Senior Portfolio Manager for Strategic Projects

5 days ago

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Seaspan Full time

Are you a seasoned project management professional looking to take your skills to the next level? Do you have a passion for leading strategic projects and driving business growth?

We are seeking a Senior Portfolio Manager for Strategic Projects to join our team at Seaspan. As a key member of our organization, you will be responsible for developing and establishing our IT portfolio management practice, providing leadership in the establishment of project management methodologies, processes, and tools to effectively deliver technology projects and change across our companies.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Drive engagement with business leaders to cultivate a project delivery mindset, practice, and approach from project definition and planning to governance and control, to final closure and success measures.
  • Establish and manage an IT project portfolio process to intake, prioritize, gate, and execute IT projects across Marine Group (SMG). Facilitate, and at times lead, the development of project charters and budget approval requirements. Facilitate the identification and allocation of resources across projects within the portfolio. Produce and manage the IT roadmap.
  • Support the establishment of governance structures and forums to support clear accountability and decision-making for the portfolio and within project projects.
  • Develop and implement portfolio management processes and tools to align project efforts with the organization's strategic agenda. Develop and maintain project management methodologies, processes, and tools such as project charters, project plans, project controls, reporting, and governance. Ensure compliance with project management standards and procedures.
  • Monitor project progress and performance to ensure alignment with objectives, expectations, and commitments. Facilitate project retrospectives to incorporate learning and continuous improvement in SMG's project management capability.
  • Provide guidance and support for all IT project management activities within the organization. Establish and lead forums (such as Community of Practice) to raise the overall level of project management capability within the organization.
  • Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across multiple locations. Drive engagement with business leaders and project stakeholders to cultivate a project delivery mindset, practice, and approach. Establish and manage communication mechanisms to ensure portfolio and project transparency, collaboration, and dependency management. Collaborate with stakeholders to prioritize and manage project initiatives.
  • Identify change management impacts and collaborate with project teams to develop change management plans.
  • Collaborate with project managers and business leadership, manage project risks, and develop risk mitigation strategies.
  • Oversee the portfolio's budget and resource plan to ensure alignment with commitments and priorities. Work with project managers and business leadership to resolve conflicts.
  • Generate reports on portfolio performance and KPIs.

About You:

  • You hold a University degree in a business or relatable field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • You have a minimum of 10 years of related work experience, with 5 years of direct experience managing large organizational projects. Extensive practical experience with core processes including Maritime Operations, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Human Capital Management (HCM), and Business Intelligence (BI).
  • You have experience in a variety of project management and organizational change management methodologies.
  • PMP (Project Management Professional) or equivalent certification is an asset.
  • You possess strong leadership and relationship-building skills to lead teams in distributed environments involved in delivering complex changes.
  • You have a strong executive presence and ability to engage with senior partners; collaborates effectively to meet common goals and objectives.
  • You are meticulously organized and able to prioritize with business leads and defend prioritization.
  • You have a consistent track record in successful cross-functional program and/or transformational management.
  • You are able to think strategically and make quick decisions to steer transformation successfully.
  • You possess strong communication skills and business acumen to ensure partner management (up/down/lateral communications).
  • You have strong coaching acumen with proven experience in developing others.
  • You are able to persuade, influence, motivate, and resolve conflicts.
  • You are able to work occasional evenings and weekends to meet deadlines. Some travel may be required.

What We Offer:

  • This is a full-time, permanent position. With multiple operations and long-term projects, Seaspan employees enjoy job stability as we look ahead to build ships for decades to come.
  • In addition to an annual bonus and pension plan matching, this role provides a very competitive salary in line with the successful candidate's experience.
  • We also provide a best-in-class health and wellness benefits package for this position, including full health care (unlimited physiotherapy), dental, vision, life insurance, medical leave coverage, parental leave coverage, childcare benefit partnership, wellness/fitness reimbursement for memberships or registration fees, and an Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP).

Salary: The estimated salary for this position is $112,500 - $137,500.

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