Project Portfolio Specialist

Project Portfolio Specialist(Hybrid - Columbia, SC)

TheProject Portfolio Specialistis self-motivated and serves as a highly organized Program Leader responsible for managing all aspects of assigned programs or projects. Provide strategic and advisory recommendations to optimize the Bank's Project Portfolio in terms of strategic project commitments, annually budgeted projects, reputational risk, time to market, and cross-program/project dependencies. Reporting to the Director of Project Portfolio, will often lead discovery meetings and work closely with AgFirst's Senior Management teams, as well as key Bank stakeholders.

The Project Portfolio Specialist will lead Programs that deliver the Bank's strategic priorities and initiatives, specifically in support of the delivery of the Bank's Digital offerings. Responsibilities include planning, tracking, monitoring, and managing cross-team/program dependencies and strategic enterprise projects. The Project Portfolio Specialist must adapt to changes in the types of work, and methods of execution, and provide timely solutions to support quality delivery.

Supports the development and maintenance of the technical tool components required for the Project Management Life Cycle, Product Development Life Cycle, and System Development Life Cycle artifacts such as the Business Case, Statement of Work, Work Plans (schedules), Risk Logs, Meeting Minutes, Testing Schedules, Implementation Schedules, Change Logs, Lessons Learned, and accurately communicate project status as needed.

Additionally, the Project Portfolio Specialist will be responsible for preparing metrics, and specialized reports, and monitoring individual projects' progress within the portfolio, as needed to achieve the Bank's Business Plan. As needed, the Project Portfolio Specialist will also function as an individual Program Manager for assigned projects.

What you'll do
- Provide the leadership to drive projects so that business objectives are met.
- Facilitates and documents project meetings, and decisions, and provides leadership to resolve project conflicts.
- Builds viable and acceptable project schedules, cost projections, and dashboards using various tools including but not limited to Clarity PPM, Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and other applications commonly used within the PMO. Responsible for adherence to quality standards. Compiles metrics as needed for project, program, or project portfolio measures.
- Responsible for all project management activities associated with the SDLC and supporting project management activities for the project management life cycle (PMLC) from concept through final production implementation.
- Participates in external department business discovery and organizational job knowledge-sharing events to broaden awareness and effectiven ess.

What you'll need
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Technology, Finance, or another related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of project-related work experience.
- PMP, CSM, and CPO preferred.
- Knowledge of project monitoring and control techniques.
- Thorough knowledge, command, and use of project monitoring and control techniques.
- Focuses on customer service, demonstrating a positive influence on cross-team working relationships.
- Plans, schedules, and delegates work by resource plans and deadline commitments.