Oversees the Project Management Organization (PMO) and Project Management Center of Excellence enterprisewide. Directly accountable for overall portfolio management and project delivery process, while providing training, coaching and support to project sponsors, managers and teams.  Drives the leadership, administration, decision-support and facilitation of the Cooperative’s project and programs portfolio.  Leads all enterprise front end planning and resource planning activities and supports the execution of initiatives within the portfolio, working with all stakeholders to monitor and analyze activities to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness. This collaborative leader will contribute significantly to the analysis, prioritization, and other key inputs driving decisions regarding work plans, program and project execution, and strategy.  Location: Tampa, FL

Responsibilities

• Maintains the protocols supporting enterprise project management standards
• Directs the enterprise front end planning process, including the cross-functional assessment of business cases for project development
• Directs the overall performance, oversight, and reporting for portfolios of projects and program initiatives to meet the Cooperative short-term and long-term enterprise portfolio objectives
• Provides a safe and productive work environment for team members consistent with company culture and core values
• Partners with project and program sponsors to assess risk of initiatives on business activities, develop mitigation strategies, and track progress against those initiatives
• Coordinates with other functional leaders in the development and approval of annual and multi-year work plans
• Provides project readiness assessment at each stage of the project methodology; implement process improvement initiatives that help standardize on-going tracking and improve overall efficiency
• Leads resource analysis during the planning cycles and provides input to the change request process to allocate resources optimally and identify resource allocation risks
• Leads the performance functions for the processes, methods, tools, compliance and adoptions for project management, program management and other applicable areas of the governance model
• Monitors and evaluates project progress, risks, issues, and dependencies to maintain project portfolio controls, including developing and communicating delivery metrics
• Leads the development and implementation of project management standards, training and coaching
• Monitors, analyzes and continually communicates the overall health and status of the short-term and long-term enterprise portfolio, keeping senior and executive leadership informed
• Administers and complies with applicable Board policies
• Partners with other organizational leaders to identify and implement best practices and continuous improvement initiatives to improve productivity and optimize capital project cost
• Maintains effective working relationships with all internal and external stakeholders

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering, Project Management, or similar, required; an MBA is a plus
• Must have significant utility industry experience and 10+ years of progressive experience in project or program management, including proper alignment of people, process and technology to meet business requirements
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification and 3+ years of planning / managing large complex projects
• Adaptable, Collaborative, Conscientious, Critical-Thinking, Outcome-Driven and Professional

Technical Competencies/Skills:

• Project Management / Program Management
• Continuous improvement tools and methods
• Root cause identification and analysis
• Risk identification and assessment
• Analytic tools and methods
• Strategic planning tools and concepts
• Financial acumen, including budgeting and NPV analysis
• Strong Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Primavera or similar software
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications

Soft Competencies/Skills:

• Effective communicator with excellent interpersonal and presentation skills
• Effective supervision, performance management and talent development
• Workforce resource planning
• Strategic and innovative thinker
• Analytical / Problem solver
• Multi-tasking – multiple assignments and demands

Company Brief:

Incorporated over 70 years ago, our client is one of the largest G&Ts in the country, providing essential wholesale electric services to nine Member distribution electric cooperatives serving 1.8M customers in 42 Florida counties.

Enterprise Portfolio Manager (PMO) 2370m

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This position is being offered through Management Recruiters of Bonita Springs, Inc., who proudly supports Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employment.  We are committed to workforce diversity.  M/F/D/V are encouraged to apply.  Sponsorship is currently not available for this position.

Key Words:

Manager PMO project management PMP Certified Energy Utility electric transmission generation strategy Portfolio Management Asset Management MS Project Primavera Leadership