Strategic Business Unit Portfolio Lead
hace 2 meses
**Portfolio Manager, Global Network Services**:
**Job Summary**:
Thermo Fisher Scientific is seeking a skilled Portfolio Manager to lead our Global Network Services (GNS) Portfolios. This is a critical role that requires a strategic thinker with experience in managing large, complex projects.
**Key Responsibilities**:
We are looking for a professional who can:
- Prioritize and lead strategy deployment & governance for GNS Portfolios
- Ensure alignment of Portfolios to Business Unit and GNS requirements
- Secure business justification, gain executive alignment, plan, and implement effective Business Unit Global Network Portfolios
- Present to leadership on key performance indicators for GNS Portfolio initiatives
- Identify and implement Portfolios to drive practical process improvement (PPI/Lean) to improve investment recovery and the value of GNS Portfolio(s)
- Ensure identification, management, automation, and regular tracking of Portfolio metrics
- Ensure appropriate tools and techniques are available and employed by the project teams to enable them to meet their assigned objectives successfully
- Build, develop, and grow business relationships key to the success of Portfolios
- Develop, implement, and train others on methodologies and tools for Portfolio execution and management
- Create processes to show return on investment for GNS Portfolios (e.g. risk reduction, regulatory compliance, data/system protection, and efficiency gains)
- Mentor colleagues on Portfolio management standard practices
- Project Management
- Successfully lead large and complex projects for GNS as required
- Maintain an assortment of small project efforts in support of the larger Portfolio
- Support the detailed planning and management of projects by GNS as needed to ensure successful completion
- Raise, explain, and offer proactive solutions when risks/issues to projects are causing failure or inability to complete on time or budget
- Continuously improve processes, tasks, and milestones using feedback and lessons learned as input into existing or future project plans
- Ensure project targets are met by actively following up with project managers through appropriate resource, issue, and risk management
- Assist or lead the development of business requirements, solution design & delivery, testing and service transition
- Verify execution of work in compliance with the defined project management framework and corporate processes
- Maintain the appropriate metrics related to project activities and submit in accordance with required procedures
- Coach, mentor, empower and lead project team members and contractors, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work
- Review project closeouts and create a recommendations' report to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements
- Maintain current knowledge and expertise in project management disciplines, as well as multiple business processes and/or technical areas
- Complete other duties as assigned
**Requirements/Qualifications**:
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems or Project Management
- 10+ years of a consistent record leading IT projects
- 5+ years of strategic Portfolio management
- Experienced in running large sophisticated Portfolios
- PMP certification and/or equivalent Portfolio management experience
- Information Security, Cybersecurity, Computer Network, or Risk Management work experience highly preferred
- Ability to balance the long-term ('big picture') and short-term implications of individual decisions
- Experience in delivery of successful Enterprise level IT Portfolios
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Ability to understand the final result and how to translate that result into useful processes
- Validated conflict resolution skills
- Good interpersonal and excellent documentation skills
- Advanced knowledge in creating and maintaining management level and detailed project plans
- Excellent customer service skills required
- Strong analytical skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into operational requirements
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to interact efficiently and authoritatively across a diverse group of executives, managers, and network domain experts
- Detail oriented with good interpersonal and time management skills
- Ability to lead and influence colleagues at all levels toward a strategic goal
- Up to 20% travel
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