Technology Portfolio Manager (Distribution)

Position Summary

This position is responsible for providing thought leadership, vision, and overall management and performance of the portfolio. Ensures portfolio teams are aligned with business objectives and company strategy, that portfolio investments are focused on highest value opportunities for our business, and that value objectives for the portfolio are realized.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the portfolio strategy and roadmap             
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and prioritize the features and functionality required to deliver a best-in-class digital services     
• Conduct research and analysis to understand business constraints and customer/user needs, preferences, and behaviors to inform technology decisions.
• Monitor and analyze key performance metrics related to digital services and capabilities to identify opportunities for improvement and optimization.            
• Build, develop, and support high-performing cross-functional portfolio teams
• Engage with stakeholders to understand the most pressing business needs and opportunities and align stakeholders and portfolio teams around the highest value initiatives for funding and governance approval.
• Provide overall portfolio governance and oversight. Regularly reviewing portfolio performance with stakeholders to assess results and adjust priorities, strategy, and investments
• Identify key strategic outcomes and success measures for the portfolio
• Initiate, review, and prioritize all new requests for enterprise capabilities that need investment consideration and governance approval
• Ensure all technical solutions, projects, and initiatives are aligned to business objectives and company strategy
• Promotes a culture of collaboration, co-creation, and team success

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• Track and optimize investments in digital capabilities to maximize business and business value
• Identify emerging business and technology needs
• Manage cross-portfolio dependencies and conflicts         
• Builds and leverages deep business domain expertise to identify opportunities to improve or expand digital capabilities aligned with the business strategy
• Maintain the security of confidential information
• Stay abreast of advances in technology
• Demonstrate regular and prompt attendance
• Performs other related duties as necessary or assigned

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Supervisory and/or Leadership Responsibilities

A full range of supervisory activities, training, evaluation, counseling, and recommendation for termination. This includes, but is not limited to, effectively communicating organizational policies and other information to subordinates, ensuring that employees have a clear understanding of their responsibilities.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of using computer systems, which may include setting up and using hardware and software programs, entering data, configuration, or processing information            
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer service
• Knowledge of project management concepts, practices and procedures
• Skilled in handling multiple tasks, prioritizing and changing priorities
• Skilled in identifying, analyzing and resolving problems
• Skilled in time management
• Skilled in prioritizing and managing changing priorities
• Ability to anticipate, identify, analyze and resolve conflict and problems
• Ability to set priorities
• Ability to apply organization skills
• Ability to interface with all levels of management and employees
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
• Ability to listen and understand information verbally and in writing
• Ability to communicate, listen to, and understand effectively verbally and in writing

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Minimum Qualifications - (Education, Experience)

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• Directly related experience may substitute for education
• Seven years of directly related experience including portfolio specific systems
• Preferred experience:
  • Distribution Operations Portfolio Manager– Distribution operations, SCADA, OMS, Field Services

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The employee may be required to stand; reach with hands and arms, stoop and kneel
• The employee may be required to sit or stand for long periods of time
• The employee may be required to lift, carry, push, pull or move up to 25 pounds
• The employee may be required to travel
• Exempt employees receive a fixed bi-weekly salary to compensate them for all hours worked during each pay period  
• This position may be required to work more than 40 hours per week

This description is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty required of the position given this title and shall not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of management to assign, direct and control the work of employees under supervision. The listing of essential duties and responsibilities shall not be held to exclude other duties that may be assigned based on the needs of the Cooperative.