Manager, Project Management

Prudential Financial • Newark, NJ

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Global Technology Value Management Office (GTVMO) is seeking a detail-oriented individual for as a Strategy & Portfolio Manager to help mature and develop agile portfolio management and governance. The candidate brings a level of professionalism and leadership needed to assist with our executing our vision through improved collaboration and planning across portfolio, engaging roadmap creation, more advanced ways to communicate our plans and progress with the senior stakeholders. The Portfolio Manager work with Global Technology teams to aid in the progression of output and develop a streamlined approach that helps grow the awareness and practices for strategy and portfolio management support. Serve as lead for managing the GT&O portfolio activities and governance: • Ensure alignment of planned portfolio deliverables to strategies • Develop method(s) to capture and report on value/outcomes being delivered via GT&O initiatives • Coordinate with GT&O stakeholders to capture initiative deliverables, dependencies, risks and issues to achieve documented and committed goals and outcomes • Perform analysis on portfolio related data and metrics and work with initiative SMEs to ensure data accuracy • Support innovation through process improvements and challenging the status quo. Implement change to improve efficiencies/transformation via new technologies or process improvement • Organize Big Room planning sessions bringing together key stakeholders to strategize on effectively delivering work plans across the organization • Prepare communications/documentation related to GT&O portfolio activities and processes • Train initiative SMEs on GT&O portfolio processes and resulting reports needed to provide transparency to effectively monitor and manage execution on deliverables and timing • Takes direction with minimal guidance to help manage cross team execution of the portfolio deliverables / outcomes

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (minimum 5 years relevant work experience)
• Demonstrated ability to understand business partner and team needs; ability to solve complex challenges and identify solutions
• Demonstrated relationship management skills - ability to grow productive, trusting relationships with sponsors, key stakeholders and project team(s) and easily establish your role as a leader on new initiatives, mentor to junior associates
• Ability to influence project stakeholders without direct authority to achieve successful integration and desired outcomes
• Ability to thrive in ambiguously defined environments and to absorb knowledge quickly; fostering an environment of continuous improvement and high adaptability to change
• Strong communication skills, able to tailor communication style to effectively meet the needs of audience at all levels of the organization
• Champion of tech-forward approach, influences the adoption of Pru technologies
• 2+ years’ Portfolio Management & Governance experience

Nice To Haves

• Lean Portfolio Management experience preferred
• Jira Align experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Ensure alignment of planned portfolio deliverables to strategies
• Develop method(s) to capture and report on value/outcomes being delivered via GT&O initiatives
• Coordinate with GT&O stakeholders to capture initiative deliverables, dependencies, risks and issues to achieve documented and committed goals and outcomes
• Perform analysis on portfolio related data and metrics and work with initiative SMEs to ensure data accuracy
• Support innovation through process improvements and challenging the status quo. Implement change to improve efficiencies/transformation via new technologies or process improvement
• Organize Big Room planning sessions bringing together key stakeholders to strategize on effectively delivering work plans across the organization
• Prepare communications/documentation related to GT&O portfolio activities and processes
• Train initiative SMEs on GT&O portfolio processes and resulting reports needed to provide transparency to effectively monitor and manage execution on deliverables and timing
• Takes direction with minimal guidance to help manage cross team execution of the portfolio deliverables / outcomes

Benefits

• Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave.
• 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%).
• Company-funded pension plan.
• Wellness Programs including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs.
• Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development.
• Education Benefit to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree and many accredited certificate programs.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period), after one year of service.
• Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager