What are the responsibilities and job description for the Portfolio Manager position at Kitestring?
Kitestring is a 20 -million-dollar company with 150 associates and growing. We are a 25 year old start up in Northwest Arkansas. We provide technical expertise to various clients delivering innovations that improve how customers shop and the enterprise operates. At Kitestring Technical Services, our mission is to share our collective knowledge to positively impact our employees, clients, and communities.
Our vision is to be the most trusted partner in technology consulting. We believe people enable technology and vice-versa which is why we are in the business of both. We persistently challenge the barriers to diversity, inclusion, and empathetic cooperation.
Our Core Values are Transparency, People Driven, Empowered, Quality focused and socially responsible. Our values direct our company in how we do business and enhance the lives of our employees. Do our values speak to you?
Benefits
- Kitestring offers excellent benefits to its employees including:
- Unlimited PTO
- Maternal/Paternal Leave Policy
- Healthcare Benefits for Spouse, Domestic Partner, and Dependents
- Matching 401k 2-1 up to 4%
- H1B and Perm Sponsorship
Essential Functions:
- Serve as the chief architect and process owner of the project portfolio management process.
- Work in an evolving, fast-paced environment, while being relentlessly focused on our clients’ needs relative to RSUM’s organizational strategy.
- Serving as a strategic thought partner influencing RSUM strategy and priorities.
- Ensuring cross-portfolio collaboration and effectively communicating to diverse audiences. High levels of communication and organizational skills are required, as well as the ability to interact effectively within all levels of the organization.
- Provide transparency into a broad and complex portfolio of projects and programs by compiling documentation to monitor, track, and prioritize projects.
- Develop and support PMO governance standards.
- Effectively facilitate meetings using reporting tools and dashboards to enable standard portfolio performance reporting. Work closely with the various RSUM stakeholders to enable sustainable pace within the portfolio.
- Report portfolio performance and achievement of key results to the executive leadership team.
- Oversee project stakeholder commitment in securing actualization of projected project benefits.
- Ensure systems are in place to capture cost/benefit comparisons and report actual benefits relative to intended benefits.
- Portfolio Manager will work with the Project Owner to develop the initial CBA and high-level project timeline, that Project Managers use to generate detailed plans, resource estimates and final timeline.
- Analyze and report on financial data, including project budgets, estimated delivery dates, risks, and resource allocation.
- Present monthly project portfolio reviews to the senior management and report out on scope, schedule, risk, costs, issues, etc.
Requirements:
- 2-4 years of portfolio management experience is a must.
- 7 years of project management experience is preferred.
- PMP certification is an added advantage.
