Portfolio Director, Program Management Unit Esaro

Job Summary:
As a senior leader within the organization, works collaboratively with the Regional Director and other Portfolio Directors to provide oversight in the development and implementation of the organization’s strategic plan in the East and Southern Africa region. Works across the region to ensure and contributes to the successful implementation of assigned countries and regional portfolios, including operational and financial performance and project results, generating funding to sustain the organization and fulfill its mission, and compliance with appropriate regulations and policies. Provides operations oversight and is a primary company representative across multiple sectors for a specified geography. Liaises as appropriate with government agencies, country missions, local government(s), international organizations, headquarters and other funders and stakeholders. Contributes to organization’s business and resource development efforts in the specified geography/countries and ensures or leverages landscape scoping and analysis and strategic planning. Provides program and project management services including mentoring, project management best practices, tools, and templates. Organizes cross functional and inter-regional activities ensuring efficacy of the project(s)/programmatic objectives. Partners with Operations Management to resolve issues and ensure cross-functional project process consistency. May function as a Project Director on large complex multi-sector projects; Builds the skills and capabilities of project staff managing projects within the portfolio.
- This position can be based in any country within East or South Africa

Key Responsibilities:
- Provides strategic leadership and oversight for organizational operations in the regional portfolio.- Ensures quality and oversees the region’s portfolios and provides operational support to all FHI 360 projects in assigned countries.- Provides operational support for global or regional projects in collaboration with Business Units (BUs).- Ensures operational oversight and quality assurance for project(s) in which designated as Project Director and/or COP or coordinates with primary technical supervisor within the appropriate sector(s) to ensure technical oversight and support.- Serves as the operations supervisor for FHI 360 project leads in countries assigned ensuring projects are cost efficient; liaises with assigned technical supervisors to provide ongoing supervision and performance assessments for project leads.- Contributes in developing revenue/business development targets, including entering new market segments and ensuring country/regional plans will achieve them.- Works with Country Directors/Leads to develop operational/ G&A budgets that support the organizations goals for the region.- Works with various organizational groups to manage and mitigate organizational risk and ensure compliance with appropriate regulations and policies.- Provides high level operational support to global or regional projects with systems, skills, and resources to ensure the quality of the region’s portfolio.- Monitors regional landscape analyses, strategic plans, and oversees the approval of proposals, protocols, reports and budgets to achieve strategic programmatic goals.- Accountable for hitting assigned organizational approved targets.- Acts as a communication conduit for portfolio-related project status, actions, decisions, risks and issues and schedules for strategic initiatives.- Develops and delivers action-oriented portfolio scorecards, metrics, governance, and reporting to support executive decision making.- Fosters innovation and drives adoption of leading practices and provides expertise to Project Managers, Project Directors, Director, Programs and Functional Managers and/or business partners related to the project management function, processes and/or tools.- Supports business-oriented project management aiding in execution and decision support.- Establishes, serves and maintains partnerships with internal and external stakeholder on project matters.- Serves on various committees and teams both internal and external to the organization.- Evaluates regional staffing, budgets, training and other programmatic needs and activities and works with team to ensure harmonized enterprise services platform for the regional office.- Works with Enterprise Services to ensure harmonized enterprise services platforms for the regional and country offices.- Facilitates project start-up and close-out for projects in the region.- Provides leadership in emergency situations for countries within the region, as required/requested.- Provides reporting and governance of the portfolio financial health.- Supports performance management and professional development of direct reports, including ongoing feedback, coaching, and career support.- Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge & Skills:
- Strong business acumen with the keenness and quickness to under