Portfolio Management Expert - TA171

1) Portfolio Management:

• Overseeing the entire IT project portfolio, including planning, execution, and closure.
• Coordinate with related units to build annual technology plans, evaluate the priority of technology initiatives and projects.
• Build portfolio management capabilities, including the monitoring of project schedule, quality, and budget.
• Build portfolio governance capabilities, including planning, resource allocation, finance, identification of key technology competency scores by project specificity, management of user/sponsor expectations, progress, risk, communication plan, project member and dependency (if any).
• Enhance project management team with regional skills (including coordinating resources, training, enhancing next generation, building a career roadmap for employees, building mechanism to assign, record and evaluate the employee's performance, ...), ensuring adequate and qualified resources are maintained.
• Facilitate communication between IT and other business units during portfolio execution.
• Ensuring projects inside portfolio are implemented in accordance with the timeline, scope and budget. Participating in project to give more direction when needed.

2) Risk Management:

• Control and ensure the compliance of the portfolio execution activities with VPBank policies, regulations, processes, and instructions.
• Identify risks of projects/initiatives inside portfolio during operation, coordinate with related units to build methods of measuring, assessing, and minimizing risks.
• Direct and guide the Project Management team in identifying and managing project issues and risks.

3) Reporting:

• Establish the dashboard and report principles in portfolio to monitor/track the overall progress, mapping with KRAs/ KPIs, goals, action plan, expectations, and results.
• Setting up tools and reporting system on portfolio status.
• Report periodically to Head of IT-PMO, Center Heads and CIO/DCIO on the portfolio health status

Educational Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Professional certifications such as PMP, PgMP, or PfMP are advantages

Relevant Knowledge/ Expertise

• 5+ years of experience in IT project/program or portfolio management.
• Solid understanding of project management methodologies and frameworks.
• Strong organizational and multitasking abilities.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong leadership and decision-making capabilities.
• Experience in risk management and mitigation.
• Knowledge of financial management and budget planning.
• Strong understanding of IT infrastructure and architecture.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proven track record of successfully delivering IT projects.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience in strategic planning and business analysis

Skills 

• Ability to demonstrate independent leadership, judgment, and decision making
• Ability to adjust to multiple and changing priorities, remaining flexible and open mindset.
• Ability to create and maintain cooperative working relationships with internal and external stakeholders of peer levels
• Excellent analytical and technical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent planning and organizational skills
• Customer relationship management upto Cx level within large origination
• Process methods and frameworks including PMP, Agile, Scrum or in house methods.
• Change and risk management.
• Good experience and understanding of project controls, processes, governance, and management.
• Knowledge of transition management, user adoption and customer success is of interest for certain engagements

Relevant Experience

• Understanding and knowledge across wider IT technologies

• Proven track record of delivering IT projects/programs/portfolio.
• Experienced in Banking industry or Technology industry
• Skilled at influencing, guiding and facilitating stakeholders and peers with decision making.
• Trusted and respected as a thought leader who can influence and persuade business and IT leaders and IT development teams.
• Motivated and driven by achieving long-term business outcomes.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and lead cross-functional teams