Program & Portfolio Manager II

About Us

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Techs faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nations top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Techs Mission and Values

Georgia Techs mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

1. Students are our top priority.

2. We strive for excellence.

3. We thrive on diversity.

4. We celebrate collaboration.

5. We champion innovation.

6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.

7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.

8. We act ethically.

9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Job Summary

Strengthen the Institute processes for major enterprise investments by facilitating and coordinating gating and decision processes. Establish and promote an enterprise level portfolio management approach with a focus on specific investment types (e.g. technology investments). Oversee and support project execution through continual coordination of program/portfolio plans, data analysis, reporting and education. This position will interact on a regular basis with: faculty, staff, students, and vendors. This position typically will advise and counsel: faculty, staff and vendors. This position may supervise: administrative support and analyst level team members.

Responsibilities

Job Duty 1 -

Manage enterprise level programs and portfolios through the design and facilitation of Institute wide governance processes.

Job Duty 2 -

Guide and support project and program managers in the initiation, planning, execution, and closing of projects within defined portfolios.

Job Duty 3 -

Advise and mentor organizational leaders on the creation and launch of portfolio management functions across the Institute.

Job Duty 4 -

Provide portfolio management oversight to include creation and tracking of metrics, project status, prioritization and ranking, and roadmaps.

Job Duty 5 -

Facilitate the development of business cases for potential projects. Work with the proposing unit leader, the Institute budget office and procurement to perform total cost of ownership analysis data analysis, cost benefit analysis, and financial modeling.

Job Duty 6 -

Design, develop and maintain tools and processes for portfolio management and enterprise level tracking. Partner with business services to measure adherence to established governance processes.

Job Duty 7 -

Assist with the creation and delivery of materials related to project/program management education and mentoring.

Job Duty 8 -

Perform other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements

Bachelors Degree in Business Administration, Management, Information Technology, Statistics, Data Science or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience

Required Experience

Seven to ten years job related experience

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Educational Qualifications

Masters Degree in related field

Preferred Qualifications

Managing complex portfolios across an Institutional Enterprise.

Leading the design and development of enterprise portfolio management systems.

Managing project team talent resources through demand management and time allocations.

Other Preferred Qualifications

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.

Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP certification).

Experience managing project resources (assigning people to projects) in a management consulting organization.

Preferred Knowledge

Portfolio management best practices.

Resource and demand management.

Portfolio management systems.

Measuring benefits realization.

Planning and assessment.

Preferred Skills

Dashboarding, variance analysis, portfolio structuring, developing consulting practice KPIs, value assessment

Preferred Abilities

Ability to analyze large amounts of portfolio data including time tracking, project milestones, resource allocations.

Ability to prepare dashboards of KPIs and metrics that matter most.

Ability to prepare and present analysis to executive level audiences.

Ability to prepare value reports and outcome statements.

Ability to coach, mentor, and guide other portfolio, program, and project managers

Proposed Salary

Proposed Salary: $99,096-$125,000. Commensurate with education and experience.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

Skills

Ability to communicate effectively; organizational and facilitation skills.

USG Core Values

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 25 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

USG Core Values

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 25 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The Institute is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and Institute policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Equal opportunity and decisions based on merit are fundamental values of the University System of Georgia ("USG") and Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of an individuals race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

Other Information

This is not a supervisory position.

This position does not have any financial responsibilities.

This position will not be required to drive.

This role is not considered a position of trust.

This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).

This position will not travel

This position does not require security clearance.

Background Check

A successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit: https://usg.policystat.com/policy/19298143/latest