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Under limited supervision, manages projects through the full life cycle from project definition and approval through implementation and evaluation of all project deliverables. Provides guidance to the project team. May also serve in a lead role.
US Citizen only.
The Information Technology (IT) Project Portfolio Manager within Enterprise Systems Department (ESD) at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is responsible for supporting the organizational and IT leadership in overseeing, managing, and reporting on operational and strategic initiative projects to achieve the organization’s goals and objectives. This individual will act as the primary resource for Enterprise Systems Department leadership for communications, and for reporting the state and performance of all projects within the portfolio. The individual will collaborate closely with the Project Managers, Business Analysts, ESD Director, and other GTRI departmental leadership teams to ensure that projects selection methodologies, standardized tools, and processes are utilized to prioritize and select projects for execution.
As an IT Project Portfolio Manager, you will facilitate a cross-functional team to collect, organize, document, and communicate project related information such as scope, requirements, resources required and their necessary skills to work on the project. Some of your primary tasks will be to conduct project planning, execution, and control of selected projects on the JIRA portfolio platform. You will also organize information and all documentations in both Jira and Confluence platforms. You will ensure that the leadership team has all necessary information to guide and enable them on making decisions to approve the projects for successful execution.
Job Requirements
Gatekeeper for the overall project portfolio-level intake process
Develops ongoing project pipeline from customer requests
Work with the Team Leads and Project Managers to plan and manage resource capacity and utilization.
Monitors the health of all portfolio initiatives, interdependencies, risks, and issues.
Provides reporting mechanisms and standards for all projects in the portfolio, ensuring transparency for
stakeholders and leadership.
Facilitates a regular cadence of portfolio reviews with the management that drives the effective delivery of
projects and supports continual learning and improvement for the organization operational units and
research laboratories.
Maintains a customer first mindset in all elements of the portfolio intake process.
Maintain a knowledgebase of internal and external customer practices related to the project and portfolio
management practices, resource capacity planning leveraging supported enterprise-wide tools and
processes that enable standard portfolio performance reporting.
Develop, deploy, operate, and continuously improve the project portfolio management process with a
customer focused and fit for purpose mindset
Develop, deploy, and maintain supporting portfolio management tools (e.g., project intake form, business
case form, prioritization matrices, portfolio KPI’s, portfolio dashboard, etc.)
Act as a liaison between the project teams (project managers, project leaders, project sponsors) and other
departmental leadership.
Communicate with ESD Director as necessary to discuss and resolve resources required to deliver the
projects.
Experience with Various project management Frameworks and Processes, Such as Agile
Education And Other Requirements
A Bachelor’s degree is required: Preferred degree in Business, Accounting, or IT-related field.
Strong experience with Microsoft Project Management software
5+ years of senior IT project management experience preferably with large technology implementation
projects.
5+ years of experience with Agile project delivery methodology
5+ years portfolio-level project intake governance
Excellent oral and written communications
Interpersonal, negotiation, planning, judgement, leadership, decision-making, analysis and problem-
solving skills
Certifications preferred; PMP, SAFe program consultant, Certified Scrum Master.
Required/Desired Skills Skill Required /Desired Amount of Experience in Years Consultant Experience Consultant Last Used Senior IT project management experience preferably with large technology implementation projects. Required 5 Experience with Agile project delivery methodology Required 5 Portfolio-level project intake governance Required 5 Certifications preferred; PMP, SAFe program consultant, Certified Scrum Master. Highly desired 0 A Bachelor’s degree is required: Preferred degree in Business, Accounting, or IT-related field. Required 0 Questions No. Question Consultant Answer Question1 Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that the resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if he or she does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you accept this requirement? Question2 Please list candidate’s email address. Question5 This assignment is contingent upon customer renewal and availability of adequate funding. Do you accept this requirement? Question6 The selected candidate will be expected to start their engagement no later than 2 weeks (10 business days) from the client’s selection date. Do you accept this requirement? Question7 The selected candidate will need to be a US Citizen. Do you accept this requirement?
