IT Portfolio Manager Senior
Company Description
Zayo provides mission-critical bandwidth to the world’s most impactful companies, fueling the innovations that are transforming our society. Zayo’s 133,000-mile network in North America and Europe includes extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centers. Zayo’s communications infrastructure solutions include dark fiber, private data networks, wavelengths, Ethernet, and dedicated Internet access. Zayo serves wireless and wireline carriers, media, tech, content, finance, healthcare and other large enterprises.
In this role, you will actively build and manage the IT Project Portfolios, and act as a liaison for the stakeholders across the IT Organization. You will play a critical role in managing the full IT Portfolio valued between $11-20M for strategic initiatives for size and business value in both complexity and interdependencies along with risk mitigating delivery and growing YoY. This position will drive and manage the operational measures delivered to the IT Steering Committee (ITSC) as well as preparation of content for each quarterly ITSC meeting as the IT Portfolio is reviewed and prioritized each quarter. Zayo prides itself on continuous improvement and our IT organization is always pushing to do more and do better; we invest in technology that will help drive the company forward. Our teams take a lot of pride in the work that they do and we take a nimble and flexible approach to project portfolio management.
Responsibilities:
- Defines and develops IT project/program management best practices, processes, and policy to ensure alignment with corporate strategy and goals. Has shared responsibility for IT project portfolio delivery.
- Works with CIO and IT Leadership team to plan and manage the IT project portfolio
- Holds team members accountable for project deadlines and delivery of benefits. Monitors project planning and execution on key dimensions of cost, schedule, resources, risks and issues.
- Develops and maintains overall milestone tracking tools for all key initiatives.
- Communicate project and portfolio status to CIO, IT leadership and executive leadership through steering committees, oral and written reports
- Develops and implements project portfolio management processes and tools. Partners with IT leadership to locate opportunities to develop and prioritize projects according to relevant measurement criteria.
- Develops and operates resource tracking processes and tools for IT employees.
- Develops and operates internal reporting systems to track costs associated with all IT projects.
- Partner with IT Leadership to ensure that all projects within IT are delivered within the defined scope, quality, time and cost requirements.
- Participates in the development and implementation of a strategic plan for the IT organization
- Communicate openly and often with IT staff to resolve problems and obstacles, provide resources, reset direction and maximize effective interactions and functioning.
- Works with the IT leadership team to assist in the planning and implementation and follow through of department objectives.
Experience/ Training:
- Bachelor's Degree with coursework in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems with a minimum of 6+ years of professional experience is required, or a Master's degree with a minimum of 4 years of professional experience
- Demonstrated increasing levels of responsibilities and decision-making is required.
- Professional experience in IT Portfolio and IT project/program management.
- Proven track record of demonstrating exceptional organizational skills and ability to juggle multiple projects.
Skills:
- Solid knowledge of project accounting, resource planning and tracking.
- Solid knowledge of the principles of project planning and budgeting.
- Solid understanding of and management of program requirements and project documentation.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective work relationships
- Ability to organize and prioritize multiple assignments.
- Ability to analyze numerical information to identify trends and distinguish discrepancies and inaccuracies in prepared reports
- Ability to communicate verbally and in written form on a one-to-one or group basis.
- Ability to exhibit initiative to quickly learn and retain various cross discipline information within a relatively short time period.
- Solid knowledge of the principles of project planning and budgeting.
- Solid knowledge of communications to prepare and conduct public presentations
- CO pay range: $92,000 - $135,000
Benefits, Rewards & Wellness
Annual Incentive Plan (AIP) - Full-time Zayo employees are also eligible for discretionary AIP which is based on the performance of the Company, an employee’s business segment, and the individual employee
Sales Incentive Plan - Full-time Zayo sales employees are also eligible for discretionary incentive cash compensation through our Sales Incentive Plan
Excellent Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
Retirement 401(k) Savings Plan
Fitness membership discounts
Generous paid time off policy including paid parental leave
Please note, in accordance with Zayo's commitment to providing and maintaining a workplace free of recognized hazards, all U.S. and Canadian employees and any employee, vendor, customer, or visitor who enters a Zayo office or facility in the U.S. and Canada must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide proof of such vaccination. If you are hired by Zayo, you will be required to provide proof of vaccination or have a valid religious or medical reason not to be vaccinated.