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Sonoma Consulting is one of the fastest growing national IT Consulting and Executive Search company in the United States, which was founded in 2011 by Mark McGee, the President and CEO. Sonoma Consulting has two business divisions - IT Consulting Services & Executive Search to serve its 150 national clients which range from entrepreneurial start-ups to Global Fortune 500.

SUMMARY:
PMO Portfolio Managers will be responsible for managing and monitoring the strategic planning, sequencing and execution of the portfolio to align to organizational objectives and complying/utilizing COE standards, processes and tools. In this role, they will identify barriers to change within their respective portfolios and make recommendations to improve the probability of success and identify tradeoffs and decisions to help portfolio optimization as a whole. This person is keen to drive measurable value out of the portfolio.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
Design, develop and manage the portfolio operating model and roles and responsibilities
Develop and drive portfolio management best practices and standards that will improve productivity, investment decision making and realize targeted business outcomes.
Collaborates with the business to deliver functional and enterprise level capabilities and ensure they align to the projects supporting their portfolios.
Collaborates with the PMO COE Methods and Tools Manager to ensure use of standard methodologies, processes, PPM tools and reporting metrics (KPIs) across their portfolio.
Work with the BRM representatives to make sure that appropriate program and project managers are allocated to portfolio projects and programs proactively.
Develops a set of executive and portfolio related dashboards to communicate up and down the organization the status of the program portfolio
Manages a the intake and demand management function and maintains the capital and expense budgets across the program portfolio
Tracks, monitors and manages resource and capacity management conflicts and demands
Responsible for the adoption of portfolio management methodology and provides suitable interpretation to all stakeholders within the organization
Contributes to the development of overall Business and IT strategy as it relates to the project portfolio and performance of that portfolio
Review, track and monitor business case input and results
Creates and reports on benefits realization based on the justification in the business case for each project and/or program
Contributes to training for portfolio management functions
OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES:
Strong influence management skills; ability to work cooperatively at all levels in a matrix environment to build and maintain the positive relationships required to accomplish organizational goals
Excellent communication skills and interpersonal/team effectiveness - ability to succinctly and accurately communicate to various levels of management and employees
Team with training, resource management, integration management and analytics functions to make sure they have the appropriate methods and tools
Exceptional analytical, strategic, planning, organization, and time management skills to effectively execute project plans and budgets
Clear understanding of the roles and responsibilities of cross- functional project teams and functional management
Exceptional portfolio, program, and project management skills
Business acumen; ability to think from an overall "best for the business" perspective
Demonstrates initiative; results oriented
Excellent decision making skills - ability to negotiate and balance decisions and manage competing priorities across multiple functional areas

DAY IN THE LIFE INTERACTION
Portfolio Managers work closely with functional VPs to drive alignment between initiative(s) and work stream teams, monitor areas of significant program risk in conjunction with executive/steering committees, program leaders, and initiative leaders, and the Senior Director of PMO
The person in this role will interact weekly or daily with PMO Program Managers to understand program health, resolve issues, and mitigate risks.
Proactively work with the BRM to make the right assignments needed for the programs in the portfolio to successfully plan, launch and get executed.
Team with the COE analytics team to leverage data analysis processes and tools to help identify trends and
Portfolio Managers will team with Program Managers and COE Methods and Tools Manager to execute intake and demand management, financial, estimating and resource management processes
They will own the accountability for the financial health of their portfolio
Participate in the stage gate process for a particular projects and programs.
Report to the Director of the COE on a weekly basis and provide status as to where value has been generated across the function and what activity was accomplished to drive standardization and transparency in a given week.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION REQUIRED:
Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems, Business, or related field

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE:
10+ years of experience in program, project, and portfolio management
7+ years of experience with the functions within program and portfolio management
7+ years with delivery methodologies and tools
SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:
Project, Program, and Portfolio leadership experience
Program manager experience or people manager experience (with direct reports)
Portfolio, capacity, and financial management experience
Experience managing global initiatives
Experience driving change management initiatives across an organization
DESIRED/PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Self-motivated individual with passion to succeed
Demonstrated leadership for process harmonization across an organization
Experience implementing initiatives through effective influence management skills at multiple levels in the organization
Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
Experience in creating and delivering presentations to leadership
Excellent facilitation and issue resolution skills
Previous experience operating in a matrix organization
Ability to work independently or collaboratively to determine and develop approaches to solutions with very little to no supervision or direction
Experience providing work direction and leadership to people and teams in a management role
Experience with Planview, MS Project, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Word
Master's degree in Management Information Systems, Business, or related field
PHYSICAL JOB REQUIREMENTS:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile
Required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers

Titles: PMO Manager, PMO Program Manager, Program Manager, PMO Program Manager, Portfolio PMO Manager, Portfolio Program Manager

Skills : PPM, PMO, Portfolio, KPI