Project Portfolio Manager - Institutional Portfolio Management

$106,700 - $165,400/Yr

Western Governors University - Salt Lake City, UT

Full-time - Mid Level

Salt Lake City, UT

1,001-5,000 employees

Educational Services

About the position

The Institutional Project Portfolio Manager I (PPM I) role at Western Governors University is responsible for supporting the management of the enterprise Project Management Office (PMO). This position involves overseeing a large portfolio, leading program-level reviews, optimizing processes, and ensuring alignment with the organization's strategic priorities. The PPM I will coordinate with executive leaders, manage project portfolio processes, and report on portfolio health to ensure effective decision-making and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Support the lifecycle of a large portfolio and lead portfolio and program-level reviews.
• Optimize processes and best practices for project management.
• Analyze and report on the impact of the portfolio against strategic goals.
• Advise leadership on prioritization and optimization of the project portfolio based on metrics and KPIs.
• Report on portfolio progress, performance, and risks to stakeholders using data visualization and executive communications.
• Coordinate with project and program managers on execution within the portfolio.
• Provide recommendations on resource allocation and manage coordination between resource managers.
• Develop and implement portfolio management methodologies and best practices.
• Consult and train leaders on reporting and dashboarding using the PPM tool, ServiceNow.
• Collaborate with EdTech engineering teams and PPM tool vendors regarding project and portfolio needs.
• Coordinate with Enterprise Change Management and Enterprise Risk Management on implementation impacts.
• Manage continuous improvement opportunities for project intake, prioritization, reporting, and planning processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• One of the following certifications: PMP, PgMP, PfMP
• 10 years of professional experience in project/change management in a large organization (5000+ employees)
• 5 years of experience as the assigned project manager responsible for project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure
• 5 years of experience in business transformation.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree
• Lean Six Sigma Certification
• Experience with ServiceNow

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid holidays
• Flexible paid time off
• Discounted WGU tuition
• Parental leave