Portfolio Manager jobs in Riverside, CA

Job description:

The Project Portfolio Manager is expected to possess robust communication and leadership skills to effectively oversee a portfolio of projects, ensuring the achievement of organizational and client objectives. This individual will be a self-starter, capable of working independently while also being a collaborative team player. A key requirement is the ability to proficiently plan and allocate resources across diverse projects, ensuring adherence to allocated schedules, budgets, and quality standards.

Key responsibilities:

As a Portfolio Manager, you will be responsible for leading large-scale projects, translating complex client business requirements into formal agreements. This includes collaborating with client team members and executives to identify business opportunities and subsequently leading capability redesign, initiation, planning, control, execution, and closure of the client's solution. Your responsibilities span various process activities, encompassing planning, execution, risk management, and stakeholder management.

• Establishing a strategic portfolio plan
• Coordinating the planning and initiation of portfolios at different completion levels
• Monitoring portfolio progress, budgets, and schedules
• Communication with portfolio and project stakeholders
• Supervising project managers' work
• Collaborating with project teams to identify issues, risks, and improvement opportunities, designing strategies to mitigate future portfolio risks
• Developing evaluation criteria for portfolios and proposals
• Formulating rules and procedures for portfolio decision-making
• Compiling and disseminating portfolio status reports, budget expenditures, etc.
• Proactively aiding in managing a portfolio of upcoming project initiatives
• Active involvement in business development activities to identify and research opportunities in new/existing technologies
• Developing or redesigning strategies to tackle complex technical challenges for clients

Required Skills

• Minimum 5 years' experience as a Portfolio Manager
• Knowledge of portfolio management methodologies
• Ability to manage portfolio activities to meet goals
• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in the field
• Preferred certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP) or Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP)
• Project Management Experience in handling:
• SAP projects
• Integration projects
• Migration projects
• Estimations & Project resourcing for implementing proposed solutions
• Stakeholder management
• Risk Management

Life at Capgemini

Capgemini supports all aspects of your well-being throughout the changing stages of your life and career. For eligible employees, we offer:

• Collaborating with teams of creative, fun, and driven colleagues
• Flexible work options enabling time and location-based flexibility
• Company-provided home office equipment
• Virtual collaboration and productivity tools to enable hybrid teams
• Comprehensive benefits program (Health, Welfare, Retirement and Paid time off)
• Other perks and wellness benefits like discount programs, and gym/studio access.
• Paid Parental Leave and coaching, baby welcome gift, and family care/illness days
• Back-up childcare/elder care, childcare discounts, and subsidized virtual tutoring
• Tuition assistance and weekly hot skill development opportunities
• Experiential, high-impact learning series events
• Access to mental health resources and mindfulness programs
• Access to join Capgemini Employee Resource Groups around communities of interest

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global leader in partnering with companies to transform and manage their business by harnessing the power of technology. The Group is guided everyday by its purpose of unleashing human energy through technology for an inclusive and sustainable future. It is a responsible and diverse organization of over 360,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong 55-year heritage and deep industry expertise, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to address the entire breadth of their business needs, from strategy and design to operations, fueled by the fast evolving and innovative world of cloud, data, AI, connectivity, software, digital engineering and platforms. The Group reported in 2022 global revenues of €22 billion.

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Disclaimer

Capgemini is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity/expression, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.

This is a general description of the Duties, Responsibilities and Qualifications required for this position. Physical, mental, sensory or environmental demands may be referenced in an attempt to communicate the manner in which this position traditionally is performed. Whenever necessary to provide individuals with disabilities an equal employment opportunity, Capgemini will consider reasonable accommodations that might involve varying job requirements and/or changing the way this job is performed, provided that such accommodations do not pose an undue hardship.

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