PMO Portfolio Manager

3 weeks ago


Dublin, Ireland Uniphar Group Full time

Purpose:

Uniphar are embarking on an ambitious, multi-year transformation program and are seeking an experienced PMO Portfolio Manager to join our team.

Operating within the PMO department and reporting to the PMO Director, the PMO Portfolio Manager will play a crucial role in collating and managing the organization's project portfolio. This includes coordinating and prioritizing projects and ensuring alignment with strategic objectives. The PMO Portfolio Manager will work closely with senior stakeholders to optimize the portfolio and contribute to the successful delivery of organizational goals. They will also be responsible for maintaining the Project Management Office (PMO) frameworks, processes, tools and techniques to help the PMO drive consistency and excellence in project delivery across the organization.

Uniphar Background

Uniphar group is a rapidly expanding global healthcare services business with a proud heritage in Ireland. Since IPO in 2019, the group has grown both organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions, which continues to strengthen Uniphar's international reach. With a workforce of over 3000 spreads across Ireland, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Nordics and the USA, Uniphar is a trusted global partner to pharma and MedTech manufacturers, working to improve patient access to medicines around the world.

Uniphar provides outsourced and specialised services to its clients, leveraging the strong relationships with 200+ of the world's best known pharmaco-medical manufacturers across multiple geographies, enabled by our cutting-edge digital technology and our highly expert teams. Uniphar is organised into three key divisions; Supply Chain & Retail, Commercial & Clinical Med Tech / Pharma; and Product Access.

Culture at Uniphar

We pride ourselves in being truly entrepreneurial, innovative, collaborative, with a strong problem-solving ethos. We have built working relationships which span decades with many of the world's largest pharma and medtech companies. We believe that this is because we know how to build a relationship of trust with our partners - we put our customers and their patients at the heart of what we do and treat them with integrity and respect. Everything Uniphar does is enabled by our people. As we continue to grow domestically and internationally, we become more diverse. This rich diversity fuels our business and enriches our culture.

Key Responsibilities / Outcomes

  • As a member of the Project Management Office(PMO) , manage the project portfolio, the demand and intake process, and ensure alignment with organizational strategies and goals.
  • Collaborate with senior management to understand organizational strategies and goals.
  • Direct the development and maintenance of communications and reporting around the project portfolios, their contents and the individual performance of initiatives to stakeholders and senior executives.
  • Engage with and conduct quarterly (or at other intervals as specified) reviews with senior business, IT, executives, stakeholder groups, the IT steering committees and other relevant bodies to validate and assess the project portfolio, execute change, and reprioritize to meet business needs as required.
  • Monitor and report on the overall health and performance of the project portfolio.
  • Provide recommendations on portfolio adjustments to better align with changing business priorities.
  • Work with project teams to manage/oversee the full range of the project life cycle (initiate, plan, execute, close) for projects
  • Ensure the oversight and coordination of dependencies across the projects and programs in the portfolio, and resolve or escalate conflicts.
  • Forecast high level resource needs across the portfolio, balance the availability of the required skills and competencies across project and program team
  • Executive Steering Committee-level presentations, Prepare and present regular portfolio status reports to relevant stakeholders
  • Develop and maintain project management tools, processes and templates. Propose appropriate tooling where practical
  • Provide mentoring, guidance & coaching on PMO best practice, lead professional development sessions for PMO staff.
  • Ensure consistency and standardization in project execution and documentation.
  • Conduct regular project reviews and audits to ensure adherence to standards.
  • Support the PMO Director in the day to day running of the department

Key Skills, Experiences & Competencies

  • Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Commerce, Technology or a related field. Masters an advantage
  • 10+ years experience in a PMO, 5+ years as a Portfolio or PMO Manager delivering complex technical transformations in large scale enterprises using both waterfall and agile methodologies
  • Expert understanding of portfolio and project management methodologies, tools, and best practices.
  • Strategic thinking and the ability to align projects with organizational goals.
  • Strong commercial & technical acumen
  • Analytical thinking - ability to understand a situation by segmenting and tracing implications step by step.
  • PfMP, PMP, PgMP or Prince2 certifications
  • Prior experience working in a CSV environment useful, knowledge of SAP, FMCG, Retail or Supply Chain helpful.


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