PMO Porftfolio Manager; Local ti Chicago

PMO Porftfolio Manager (Local ti Chicago)

Full-time

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.

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.

• 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

• 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

• 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…