Portfolio Manager

Job Title: Business Portfolio & Value Manager
Location: Vienna, VA
Type: Contract
Compensation: N/A
Work Model: Hybrid – onsite and remote
Hours: 40.0

Responsibilities

• Govern business portfolios by developing and implementing frameworks, methodologies, and measurements for proposing, approving, and reviewing projects, programs, and services.
• Lead and facilitate cross-functional planning to support discussions among project owners, including resource allocation, dependencies, and sequencing across portfolios.
• Coordinate and synchronize portfolios through regular planning sessions to provide a clear understanding of current work streams, backlogs, and outcomes.
• Monitor processes, tasks, and metrics related to business portfolios, measuring performance against scope, budget, time, and resources.
• Develop best practices and principles for governance to increase performance and reduce operating costs, ensuring process efficiencies.
• Recommend and develop project and portfolio management processes to ensure on-time, within-budget delivery of critical initiatives.
• Ensure transparency of project portfolio status to facilitate fact-based decision making by leadership.
• Assess portfolio performance for compliance with policies, procedures, and service level agreements, ensuring consistent delivery of objectives.
• Set standards, enforce accountability, and support transformation initiatives to achieve strategic goals.
• Develop executive reporting and metrics focused on complex visual depictions of data.
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to support and enable change management initiatives.

Requirements

• Significant responsible experience in Portfolio Management Office, Strategy Realization Office, or similar function within a large organization, preferably financial services.
• Advanced knowledge of project lifecycles and management methodologies (e.g., Agile, SDLC, SAFe, Lean Portfolio Management).
• Ability to work independently in a matrixed environment.
• Expertise in Project Portfolio Management.
• Strong influencing, negotiation, and persuasion skills to reach positive outcomes.
• Proven ability to build effective relationships through rapport, trust, diplomacy, and tact.
• Excellent judgment and initiative to make sound decisions.
• Use of innovative thinking to solve problems and facilitate decision-making.
• Proven ability to produce results, achieve objectives, and analyze business requirements for solutions.
• Excellent presentation skills for conveying findings and analysis clearly and concisely.
• Critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to adapt to conflicting requests and changing requirements.
• Verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills at an expert level.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Azure DevOps (ADO).
• Experience with business intelligence tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field; Master’s degree preferred.

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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