It Portfolio Manager

Description:

As an IT Portfolio Manager, you will define, advise and support the IT portfolio, with a focus related to supporting IT organizational change management and change communications. In the role, you will act as a central point of contact and execution within IT for planning, reporting and advising in the implementation of IT specific organizational (people) change and IT engagement communications. You will act as liaison with external resources providing expertise and support in these areas, as well as supporting IT change communications.

You will interface with IT divisions and projects, as well as external partners (ECMO, Communications, etc.) on organizational change management impacts to ensure the IT cluster and its staff are connected and manage improved outcomes. You will develop and maintain relationships internally with all levels of WSIB (including but not limited to EPMO, Procurement, Finance, Internal Audit, Legal Services, Human Resources) and externally as required.

Major Responsibilities:

IT portfolio advisor for oversight on governance, risk management, reporting, communication strategies, including, but not limited to:

• Guiding portfolio through development and maturity phases;
• Benchmarking dependencies within assigned portfolios related to ITC roadmap;
• Coordinating with internal teams for portfolio health check assessments;
• Developing portfolio managed protocols;
• Engaging stakeholders within dependent disciplines, such as; Contract Management, Quality Management, Procurement, and Legal;
• Championing innovative and value-add solutions for portfolio deliverables;
• Developing communication vehicles for executive management teams including risk assessment, dependencies, corporate goal alignment and budget

Assess IT portfolio viability within appropriate timelines and interdependencies, including, but not limited to:

• Assessing initiative proposals and business cases;
• Advising on requirement gathering consolidations
• Creating executive management reports for portfolio risks, budget, monthly status, recommendations, health checks;
• Designing and managing communication plans and strategies;
• Managing standard change management practices;
• Monitoring and advising on portfolio health check assessments;

Contribute to the development of portfolio artifacts for terms of reference, concept documents, business cases, including, but not limited to:

• Promoting integrity of portfolio processes with the PMO;
• Advising PMO statuses, as required;
• Recommending changes and improvements to portfolio processes and methodologies.