Project Portfolio Manager – IT Portfolio Management
Division
You will be joining the Technology Management Services Division (TMS) in IT.
TMS acts as a trusted advisor for IT and non-IT partners, playing a key role to deliver and sustain the IT transformation relying on the following 5 main layers: (I) Technology Business Management, (II) IT Sourcing Strategy, (III) People & Communication, (IV) Partner Relationship Management, (V) Portfolio management.
In TMS, you will be part of the Portfolio Management team. The Portfolio Management team is there to facilitate a strong alignment of the IT investments with the Group and CSD Strategic and Business Objectives. The portfolio management team is focusing on the following dimensions:
- Ensure fit for purpose investment portfolio governance focused on business value is in place
- Connect portfolios to corporate strategy, business & technology roadmaps to ensure optimised and prioritised portfolios
- Monitor the delivery plans during the execution of the portfolio strategy and facilitate dynamic resource balancing through quarterly QBR cycle
- Stay on top of allocated Portfolio Budgets & Resources committed to support the delivery
- Provide operational support to run the portfolio meetings (monthly cyclicality)
Role & responsibilities:
Project portfolio management is a discipline to accomplish strategic goals and maximise business value through its project investments. It’s about doing the right work in the right way. To achieve these portfolio management objectives and strengthen the practice, we are currently integrating into it a Quarterly Business Review (QBR) process. The QBR process connects the portfolio investment decisions with the delivering factories contributing to these investments and ensures that the most optimum resource allocation is maintained.
As a Project Portfolio Manager with a focus on QBR, you will be primarily responsible for its smooth operation and the continuous improvement. You will work in close collaboration with our ITH managers and you will contribute to further maturing of our portfolio management processes.
- You facilitate the quarterly review cycle with the delivering factories and portfolios (the sharing of the long-term views for approved investments, the review of contributions to these investments)
- You prepare and run the different QBR ceremonies/events of the review cycle
- You consolidate data of contributions to investments collected by the different delivery factories
- You maintain reports based on this consolidated data providing summary overview of the key highlights, conflicts, dependencies
- You review the data to identify dependencies potentially leading to risks with the delivery – for that you also stay in close touch with the ITH managers
- You drive the preparation of the meetings for the escalation or mitigation of any risk (call for arbitrage in or across factories involved)
- You drive the continuous improvement of the QBR process with the community of practitioners, leveraging the positive momentum we have now
- You educate and coach various stakeholders of the QBR process and holds people accountable to following them
- You bring forth recommendations to the portfolio team on how to improve portfolio performance through better leveraging synergies between QBR and ITH framework
- You foster the development of new/improved processes, procedures and methods within but also outside of portfolio/QBR areas
Required qualifications:
- You have strong analytical skills and the ability to distil key messages. You are equally able to both - step back to understand the context / big picture and to have a detailed & analytical deep dive into certain points of attention/problems.
- You find the right balance between enforcing rules and processes and demonstrating an ability to be flexible/service oriented
- You have strong stakeholder management skills. You have enough seniority experience to be efficient at dealing with senior business and IT stakeholders.
- You have strong communication skills both orally (large audiences) as well as written (summarise key info out of large data set)
- You are committed to continuous process improvement & continual transformation with a sense of purpose mindset. This is where the focus is on value creation for the company and not just on individual process improvement
- You work well in a team, have strong interpersonal skills and a desire to drive things forward
- You are comfortable with a widespread network of people from different divisions where you might need actively influence as part of your daily job
- You are fluent in English (speaking & writing)
New ways of working:
At Euroclear we believe in an ideal balance between office and remote work toward business, team and individual needs, enhancing more flexibility, trust and individual accountability.
What we offer
An excellent opportunity to practice and develop your talents in a highly professional international environment.
Working closely with inspiring, supportive and engaged colleagues from 80+ different countries, interacting with many stakeholders at all levels across the organisation. A learning and development focused environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing, training, and reskilling.We’re agile, we’re growing and transforming and so will you!
Euroclear
Euroclear group is the financial industry’s trusted provider of post trade services. Euroclear provides settlement, safe-keeping and servicing of domestic and cross- border securities for bonds, equities and derivatives to investment funds. Euroclear is a proven, resilient capital market infrastructure committed to delivering risk-mitigation, automation and efficiency at scale for its global client franchise.
Great Place to Work for All. We believe that our people are our strength. The diverse talents that our employees bring to the table, are directly linked to our global success. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity, and strive to be a Great Place to Work for All. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment, regardless of their race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, pregnancy, neurodiversity, disability, or any other aspect that makes them unique. If you need any specific accommodation due to disability or any other reason, you can let the recruiter know during your application process.
