Principal, IT&S Strategic Planning

Northwell • Melville, NY

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About The Position

Plans, and ensures the implementation of designed IT business solutions utilizing Project Management Office (PMO) resources and coordination of project planning activities. Facilitates portfolio governance and prioritization, and ensures projects are reviewed and approved by specific executive councils; also facilitates ongoing interaction with IS the leadership to support strategic direction of the organization. Program Management Office focuses on the project execution lifecycle processes, tools and reporting.

Requirements

• Master's Degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• 15+ years of relevant experience and 5+ years of leadership / management experience, required.

Responsibilities

• Contributes through a combination of key technical expertise and technical/process leadership that regularly provides enterprise level guidance to team members.
• Oversees the planning, organization, and direction of activities of the IT Portfolio Management function; coordinates IT project planning activities to ensure optimum scheduling and allocation of resources to achieve enterprise goals and objectives; directs the portfolio data collection processes allowing visibility into project, program, and portfolio critical path dependencies and cross portfolio dependencies to optimize IT throughput potential; collaborates with IT leadership in providing creative strategies in managing overall IT demand.
• Collaborates with senior IT leadership and portfolio management to develop a master plan which aligns with internal IT strategic objectives and enterprise business objectives; conducts project and cross project critical path analysis to alert stakeholders of potential risks and assist in conducting “what if” analysis to mitigate risks; collaborates with key stakeholders to develop strategies to increase the overall throughput of IT delivery.
• Oversees the planning, development, and direction of Enterprise Portfolio Management operations, incorporating Lean Portfolio Management principles and framework.
• Evaluates and directs the assessment of industry best practices on an on-going basis and supports strategies for program adaptation to continually improve our capabilities.
• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

What This Job Offers

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