Job Description
As the Global Projects Portfolio Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the delivery, governance, and strategic alignment of the finance project portfolio. This includes process improvements, system implementations (e.g., ERP, planning tools), compliance initiatives, and organizational changes. The role ensures that all finance-related projects are prioritized, resourced, executed, and tracked to deliver measurable business value.
Key responsibilities encompass, but are not limited to:
Portfolio Management:
- Maintain a central view of all finance initiatives across regions, functions, and programs.
- Prioritize and balance projects based on strategic value, dependencies, and capacity.
- Ensure resource allocation aligns with portfolio priorities and timelines.
Governance & Execution oversight:
- Define and manage portfolio governance frameworks, templates, and reporting standards.
- Monitor project status, risks, budgets, and timelines across all finance initiatives.
- Facilitate portfolio review boards and support executive decision-making.
Performance Tracking:
- Track KPIs reflecting performance of projects (timeliness, productivity etc.)
- Lead portfolio-level reporting, dashboards, and executive updates.
Stakeholders & Change Management:
- Act as key liaison between Finance leadership, project sponsors, PMs, and global functions.
- Drive alignment across Finance, IT, HR, and other supporting functions.
- Support communication plans and organizational change activities for key initiatives.
Project Delivery Support:
- Coach and support finance project managers and SMEs to apply best practices.
- Standardize and improve finance project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall).
- Lead or co-lead complex or cross-functional finance transformation initiatives as needed.
Reporting & Insights: Provide timely and insightful reports on project status, KPIs, and interdependencies
Methodology Enablement: Train and support project managers in applying PMO methodologies and agile/hybrid practices
Change Management Support: Partner with change teams to ensure stakeholder readiness and adoption in the region
Tool & System Stewardship: Ensure correct usage of project management tools (e.g. MS Project, Kanbanize, Service Now)
Capability Building: designing, adjusting and deploying PM standard and driving PMO maturity growth leveraging internal and external resources
Qualifications
Mandatory:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or related field (MBA or PMP is a plus)
- Minimum 3+ years of experience in project/portfolio management (preferably within Finance) and 5+ years in Project Management with exposure to various functional projects and c-level stakeholders.
- 5+ years in leadership roles or managing a team as Project Manager
- Fluent English speaking and writing
- Experience in multinational corporations (MNCs) or large matrixed organizations ($5B+ revenue)
- Proficient in portfolio/project tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Power BI, JIRA)
- Strong stakeholder management skills, including working with senior finance leadership
- Strong understanding of and ability to apply best practice for portfolio governance & reporting
- Resource & capacity planning
- Risk, Issue and dependency management
- Benefits tracking & KPI management
- Ability to present in a comparable way project value to enable prioritization of the pipeline
- Cross functional collaboration and a good team player
Preferred:
- PMP / Prince2 / Agile preferred
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Job Description
As the Global Project Manager, the individual will be responsible for planning, executing, and closing projects according to deadlines and within budget. This includes coordinating internal resources and third parties, managing risks, and ensuring project goals are met while maintaining high-quality standards in line with internal PM framework and best practice. This role will be able to manage projects using different methodologies depending on the project type and nature.
Key responsibilities encompass, but are not limited to:
Project Planning & Initiation:
- Define project scope, goals, deliverables, timelines, and success criteria.
- Create detailed project plans, schedules, and resource allocation.
- Identify and apply the right PM methodology depending on the type of the project (software integration, transition, process optimization etc.)
Execution & Monitoring:
- Lead cross-functional project teams to deliver on milestones.
- Monitor project performance using appropriate tools and techniques.
- Ensure quality standards and compliance with project governance.
Stakeholders Management:
- Serve as the main point of contact for stakeholders.
- Communicate project updates, risks, and issues to key stakeholders and executives.
- Facilitate regular status meetings and reports.
Risk & Issue Management:
- Identify, track, and mitigate project risks and issues.
- Develop contingency plans and escalate when needed.
Budget & Resource Management:
- Manage project budgets and track expenditures.
- Ensure resources are effectively allocated and optimized.
Documentation & Reporting:
- Maintain comprehensive project documentation (e.g., charters, plans, logs).
- Provide reports and post-project evaluations to inform future projects.
Change Management Support: Partner with change and L&D teams to ensure stakeholder readiness and adoption in the region
Tool & System Stewardship: Ensure correct usage of project management tools (e.g. MS Project, Kanbanize, Service Now)
Capability Building: designing, adjusting and deploying PM standard and driving PMO maturity growth leveraging internal and external resources
Qualifications
Mandatory:
- Bachelor’s degree (required); MBA or Master's degree (preferred)
- Minimum 5+ years in project or program management roles and proven track of delivering projects on time and within budget
- Experience in multinational corporations (MNCs) or large matrixed organizations ($5B+ revenue)
- Fluency in English conversation and writing
- Expertise with ERP (SAP, Oracle), BPM tools, PM tools (MS Project Management, Service Now, Jira, Kanbanize and other)
- Strong understanding of project management (PMI, Prince2, Agile, Waterfall)
- Regional business and cultural awareness
- Ability to handle multiple projects of different types
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, including negotiation and conflict resolution
- Ability to manage ambiguity and navigate complex stakeholder landscapes
- Proficiency in project management and reporting tools
- Interoperability skills
- Ability to solve problems ad manage risks in transparent and organized manner
- Ability to facilitate
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