IT Portfolio Manager

5 days onsite in Alameda
Description:
The IT Portfolio Manager is a key role focused on shaping and driving the strategic direction of the company's product portfolio in North America. This role involves leading the development and execution of both long-term and short-term strategies, ensuring cross-functional alignment, and overseeing the entire product lifecycle from a commercial perspective.
You will provide leadership & strategy for a group of IT professionals supporting a major organizational unit responsible for defining, developing, implementing, operating and supporting computer-based systems and related processes and tools that deliver capabilities to work more efficiently.
-Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.
-Understands and contributes to organization's vision, goals and strategies.
-Aligns department priorities appropriately, determines critical success factors, evaluates and pursues initiatives, investments and opportunities based on fit with strategies.
-Champion change and innovation. Stimulates creativity and innovation in others. Open to new ideas. Supports those who initiate change - and take risks.
-Promotes a Global Perspective.
-Ensure that IT solutions meets the needs of the business.
-Negotiate for and secures resources to meet the long-range operational demands of the area.
-Oversee and control department budgets, project capital/RCE expenditures & ROI: develop, monitor and meet expense and recovery plans; continually look for opportunities for cost reductions and cost avoidance.
-Manage IT investment for the function.
-Determine necessary mix of skill set. Confronts and deals with employee's issues in a constructive and timely manner.
-Establish and maintain high-quality relationships with all levels across the company and with external partners
-Manage shared services that span multiple virtual teams across the world and cross cultures.
Commercial Understanding:
-Demonstrate an understanding of business drivers and influence them to achieve flawless execution.
-Understand customer needs and operations.
Incorporate consumer and customer insights and trends into strategy and tactics.
Scenario Planning & Strategic Risk Management:
-Lead scenario planning efforts and identify strategic risks, developing mitigation strategies to ensure portfolio decisions are resilient and forward-looking.
Ad-Hoc strategic initiatives:
-lead and manage unique, high impact projects that arise outside of regular portfolio planning cycles, ensuring that these one-off initiatives are aligns to overall business.
Skills:
IT Applications, People Management, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Planning, Portfolio management, Program management, Requirement gathering, Reporting
Top Skills Details:
IT Applications,People Management,Stakeholder Management,Strategic Planning,Portfolio management
Additional Skills & Qualifications:
-8+ years of overall experience, including 5 years of systems management experience; experience should also include project management, systems consulting, employee development, and strategic system planning.
-Strong analytical skills: ability to analyze data from a wide range of internal and external sources and translate these into powerful insights for Strategic decisions and tactical focus.
-Excellent presentation, communication, and motivational skills.
-Exceptional interpersonal skills for collaboration across functions; outstanding communication and presentation abilities.
-Experience with a wide variety of IT systems/Applications including but not limited to CRMs (salesforce, Veeva), websites, incentive compensation tools, etc
Experience Level:
Expert Level
Benefits:
o Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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