Portfolio Delivery Manager

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates' physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us
 

Position Summary: GRA Technology is seeking a senior portfolio delivery manager. This is a multi-disciplinary role that will require the successful candidate to take on numerous diverse responsibilities including management of projects and Project Manager and Business Analysis resources. The role necessitates close partnership with senior business and technology managers. The ideal candidate will have a background in working closely with development teams, and is expected to have a broad understanding of all the projects within the portfolio and be able to ensure timelines and milestones are met. Job expectations include managing the portfolio, ensuring compliance to standards, and driving continuous improvement to operations and governance. They are expected to provide direction and guidance to project managers and business analysts to ensure success of the work within the program. Additional key responsibilities include managing team members and developing the team through coaching, mentoring and feedback. This job is responsible for leading a team to maximize the value delivered through multiple programs and/or value streams within a small, less complex delivery portfolio. Key responsibilities include managing and developing the team through coaching, mentoring and feedback, aligning strategy, and execution by applying Lean and systems thinking approaches to strategy, investment funding, portfolio operations, and governance. Job expectations include managing the portfolio, ensuring compliance to standards, and driving continuous improvement to operations and governance.

Responsibilities:

• Directs and leads a delivery team aligned to a portfolio and mentors Delivery Leads
• Manages and improves portfolio operations and governance processes, ensuring risks and roadblocks are escalated and resolved quickly
• Builds relationships with business and technology executives across multiple organizations, as well as Compliance and Risk
• Partners with the key stakeholders and leaders to define the vision and creating the portfolio roadmap aligned to strategic goals
• Provides status updates and reporting for the portfolio to stakeholders and leadership pertaining to the desired outcomes, delivery, risks, issues, and schedule
• Manages overall portfolio financials, Profit and Loss (P&L), and performance
• Ensures adherence with Enterprise Change Management standards

Managerial Responsibilities:
This position may also have responsibilities for managing associates. At Bank of America, all managers at this level demonstrate the following responsibilities, in addition to those specific to the role, listed above.

• Opportunity & Inclusion Champion: Models an inclusive environment for employees and clients, aligned to company Great Place to Work goals.
• Manager of Process & Data: Demonstrates deep process knowledge, operational excellence and innovation through a focus on simplicity, data based decision making and continuous improvement.
• Enterprise Advocate & Communicator: Communicates enterprise decisions, purpose, and results, and connects to team strategy, priorities and contributions.
• Risk Manager: Ensures proper risk discipline, controls and culture are in place to identify, escalate and debate issues.
• People Manager & Coach: Provides inspection, coaching and feedback to motivate, differentiate and improve performance.
• Financial Steward: Actively manages expenses and budgets in alignment with objectives, making sound financial decisions.
• Enterprise Talent Leader: Assesses talent and builds bench strength for roles across the organization.
• Driver of Business Outcomes: Delivers results by effectively prioritizing, inspecting and appropriately delegating team work.

Required Qualifications :

• 10 Years of financial industry or risk experience
• Intense attention to accuracy, detail, and consistency
• Strong analytical skills and ability to effectively challenge information
• Strong communication skills: ability to communicate effectively both in writing and verbally and to feel comfortable delivering insights and recommendations to senior management
• Comfortable taking initiative and being resourceful/entrepreneurial
• Ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced, deadline-specific environment.
• Excellent organizational skills with a keen ability to prioritize daily tasks with project work as well as ad-hoc requests
• Proven verbal and written communication skills and presentation skills
• Proficiency in core MS Office products (Word, Excel, SharePoint, Visio, etc)

 

Desired Qualifications :

• Computer Engineering/Financial Degree
• Experience delivering software projects in both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
• Exposure to financial / product control functions within a bank.
• An enthusiastic approach with a positive attitude, and a highly motivated self-starter with a strong work ethic
• The ability to work on multiple assignments for different clients and segments while meeting deadlines and exceeding client expectations

Skills:

• Collaboration
• Influence
• Result Orientation
• Risk Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Analytical Thinking
• Business Acumen
• Data Management
• Financial Management
• Solution Delivery Process
• Agile Practices
• Architecture
• DevOps Practices
• Solution Design
• Technical Strategy Development

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 

40

Pay Transparency details

US - NJ - Jersey City - 101 Hudson St - 101 Hudson (NJ2101)Pay and benefits informationPay range$142, $203,200.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.Discretionary incentive eligibleThis role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.BenefitsThis role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.

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