Senior IT Project Portfolio Manager

About the role

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is one of the largest, most complex agencies in the state, and has approximately 17,000 employees. It is responsible for ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of all North Carolinians, providing human service needs for special populations including individuals who are deaf, blind, developmentally disabled, and mentally ill, and helping poor North Carolinians achieve economic independence.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates DHHS division business needs, aligns them with supporting IT portfolios, and guides the submission and approval of business requirements.
• Strategic planning, project prioritization, forecasting, resource allocation, and budgeting for the assigned line of business.
• Ensures compliance with project management best practices, DHHS and State EPMO processes, and State Technical Architecture standards.
• Provides consultation to project teams, sponsors, and stakeholders, and may supervise IT staff to ensure project objectives and technical requirements are met.

Requirements

• Proven expertise in managing complex technical applications and / or infrastructure projects characterized by elevated risk, sizable budgets, advanced technologies, and / or cloud-based approaches.
• Skilled in managing direct reports and in utilizing necessary resources to successfully deliver initiatives within agreed parameters for cost, timelines, quality, and outcomes.
• Demonstrated proficiency in managing projects and/or programs utilizing project management methodologies described in PMP, SAFe, or other Agile frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate progress through presentations, dashboards, briefings, and reports tailored for executive leadership.

Qualifications

The Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)/ Management Preferences are not required. Applicants who possess the following skills are preferred:

• Proven expertise in managing complex technical applications and / or infrastructure projects characterized by elevated risk, sizable budgets, advanced technologies, and / or cloud-based approaches.
• Skilled in managing direct reports and in utilizing necessary resources to successfully deliver initiatives within agreed parameters for cost, timelines, quality, and outcomes.
• Demonstrated proficiency in managing projects and/or programs utilizing project management methodologies described in PMP, SAFe, or other Agile frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate progress through presentations, dashboards, briefings, and reports tailored for executive leadership.