Director PMO Portfolio Management (Hybrid Work Model)

Sentry Insurance•Stevens Point, WI

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director PMO Portfolio Management coordinates the delivery of projects and initiatives within their portfolio while ensuring the accountability and growth of their team. This role involves building and maintaining partnerships with Portfolio leaders and stakeholders to understand delivery needs and priorities, ensuring the delivery of enterprise-level projects to forward strategic objectives, and facilitating communication, problem-solving, and negotiation across departments for alignment. The Director will establish and foster a project management team environment that promotes mutual accountability and growth, validate and monitor frameworks for core project delivery activities (planning, schedule management, risk management), and oversee financial tracking and cost management for all projects within the assigned portfolio. Additionally, the role promotes collaborative partnerships with the core project team, vendors, and business areas, coaches and mentors project team members, and administers human resource-related activities including performance and salary reviews, staff selection, development, motivation, and recognition.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree or equivalent work experience.
Minimum of 10 years project management experience.

Nice To Haves

Agile and/or project management professional certification preferred.
Demonstrated experience in a fast paced, information technology environment preferred.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a strong operational focus preferred.
Vendor management experience preferred.
Previous experience in the Insurance industry preferred.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain partnership with Portfolio leaders and stakeholders to understand delivery needs and priorities within the Portfolio.
Ensure delivery of enterprise level projects within assigned portfolio to forward strategic objectives.
Facilitate communication, problem-solving and negotiation within the portfolio and across departments to ensure alignment.
Establish and foster a project management team environment promoting mutual accountability and growth to improve services and provide associate growth.
Validate and monitor frameworks and mechanisms for core project delivery activities such as planning, schedule management and project risk management to align services with culture and business drivers.
Validate and monitor financial tracking and cost management for all projects within assigned portfolio to ensure appropriate financial control.
Promote collaborative partnerships across the core project team, vendors, and impacted business areas to ensure cooperative delivery.
Coach and mentor project team members successfully operating in a project environment in support of associate growth.
Administer human resource-related activities including timely performance and salary reviews and ensure all subordinates adhere to human resources policies and practices.
Select, develop, motivate, and recognize staff.