Portfolio Program Manager

$10,444 - $78,139/Yr

FedEx - Pittsburgh, PA

Full-time - Mid Level

Pittsburgh, PA

Couriers and Messengers

About the position

The role focuses on ensuring synchronization, communication, and business relationships of portfolio strategies from the Strategic Portfolio Committee across Agile Release Trains (ARTs). It involves facilitating the deconstruction of Epics, prioritizing initiatives, and assessing their impact on value streams. The position requires strong collaboration with stakeholders to optimize business priorities and enhance efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Identify and communicate priorities and dependencies across ARTs and the broader business community.
• Ensure business priorities are visible, established, and communicated to optimize efficiency.
• Facilitate regular cross-ART meetings to ensure communication of prioritization, alignment of dependencies, identification of risks, and forecasting of business value delivery.
• Facilitate ad-hoc workshops, meetings, ceremonies, etc., to remove barriers, improve collaboration, mitigate risk, and ensure information flow between the Portfolio, ARTs, and stakeholders.
• Maintain preference for action over inaction when faced with incomplete knowledge or limited data sets.
• Update, track, and communicate the status of initiatives through the Kanban phases and monitor the timing of release milestones.
• Build and maintain relationships with Cross-OpCo stakeholders at all levels to coordinate and standardize metrics presented to the Portfolio Executive Leadership, ARTs, and other governing bodies.
• Create and maintain desk procedures for recurring job duties.
• Research and recommend process improvements, technological solutions, etc., in collaboration with the Agile Enablement Office, Portfolio Review Team, Cross-Opco representatives, and third-party solution providers.
• Assist the Manager - Portfolio Execution Office with issues and escalate to Epic Owners or executive leadership as needed to facilitate release or project completion.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Business, Engineering, or a related discipline required.
• Five (5) years of experience in a technical or professional position with at least two (2) years leading end-to-end cross-functional projects.
• Two (2) years of SAFe/Agile/Lean experience.
• Ability to act autonomously with little to no instruction or oversight.
• Strong knowledge of overall strategic company initiatives and their implementation through value streams and Operating Companies.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to explain and present complex information to all levels.
• Strong business acumen and the ability to understand the larger company strategy.
• Strong influencing skills to help guide strategic initiatives without ownership.
• Strong knowledge of and adherence to FedEx policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement