Senior Portfolio Manager

Job Title: Senior Portfolio Manager

Career Level - E

Introduction to role

The Senior Portfolio Manager is responsible for supporting the standardisation, execution, and optimisation of portfolio-related processes supporting Global IT, and for supporting all users of the ServiceNow SPM tool. The role will apply portfolio management knowledge to contribute to the evolution of portfolio management practices, standards, and tools. 

The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery and adoption of portfolio practice improvements and automation opportunities, identify and execute key centralised processes, and support SPQ Portfolio Managers in effective portfolio management across the IT organisation.

The role sits within the Portfolio group of IT's Strategy, Performance & Quality (SPQ) function. The SPQ Portfolio Team is tasked with driving best practices in Portfolio Management, ownership of IT Portfolio management tooling, the optimization of portfolio processes, and ensuring strategic alignment of IT project portfolio investments. As part of the broader Strategy, Performance & Quality

Portfolio Team, this role is expected to contribute to how we:

- Simplify to relentlessly create capacity
- Standardize by vigorously pursuing best practices across IT
- Evolve by pioneering new ways of working
- Safeguard through the proactive maturation of IT processes and systems to enable #OneAZ

Accountabilities

- Manage or support the execution of centralized and standard portfolio processes
- Manage the execution of monthly ServiceNow actuals load from SAP in coordination with Portfolio Managers
- Identify and implement process improvements to enhance portfolio processes
- Identify and implement opportunities for automation of portfolio processes
- Support the definition and implementation of changes to portfolio management and other related processes in all stakeholder communities
- Support changes in use and configuration of ServiceNow SPM through requirements definition and testing
- Provide ServiceNow SPM support for SPQ Portfolio Managers
- Support ServiceNow SPM stakeholder engagement and communications
- Analyse portfolio-related data (e.g., Financial, Resource, Portfolio Health etc.)
- Support change management activities for portfolio improvement initiatives
- Create and manage Knowledge Base for ServiceNow SPM
- Work collaboratively with SPQ Portfolio Managers to identify opportunities for improvement and to understand requirements for support where necessary
- Assist SPQ Portfolio Excellence team in defining requirements for tool changes, and understanding dependencies between portfolio tools and practices
- Collaborate with related functions that support Portfolio Management practices (e.g., Finance, SPQ Business Agility)

Essential Skills/Experience

- Relevant technical degree or equivalent
- 3+ years’ experience with Project / Portfolio management / PMO activities
- Understanding of Project financial management fundamentals
- Knowledge and experience with portfolio management processes and tools
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with strong customer focus and attention to detail
- Self-starter with the ability to effectively multi-task, prioritize workload to meet deadlines
- Continuous improvement mindset
- Influencing and relationship-building skills with AZ customers, peers, and third-party suppliers at all levels
- Strong analysis and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work in diverse multinational teams
- Knowledge or experience of automation approach and/or tools

Desirable Skills/Experience

- ServiceNow experience, SPM ideal
- Demonstrated knowledge of additional business management areas such as financials, workforce management, and strategy
- Knowledge of Lean design processes and their application
- Strong data analytics capabilities
- PowerBI skills
- Experience with process mapping tools and techniques

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

At AstraZeneca, our work has a direct impact on patients, transforming our ability to develop life-changing medicines. We empower the business to perform at its peak by combining cutting-edge science with leading digital technology platforms and data. Join us at a crucial stage of our journey in becoming a digital and data-led enterprise. Here you can innovate, take ownership, and explore new solutions in a dynamic environment filled with opportunities to learn and grow.

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