[Remote] Portfolio Manager (Product & Tech)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Paylocity is an award-winning provider of cloud-based HR and payroll software solutions, seeking a Portfolio Manager in Product & Technology. This role involves managing the portfolio of projects to align with strategic objectives, resource allocation, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement of processes within the program management office.

Responsibilities

• Portfolio Management: The primary responsibility is to manage the portfolio of projects, ensuring that they align with the organization's strategic objectives. This includes selecting and prioritizing projects based on their potential value and alignment with business goals
• Resource Allocation: Allocate resources across various projects within product area. This involves balancing the needs of different projects and ensuring that resources are used effectively
• Governance and Monitoring: Establish and enforce Program Management Office framework, processes, and standards for managing the portfolio. Monitor roadmap adherence and project health using tools like dashboards and reports, and track progress, outcomes, and risks associated with each project
• Metrics and Reporting: Tracking and reporting on projects and programs within the Portfolio. Program Managers will report on individual projects and programs and will report up to the Portfolio Manager to enable holistic portfolio reporting on total initiatives, launch dates, risks, resource constraints, milestones and critical dates. Reporting and dashboarding is completed in Jira, therefore a strong background in Atlassian is required
• Stakeholder Engagement: Communicate the portfolio vision, scope, outcomes, status and health to stakeholders. This includes managing relationships with key stakeholders and reporting to technical, business, and executive audiences on project and portfolio performance, roadmap adherence, risks and mitigation, dependencies and issues
• Defining Vision and Scope: Define the vision and scope of the portfolio, including setting criteria for project selection and evaluation. This involves identifying projects that fit the organization's mission and objectives
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks that could impact the portfolio's success. This includes assessing the risks associated with individual projects and the portfolio as a whole
• Continuous Improvement: Evaluate program management office framework and project success to identify and implement strategies for improvement. This may include developing new processes or tooling, improving existing processes, or improving routines and cadences

Skills

• 7+ years of Program Management experience
• Experience working in Product and Software Development
• Experience delivering tech programs or products from inception to delivery
• Experience operating autonomously across multiple teams, demonstrated critical thinking, and thought leadership
• Communication experience and experience working with technical management teams to develop systems, solutions, and products
• Organizational, coordination and multi-tasking experience
• Analytical and problem-solving experience with large-scale systems
• Experience establishing work relationships across multi-disciplinary teams and multiple partners in different time zones
• Experience working with product teams to build and deliver end-to-end customer focused products with technical knowledge of the underlying platforms and technologies
• Experience with Jira and Smartsheet

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life
• Disability
• 401(k) match

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