backlog and roadmap.
• Serves as the liaison between business units, FP&A, and technology departments, to ensure initiatives are appropriately broken into milestones and supported by technology solutions.
• Participates in technology solution planning to help ensure technical capabilities align with strategic requirements, business priorities, and investment priorities.
• Identifies patterns and trends across initiatives, bringing people and teams together to collaboratively build lasting, sustainable solutions.
• Effectively builds, develops, and manages relationships across all stakeholders, including senior leaders, to align expectations and support initiative success
• Monitors external market or industry trends that may impact strategic portfolio priorities.
• Oversees and coordinates the execution of multiple strategic initiatives at a portfolio level, tracking progress and escalating risks to leadership.
• Serves in a consultative capacity by supporting teams on deliverables and providing guidance on solution design and execution best practices.
• Detects gaps or weaknesses in plans or execution and proactively propose mitigation strategies to address risks and improve outcomes.
• Works with stakeholders to define business value, tracks progress, and sees initiatives through to completion.
• Analyzes and understands the financial impacts of initiatives, linking project milestones to organizational financial goals.
• Partners with FP&A and Finance teams to define appropriate tracking mechanisms and KPI frameworks for portfolio and initiative performance.
• Prepares and presents regular comprehensive reports on portfolio status, initiative health, risks, and opportunities for executive leadership.
• Builds and develops strategy documents, including presentations, analyses, business cases and white papers. Supports the ideation and development of strategic initiatives as needed.
• Provides data-driven recommendations to leadership regarding initiative performance - advocating continuation, modification, or discontinuation as appropriate.
• Supports the development and refinement of portfolio governance standards and processes.
• Works with cross-functional execution teams to ensure adherence to defined processes and governance frameworks.
• Supports strategy workshops and brainstorming sessions with the leadership teams. Manages the research and development of content, and organizes
strategic discussions across departments related to Motion's strategy.
• Serves as a subject matter expert on portfolio management activities
• Participates in the long-range forecasting and strategic planning processes.
• Supports executive-level strategic workshops and portfolio steering committee meetings.
• Supports organizational capability building in portfolio and program management practices.
• Supports change management and stakeholder engagement activities related to portfolio initiatives.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
Typically requires a bachelor's degree in business administration, management, project management, finance or a related field; MBA or relevant advanced degree preferred. At least five (5) years of experience in strategy, strategic management and/or project/portfolio management, ideally in complex, cross-functional environments. Minimum of three (3) years of experience leading large-scale, cross-functional projects preferably in an agile environment. Proven experience working at the interface of business strategy, finance, and technology functions.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES
• Proficient in Microsoft Office tools (including Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint), portfolio management software/tools and ability to utilize automated functionality/tools to create efficiencies.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives and collaborate with senior leadership.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, capable of influencing across all levels of an organization.
• Ability to navigate and coordinate between technology teams and business stakeholders effectively.
• Extensive knowledge of project and portfolio management tools and methodologies, agile methodologies, change management principles, and organizational design.
• Ability to resolve conflicts and creatively solve problems with limited input and resources in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
• Ensure collaboration and information sharing among business owners and delivery teams through transparency and effective communication driving execution of initiatives.
• Strong story-telling skills in developing clear and concise presentations and documents for executive and leadership audiences.
• Strong communication, facilitation and presentation skills, and ability to build effective and collaborative business relationships.
• Strong critical listening skills to be able to listen and determine the essence of what is being said.
• Ability to operate with autonomy and ambiguity, adapting to changing market conditions and business needs.
• Proven ability to operate independently, with minimal direct day-to-day supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to drive results through distributed cross-functional teams and strong business acumen.
• Self-managed and self-motivated; ability to support and work on multiple overlapping projects.
• Personal integrity and an ability to maintain confidentiality of company and client information.
• Strong strategic thinking with the ability to break down strategic priorities into concrete plans and measurable outcomes.
• A visionary mindset to identify trends, define target markets, and develop long-term strategies.
• Analytical mindset to identify risks, track dependencies, and ensure alignment with financial and strategic goals.
• Analytical mindset to identify risks, track dependencies, and ensure alignment with financial and strategic goals.
• Proven ability to enhance outcomes through strategic thinking and mindset, critical thinking capability and business analysis and improvement leadership, with demonstrated ability to synthesize multiple sources of information; the individual should have strong problem-solving, analysis and organizational skills.
• Solid understanding of financial concepts related to project and portfolio management, including budgeting, forecasting, and KPI development.
• Strong understanding of financial principles, market dynamics, and business case development.
• Proven analytical and quantitative skills and an ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions and develop business cases.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Travel up to 20% of the time.
LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS:
PMP (Project Management Professional), Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP) certification preferred; Agile certification such as Leading SAFe or similar preferred; Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or certifications related to business analysis (CBAP) or financial acumen may be beneficial; Change Management Certification preferred
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY: 2-5 Direct Reports
BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY: No
COMPANY INFORMATION:
Motion offers an excellent benefits package which includes options for healthcare coverage, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, vacation, sick, and holiday pay.
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