United States
Siemens
Global Data Consultants
Strategic Portfolio Management Specialist
United States
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Overview
GDC IT Solutions is currently seeking a Strategic Portfolio Management Specialist to support the Strategic Portfolio Management Office (SPMO) and the continued expansion of its enterprise Project Portfolio Management (PPM) tool. This role will help drive the adoption of project planning, portfolio, program, and agile management capabilities across the enterprise while supporting project managers and decentralized PMOs through implementation, training, and process improvement.
As a Strategic Portfolio Management Specialist, you will be responsible for defining, developing, implementing, and supporting enterprise project portfolio management processes and capabilities within the organization's PPM tool. You will collaborate with project managers, decentralized PMOs, and the PPM tool development team to support project scheduling, change request workflows, and portfolio, program, and agile management modules. This role will also lead pilot initiatives, facilitate enterprise-wide rollouts, develop training materials, and support governance committees to ensure successful adoption and continuous improvement of PPM capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Lead the definition, development, and delivery of portfolio, program, and/or agile management processes and capabilities within the enterprise PPM tool.
- Support the adoption of project planning and scheduling capabilities using Microsoft Project or similar enterprise PPM tools through demonstrations, office hours, and one-on-one assistance.
- Support the implementation and adoption of project change request workflows within the PPM tool.
- Collaborate with the PPM tool development team throughout the software development life cycle (SDLC), including requirements definition, development, and testing.
- Lead pilot implementations of new PPM modules and processes and support their subsequent rollout across the enterprise.
- Provide guidance and ongoing support to decentralized PMOs to facilitate consistent adoption and replication of PPM processes across the organization.
- Develop and deliver role-specific training materials, tips and tricks, user guides, and knowledge base articles to improve user understanding and adoption of PPM tool capabilities.
- Contribute to governance committees responsible for assessing, approving, and prioritizing PPM tool enhancements and capabilities.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Minimum of 7 years of IT project management experience serving in an actual Project Manager role; experience supporting projects in other capacities does not satisfy this requirement.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in program management, portfolio management, or agile project management.
- High proficiency in project scheduling using Microsoft Project or another enterprise-class Project Portfolio Management (PPM) tool.
- Experience with software testing, training development and delivery, and user guide documentation.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Visio and the Microsoft Office suite.
- Relevant professional certifications, including Project Management Professional (PMP), Program Management Professional (PgMP), Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP), Scrum, or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
- Experience with ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM).
GDC IT Solutions (GDC) is a full-service Information Technology (IT) company providing solutions that empower businesses to increase employee productivity, maximize investments, and improve operational efficiencies. With experienced and certified professionals, we deliver services in the areas of application development, data center, 24/7 multilingual service desk, desktop lifecycle management, project management, business process consulting, and IT staff augmentation.
What Makes GDC Different
Our employees are our greatest asset continually driving our success each and every day. We attract and maintain the best talent to provide a personal customer experience at every touchpoint. Our technology professionals care about day-to-day client interactions and resolving customer issues quickly and efficiently, the first time. We deliver services with a code of high ethical responsibility, both to protect our clients and to assure that the work is carried out at the maximum level of professionalism. We are technology experts remaining one step ahead as technology evolves and constantly engaging to understand our clients’ business technology needs in order to deliver the best possible solution.
Why Work for GDC?
- Cutting Edge Technology and Innovation: GDC fully supports and embraces continuing education and industry certifications to stay ahead of trends and remain current within the technology landscape. We recognize that our employees add the real value to our clients and to our business. By approaching our daily operations with a passion for innovation and a shared-learning environment, everyone can make a positive difference.
- Career Growth: GDC is one of the fastest growing companies in the region! Sustained growth means ongoing opportunity. Many of our senior leaders have grown within the company, starting with the helpdesk or other entry-level roles to become thought leaders in the fields of IT infrastructure, application development, project management, and business development.
- Employee-Centric Environment: GDC prides itself on employee satisfaction with a firm belief that happy employees are the most productive employees. In appreciation of our employees and their contributions, we sponsor numerous events throughout the year including an annual gala, golf, lunch barbeques and more.
- Comprehensive Benefits Package: GDC offers competitive compensation, excellent benefits, and a positive work environment designed around the philosophy of mutual respect. Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, prescription, vision, 401(k), short and long-term disability, and group life
- Holiday and Vacation: GDC firmly believes in a comfortable work-life balance, and we offer comprehensive holiday and paid-time-off (PTO) packages. We provide a generous PTO package, and we encourage our staff to use it — whether it’s for vacation or other personal reasons everyone needs time to relax and refresh.
Equal Opportunity Workplace
GDC is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.
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