Senior Portfolio Manager

Company: The Regents of the University of California on beh
Location: Los Angeles
Posted on: April 30, 2024

Job Description:

Department SummarySituated on 419 acres, five miles from the Pacific Ocean, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is enriched by the cultural diversity of the dynamic greater Los Angeles area, as well as the geographic advantages of Southern California. One of the world's preeminent public research universities, UCLA is an international leader in breadth and quality of academic, research, health care, wellness, cultural, continuing education and athletic programs, with more than 5,200 faculty members who teach approximately 47,500 students in the UCLA College and 12 professional schools. UCLA is consistently ranked among the top institutions nationally for research funding, having generated $1.7 billion in research grants and contracts in the last fiscal year alone.

The Information Technology Services (ITS) department at UCLA is a vital part of the university community, providing essential technology services and support to ensure the campus can effectively pursue its mission. It is UCLA's spirited tradition of thought leadership and commitment to excellence that enables an ambitious and resourceful approach to transforming our networked, ever-changing campus environment. Position SummaryStrategy, Planning, and Operations leads and manages a large and complex portfolio of IT projects and programs while establishing partnerships and stakeholder engagement efforts with students, faculty, staff, and external partners on behalf of the IT organization. The Strategy, Planning, and Operations Office also manages organizational initiatives and efforts, including general administrative functions, financial management and budgeting, vendor management and licensing, billing, internal communications, department human resources, talent management, and culture development.The Enterprise Program Management team operates as a centralized, strategic IT function that works with IT executives and key university decision makers to facilitate the strategic alignment, planning, prioritization, and value realization of all enterprise-wide IT projects, programs, and portfolio planning and management activities.The Senior Portfolio Manager will coordinate and oversee the full Information Technology (IT) portfolio of IT initiatives, programs, and projects, ensuring the alignment of IT initiatives with the ITS organization's broader strategic objectives. This will include managing a standard project lifecycle methodology across all large and small IT projects and programs and ensuring that a strong level of project governance is in place. The Senior Portfolio Manager will manage reconciliation of timelines and key dates of initiatives across the portfolio to manage the overall campus impact. The Senior Portfolio Manager will be accountable for executing deliverables for UCLA and the ePMO, ensuring that portfolio/program/project sponsorship, strategy, scope, schedule, and budget targets are defined and achieved. In alignment with the business and the ePMO, the Senior Portfolio Manager will develop and implement a portfolio management plan that promotes business value, innovation, customer satisfaction, alignment, priority, resource management, risk management, methodology, compliance, and key performance indicators. This senior professional will build strong business relationships with customers, partners, and key stakeholders in alignment with organizational strategy and business.The Senior IT Portfolio Manager will positively impact UCLA's operations and culture by enabling IT projects and programs in service of the university's academic mission. This team member will advance the university's mission by delivering exceptional information technology services comprehensively and consistently across faculty, staff, and students. This role will execute UCLA's vision while modeling UCLA's culture and values. Salary & Compensation*UCLA provides a full pay range. Actual salary offers consider factors, including budget, prior experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business considerations. Salary offers at the top of the range are not common. Visit to discover benefits that start on day one, and to calculate the total compensation value with benefits. Qualifications

• 7 years Experience working in one or more of the following fields: project management, information technology, data services, application services, IT service management, or related field. (Required)
  
• Significant experience executing project and/or portfolio management, principles, and concepts in complex IT organizations. (Required)
  
• Significant experience in managing major technology transformation programs (e.g., ERP replacement) with complex systems integrations. (Required)
  
• Experience participating in activities to advance an inclusive environment that values equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging. (Required)
  
• Experience in complex higher education environments, serving academic and administrative functions of a large public university. (Preferred)
  
• 10+ years Experience working in one or more of the following fields: project management, information technology, data services, application services, IT service management, or related field. (Preferred)
  
• Working knowledge of technology-related initiatives and an understanding of impact to the organization of such initiatives. (Required)
  
• Ability to anticipate and assess campus needs for information technology products and design services and design roadmap to meet those needs. Has a thorough understanding of how programs relate to other business strategies and initiatives. (Required)
  
• Demonstrated competency in selecting and implementing project management methods and techniques. Effective skill at tracking effort and project progress. Demonstrated strong conceptual and planning skills to analyze projects of broad and diverse scope. Understands the cost impact of projects. (Required)
  
• Demonstrated attention to detail. Demonstrated ability to determine relevance and prioritize tasks. Demonstrated capacity to anticipate obstacles and plan for contingencies. (Required)
  
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and is able to communicate complex technical ideas to a diverse community of colleagues and stakeholders. Can relay technical information to audiences of technical and non-technical stakeholders. (Required)
  
• Able to establish and advance positive working relationships and a strong rapport with a diverse community of colleagues including team members, university executives, stakeholders, and customers. (Required)
  
• Advanced organizational skills and is able to balance competing priorities and deliver concurrent projects to various stakeholder types. Experience working in a project-based environment using leading project management practices. (Required)
  
• Advanced problem-solving skills; ability to uncover root of difficult problems and scope solutions based on knowledge of available resources and timelines as well as awareness of vision and strategy. Seeks information from multiple and diverse sources to inform solutions. (Required)
  
• Thinks creatively and introduces innovations such as the incorporation of new technologies or processes. Thrives in an ever-changing, fast-paced environment. (Required) Education, Licenses, Certifications & Personal Affiliations
• Bachelor's Degree Information technology, computer science, public administration, business administration, communications, or a related field, or equivalent experience. (Required)
  
• Other Type of Degree Advanced degree in one or more of the following fields: information technology, computer science, public administration, business administration, communications. (Preferred)
  
• PgMP, PfMP, Agile Scrum, LEAN Six Sigma, ITIL, and/or OCM certification. (Preferred) Special Conditions for Employment
• Background Check: Continued employment is contingent upon the completion of a satisfactory background investigation.
  
• Live Scan Background Check: A Live Scan background check must be completed prior to the start of employment.
• 0% Schedule8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. PT, Monday through Friday and/or variable based upon operational needs. Union/Policy Covered99-Policy Covered Complete Position Description
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