Portfolio Manager

2 months ago


Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa ABC Worldwide Full time
Job Title: Portfolio Manager

We are seeking a highly skilled Portfolio Manager to join our team at ABC Worldwide.

About the Role

The Portfolio Manager will be responsible for providing oversight to portfolio-level value-driven governance for agile product deliveries across the organization. This role will play a crucial part in ensuring that all initiatives are aligned to the business strategy and meet short/long-term business needs and value expectations.

Key Responsibilities
  • Ensure that the organization's business and financial objectives and strategic goals are clearly articulated and accessible.
  • Investigate the feasibility of initiatives in support of business strategy and objectives.
  • Facilitate, with the business executive team, initiative selection/approval and strategic prioritization to ensure maximum value to the business and prioritization of risk and compliance initiatives.
  • Maintain the overall business portfolio, with timely inclusion of initiatives being implemented in the product/agile delivery teams.
  • Ensure cross-product dependencies are managed.
  • Establish and implement metrics to measure the effectiveness of initiatives in line with goals and key performance indicators.
  • Ensure the portfolio is meeting the stated goals and objectives and delivering on the expected return on investment.
  • Highlight initiatives that could be terminated/stopped that are no longer contributing to the overall business strategy and objectives.
  • Create reporting documentation to communicate progress and other portfolio metrics.
  • Resource Management: Collaborate with line managers to ensure the team is properly staffed with the right capacity and competencies to deliver on initiatives and when needed facilitate the (re-)allocating of resources throughout the life cycle of the portfolio.
  • Oversee the achievement and risk 'blockers' related to product deliveries.
  • Partner with product teams to review lean business cases, linking business benefits to investments for funding and allocation requests.
  • Ensure agile principles and practices are applied consistently.
  • Oversee the creation and review of key metrics, outcomes, and reporting related to key milestones and objectives.
  • Assess and report the health of product deliveries with objectivity, accuracy, and transparency.
  • Ensure that appropriate stakeholders are engaged in risk identification and mitigation.
  • Predict and identify risks/opportunities from interdependencies of product deliveries.
  • Support the identification/removal of barriers to delivery.
  • Promote the pace and energy within the team and lead by example.
  • Strong commitment and support for the success of the team and its outcomes.
Requirements
  • Relevant B-degree or Diploma (essential)
  • Relevant M-degree (desirable)
  • Relevant Project Management Certification (desirable)
  • Knowledge of relevant Project Management software and tools
  • Knowledge of Project Management lifecycle, from conception to close-out
  • Knowledge of agile methodology
  • Knowledge of the software development life cycle (SDLC)
  • Knowledge of products administered by the business unit will be an advantage
  • 7+ years' experience in a dedicated project management position (essential)
  • Experience with managing large-scale programmes from conceptualization to close-out (essential)
  • Experience with managing a portfolio of work
  • 3 – 5 years in a senior management position (desirable)
  • Business experience – understanding of business and business processes
  • Proficient understanding of the Insurance industry
Location

The position is currently available at our office in Centurion.


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