IT Portfolio Manager
Chicago, IL, United States
About Us
Freeman is a global leader in events, on a mission to redefine live for a new era. With a data-driven approach and the industry’s largest network of experts, Freeman’s insights shape exhibitions, exhibits, and events that drive audiences to action. The integrated full-service solutions leverage a 96-year legacy in event management as well as new technologies to deliver moments that matter.
Summary
Manager with extensive experience in IT Portfolio Management, adept at defining and maintaining governance frameworks to ensure alignment with enterprise goals. Proficient in creating portfolio dashboards and tracking project health, financials and business value delivery. Offers guidance and coaching to project team members, fostering best practices and a culture of continuous improvement.
This position gets very broad direction from management and requires a high level of initiative, knowledge of managing portfolio financials and budget, individual contribution and problem-solving ability.
This position will support our IT team. It is eligible to work a hybrid schedule, generally requiring work in-office 2-3 days per week. This position is based out of Dallas, TX.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Ensure the alignment of projects with the overall IT budget, manage pipeline of new projects, and support resource management and accountability
Manage the IT portfolio, conduct financial analysis and prepare materials for senior management review and approval (C-level, VPs and Directors)
Leads the IT budget process working directly with the COO, CTO, IT leaders and other financial departments
Leads discussions and activities regarding IT project funding, resourcing, and prioritization
Support cross-functional team members to develop project schedules and/or milestones, project plans, budgets, scope, timeline and risks and risk mitigation plans to identify dependencies
Work with Financial Planning team to incorporate project costs into IT organization-level budgets and financial forecasts
Gather requirements from senior and executive leaders and create reports on metrics that describe the state of the IT portfolio including Project Portfolio Health, Financial Health, and Resource Health Ensure project intake and business case analysis is completed & financials are tracked
Partner with Enterprise portfolio alignment team to drive communication and change management to implement and sustain governance process adoption across the business operations. Assist with process related issues
Improve the enterprise governance framework and IT Portfolio management processes continuously based on best practices such as: planning, budgeting, program/project execution & control, IT standards, issue & risk monitoring, dashboard status reporting to name a few
Work with the teams to prepare material, reporting and dashboards for enterprise investment council reviews
Keep project documentation including financials for historical reviews and yearly audits
Support communications for IT initiatives
Manage and deliver on adhoc requests as received from IT leaders
May include portfolio analyst in matrix reporting structure to provide oversight
Perform other duties as assigned
Education & Experience
A bachelor’s degree in computer science, Business Administration, Finance or a related analytical field or equivalent experience.
Knowledge of IT Portfolio Management, PMO Design, Development & Implementation Work Processes, Deliverables, & Tools.
6+ years of Program management experience.
Experience in creating and managing IT budgets that are $10M or more.
Experience in designing development plans for large and complex projects.
Strong background in application development methodologies (e.g., SAFe, Scrum, Kanban and other IT industry standards.)
Experience in working directly with C-level and senior management.
Excellent communication skills in writing, speaking, and presenting.
Create and manage project timelines, resources, vendors, and budgetary requirements for large, complex projects
Proficient in functional support areas (financial accounting, purchasing, legal).
Proven ability to work in a matrix environment and collaborate with IT and business area representatives in leading and supporting development activities.
Lean portfolio experience preferred
Demonstrated strong business judgment and decision-making skills
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Sharepoint, PowerBI
What We Offer
Freeman provides benefits that aim to empower our people and their families to thrive mentally, physically, and financially. These are a handful of the types of programs and benefits our full-time people may be eligible for. There may be some variances in specific benefits across regions.
Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
Tuition Reimbursement
Paid Parental Leave
Life, Accident and Disability
Retirement with Company Match
Paid Time Off
Diversity Commitment
At Freeman, our commitment to diversity and inclusion is helping us to create not only a great place to work, but also an environment where our employees, our customers and our communities around the world can reach their goals and connect with each other. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status and other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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