Portfolio Manager: Advanced Manufacturing

**Job Advert Summary**:
Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) is a talent driven, customer
- centric and impact focused organisation. In our endeavour to support technology innovation with socio-economic outcomes; we seek to infuse the organisation with team players that find resonance as value creators, agile thinkers, progressive attitudes, customer-centricity, dynamic work ethic and an optimistic disposition. We aim to harness these attributes in a manner that they culminate into a culture of teamwork, impact and accountability.

**Job Purpose**:
To develop and manage a portfolio of (Advanced Manufacturing) innovation projects through the relevant technology readiness levels (TRL) towards commercialisation

**Minimum Requirements**:

- A Degree in Science (Materials, Physics, Chemistry) / Engineering (Mechanical, Electronic/Electrical, Computer)
- A Masters degree in Engineering will be an added advantage
- A business qualification will be an added advantage
- Three (3)
- Five (5) years in technology/innovation and/or investment/portfolio management, with experience in assisting entrepreneurs’/HEI’s/Science councils to progress their IP/technologies towards commercialization.
- Two (2) years’ experience in project/portfolio comercialisation and industrialization, ideally in the manufacturing/industrial sectors will be an added advantage.
- Good knowledge of technology development and innovation investment trends in the manufacturing sector.
- Knowledge of PFMA
- Knowledge of support systems for early technology
- Devotion to quality
- Dutifulness
- Innovating
- Negotiating
- Client focus
- Presentation and facilitation skills
- Performing under pressure
- Team work
- Integrity
- Innovating
- Decisiveness

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Duties**:
**Financial management and revenue growth**
- Assist the head to develop divisional budgets and forecasts for Exco and Board approval.
- Monitor and track performance against budget (operations and projects).
- Manage and monitor the timeous disbursement of funding to ensure optimal operation of technology and innovation projects.
- Ensure that new funding opportunities are identified and additional income was raised from third party investors.
- Manage projects repayment obligations to TIA (Equity and royalties, investments and loans).

**Stakeholder management and thought leadership**
- Provide input into the formulation of a stakeholder relationship strategy specific to the STA..
- Ensure that an effective eco system is built around the portfolio including key stakeholder relations.
- Participate in events, meetings, workshops and conferences by giving input, availing skill, competency and expertise.
- Participation should result in positive input, impact and giving direction in the NSI

**Governance, compliance and reporting**
- Ensure that adherence to all relevant policies and frameworks is maintained.
- Ensure compliance to all TIA systems
- Ensure that all portfolio audit matters are resolved and agreed turnaround times on key business processes are achieved.
- Ensure that project information is accurately and completely recorded on the Enterprise Resource system.
- Ensure timeous and accurate reporting as per requirements

**Innovation Funding and Pre Commercialisation Support-**
- Assist applicants with building a fundable opportunity and to assess Investment opportunities.
- Provide support and assistance to projects to achieve their milestones.
- Pro-actively identify project risks and portfolio opportunities, together with project teams.
- Perform technical due diligence of TIA projects and programs.
- Ensure that all aspects of the project life cycle from sourcing to exit are efficiently managed.
- Facilitate Commercialisation of TIA projects/investments. Build a pipeline of investment opportunities for the strategic technology areas.
- Perform client-centric and value adding project management of TIA projects/investments.
- Process adherence and improvement
- **Process adherence and improvement**
- Ensure that KPAs are understood and achieved as agreed upon in the Performance agreement.
- Review performance against agreed performance standards.
- Live the values and culture of TIA. Identify and implement development opportunities to ensure continuous improvement of work effectiveness and efficiency.
- Ensure that departmental Information systems and tools are optimally utilized to execute core tasks