Police Projects Portfolio Manager
About The Position
A Police Projects Portfolio Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and managing a portfolio of strategic initiatives and projects that support the operational and long-term goals of the Mesa Police Department. This position provides leadership on project execution directly over assigned projects and indirectly over strategic initiatives assigned to command staff. The Police Projects Portfolio Manager is also responsible for performing a variety of advanced, professional-level work in planning, coordinating, and managing one or more large-scale, highly complex/high risk projects, which may impact multiple agencies, citizens, or multiple units, sections, or departments through the project’s lifecycle and implementation.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Organizational Development, or related field.
- Extensive (5+ years) experience in program management or project management of large-scale systems or services.
- Successful completion of a background investigation.
- Substance Abuse Testing.
Nice To Haves
- Experience managing a portfolio of projects and initiatives that support organizational priorities.
- Experience coordinating multiple concurrent projects.
- Experience facilitating executive and governance meetings.
- Experience monitoring project performance.
- Experience preparing reports and presentations for executive leadership.
- Strong organizational, analytical, communication, and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to work effectively across multiple divisions and stakeholder groups.
- Experience with strategic planning.
- Experience with portfolio management.
- Experience with performance measurement.
- Experience with continuous improvement.
- Extensive (5+ years) experience utilizing project management software.
- Master’s Degree.
- Three to five years’ experience within a public safety department.
- Certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP).
Responsibilities
- developing, implementing, and training staff on project management standards, strategic planning, and related activities
- managing projects using the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)
- ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and completeness of all project processes and documentation, management reports, and project status reporting according to PMBOK
- organizing, planning, and directing all project activities throughout the project’s lifecycle and implementation (example: research/analysis, requirements gathering, risk assessments, technical alternatives, development, and implementation planning)
- acting as primary contact for each project
- developing project proposals which include business justification, return-on-investment, risk assessment, and goals/objectives
- facilitating meetings with customers, staff, vendors, and contractors in support of project activities
- facilitating resolution of project issues
- scheduling and tracking resource needs and activities (including City staff, contractors, and outside agencies) to meet project objectives, and ensure overall quality of work
- ensuring all work is done in alignment with City and PD’s long-term strategies
- managing formal solicitations and other procurement processes which includes defining the technical and business requirements, and writing, evaluating, and managing the selection of solutions
- managing project budgets to ensure projects remain on-time and on-budget
- supervising paraprofessional and professional staff within the Police Planning and Research unit
- performing day-to-day responsibilities to meet the continuous demands associated with the completion of simultaneous projects, requests for a variety of resources, and other issues that cannot be resolved which will be escalated to the appropriate executive staff
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
