Program / Portfolio Manager
Contract/ Contract to Hire
Chicago, IL ( 3 days in office)
Local only
Not an IT Program Manager. This is Operations Regulatory compliance and risk portfolio manager role.
Our direct client is looking for Program / Portfolio Manager. This Operational Risk and Resiliency Portfolio Manager role reports to the Head of Global Regulatory Program Management and is responsible for management of a team of program and project managers in support of large scale, enterprise-wide Programs with multiple projects and work streams.
The key responsibilities of the role include:
• Ability to manage delivery through effective delegation, oversight and stakeholder engagement across a portfolio of programs
• Ability to provide high-level assessments of program progress, risks, issues and to facilitate rapid resolution with senior level stakeholders
• Ability to communicate effectively to ensure there is a clear and concise understanding of expectations.
• Ability to manage and maintain progress across a portfolio of work, and to continuously manage program risks, issues and escalations as needed.
• Effectively liaise between cross-functional stakeholders to align around common objectives.
• Continuously improve and optimize projects towards efficiency, productivity and quality standards.
• Manage the portfolio with a forward-looking mindset, i.e., proactively anticipate any potential issues, prevent them and/or define pragmatic contingency plans.
• Develop and hold accountable a team of program managers to proactively manage dependencies, ‘reusable assets’ (components of the solution that have been already built elsewhere), roadblocks and learning points (i.e., milestones defined to resolve any uncertainty that the team might be dealing with).
• Timely escalate and relentlessly pursue resolution of any roadblocks with a clear, end-to-end ownership mindset.
• Develop and control deadlines, budgets and activities pertaining to the supported projects.
• Engage, supervise and coordinate third party support, including oversight of forecast and budget variance
The ideal candidate should have a fair amount of the following:
• A College or University degree and deep understanding of project management and portfolio management
• Relevant industry knowledge is required (financial risk, non-financial risk, regulatory and/or compliance)
• Technical skills: Outlook, Teams, Microsoft Office 365 suite required (advanced with Excel, Word, SharePoint, PowerPoint, MS Project).
• Knowledge of and experience supporting programs with enterprise risk management, financial or non-financial risk
• A minimum of 8 years serving as a Portfolio or Program Manager or a relevant role
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