Senior Portfolio Manager

Iberdrola•Portland, OR

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This role manages project delivery data and metrics. It includes responsibility for data modelling, reporting, analysis, and visualization to facilitate executive-level decision making; measuring, and reporting to standards, KPI’s and Goals; recommending and implementing process improvements; change management; identifying competency development opportunities; and supporting project teams (units) to ensure projects are delivered on schedule, within budget and in conformance to quality and engineering standards. The Project Management Group is responsible for Capex estimates, Cost Control, Pre-Construction Project Management, portfolio management, project schedules, resource tracking and Document Management for construction projects, as well as other activities to assure projects consistently perform and exceed both industry and Avangrid established standards. These processes, procedures and controls are required to support the development and construction of greenfield and repower renewable projects. The environment is fast paced, demanding, and has ever-changing needs and priorities that exist in the renewable energy development business. The ideal candidate is highly self-motivated, pro-active, organized, enjoys constant challenge, and can work well individually or as leader of the scheduling team and part of the broader projects team.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree preferred (or equivalent experience) in computer science, engineering, finance, business, economics or related field.
Five years of experience in PMO, project management, IT, finance, or related subject matter.
Proficiency in SAP financial and project systems and excel needed.
Other requirements include strong quantitative skills with ability to produce spreadsheets, data modelling, data base queries, and other such analytical tools.
Be able to contribute to the advancement of project management in the organization.
Must be self-directed and demonstrate initiative.
Strong written and verbal skills required.
Ability to analyze problems, providing creative solutions when required.
Experience in project execution from development phase through construction.
Experience in developing processes and procedures.
Experience working in a team and delivering against aggressive targets and reporting requirements.
Pro-active and diligent approach to work activities.
Ability to manage and prioritize workload effectively.
Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate with people at varying levels of the organization and to deal with third parties, project teams and consultants.
Excellent report writing and presentation skills.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree, certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP), holder of Masters Certificate in Project Management, Business Administration, or the like preferred.
SAP proficiency is preferred.
Requirement to travel to renewable sites and projects when required. Ability and willingness to travel 15-20% of the time.

Responsibilities

Provides strong data modelling and database conceptualization across all projects
Identifies critical data on individual projects that can be used consistently across projects for reporting, analytics and project modelling calibration of Capex cost and schedule estimates.
Responsible for the design, analysis & publishing of regular business & ad hoc reporting for the different stakeholders, based on the information provided by the different SMEs. Examples but not limited to the following list: Power Committee Construction Report (PC) Procurement Summary Report Construction Monthly Report Construction Summaries Monthly SOX Report Board of Directors Construction Update (BoD) One Avangrid Reporting Project Performance Report US Planning Committee Report SOX -Capacity Budget Pipeline Report Ad hoc Reporting (Example: COO Weekly Construction Trackers)
Identifies key groupings for projects to better identify similarities and comparisons for analytics (benchmarking), e.g. Wind, Solar, Locations, capacities, clients, etc.
Provides Portfolio reporting, analysis, and data visualization on both Monthly Reports and other Project Leadership requested deliverables.
Provides KPI and Goals tracking and reporting on both the Project and Portfolio levels
Identifies and assists in competency development opportunities, i.e., continues to grow in the role to further assist in the collection and dissemination of Project data across Avangrid and Iberdrola Business Units.
Develops innovative solutions to support project management and project controls using new or enhanced tools (e.g., Primavera Procore, Excel, Power BI, Ecosys)
Communicates effectively to project teams and to senior management on problems or needs. May be required to present information regarding ideas and anticipates objections to gain understanding on correct course of action
Builds rapport, actively listens, understands, and makes connections to facilitate information sharing and approachability across all teams.
Anticipates project manager and stakeholder needs, assesses requirements, and identifies new solutions.
Direct, coach, mentor, and motivate project team members and contractors to take shared responsibility for quality and punctuality of assignments.
Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations.
Participate and contribute effectively to Internal and External Audit, serving as a key participant as issues or questions arise related to evaluations over internal processes.
Develop effective relationships with key internal and external partners/peers.
Develop and maintain a strong relationship with the rest of the Avangrid Power departments.
Develop and maintain a strong relationship with the Business Teams in Development, Construction, Procurement and Operations as required.
Develop and maintain strong relationships within Avangrid Power and Iberdrola to create and maintain an effective communication and implementation of all those best practices to be followed in the control and administration of renewable energy projects.
Provide support, as required, to the Development teams.
Participate in professional development opportunities in the field of project management and the usage of applicable technologies to increase project success