Portfolio Guidance Lead and Coordinator

Avanade Company • Chicago, IL

32d • $120,000 - $185,000

About The Position

Introduction: The GTM Portfolio Team is responsible for shaping what we take to market, enabling us to activate Microsoft, win new clients, and grow our mid market presence. As part of the Growth Office, the team collaborates with Client Solutions, Sales, Marketing, Delivery, and Global Practices to meet client needs and drive success. About the role: As a strategic, collaborative, delivery minded leader, you will organize and manage Portfolio priorities and workstreams, driving alignment within the Portfolio team and across Avanade through our governance process. Your work ensures we plan and execute effectively by keeping teams connected, ensuring quarterly deliverables are on time and delivered with high quality. You are a skilled collaborator and communicator who works confidently across Avanade to coordinate a governance process that supports clarity, action, and measurable results. You are highly organized, proactive, and able to self direct in a dynamic, agile, fast paced environment. What you will do: You will coordinate workstreams across the Portfolio and partner with the Portfolio Lead to establish governance, set priorities, organize work, and maintain alignment. To maximize the effectiveness of our Portfolio efforts, you will:

Requirements

• BA in business, computer science, or a related field
• 10+ years in delivery management
• 5+ years leading complex, large scale programs
• Exceptional communication skills
• Knowledge of the Microsoft ecosystem preferred

Responsibilities

• Capture, prioritize, and manage the Portfolio’s most important initiatives
• Establish governance processes and ways of working
• Build a deep understanding of our business, clients, and delivery model
• Drive alignment across the Portfolio team, ensuring everyone is informed, connected, and focused
• Organize and manage cross workstream plans, team meetings, rituals, team sites/workspaces, and team communications
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to the Portfolio Lead—providing feedback, guidance, and acting as a proxy when needed
• Lead preparation, facilitation, and follow up for all Portfolio led governance meetings and forums
• Partner with executive stakeholders to drive strategic alignment
• Oversee large projects and initiatives, connecting stakeholders to enable effective decision making
• Fill operational gaps and lead special projects or cross functional efforts as needed

Benefits

• Opportunity to work for Microsoft’s Global Alliance Partner of the Year (14 years in a row), with exceptional development and training (minimum 80 hours per year for training and paid certifications)
• Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally
• Dedicated career advisor to encourage your growth
• Engaged and helpful coworkers genuinely interested in you
• Avanade offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off.

What This Job Offers

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