Financial Services Project Portfolio Management- Director

Full Time
Remote
Posted
Job description
A career in our Managed Services team will provide you an opportunity to collaborate with a wide array of teams to help our clients implement and operate new capabilities, achieve operational efficiencies, and harness the power of technology. Our Strategic Program Management Office Sourcing practice will provide you with the opportunity to help organisations balance long term strategies and short term imperatives to optimise their investments and strategic activity required to achieve the organisation’s business objectives. We help enhance organisations project and program performance by identifying alternative project approaches, consistently aligning projects with corporate strategy, setting the tone and pace of programmes from the outset, responding quickly and effectively to crisis situations and extracting value from agile program delivery. Our team's roles focus on project portfolio management for both people and client management. Additionally our team processes services such as portfolio, program, and project management which require a diverse range of skill sets needed and growth opportunities for new and experienced team members.


To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Director, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

  • Support team to disrupt, improve and evolve ways of working when necessary.
  • Arrange and sponsor appropriate assignments and experiences to help people realise their potential and support their long-term aspirations.
  • Identify gaps in the market and spot opportunities to create value propositions.
  • Look for opportunities to scale efficiencies and new ways of working across multiple projects and environments.
  • Create an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
  • I promote and encourage others to value difference when working in diverse teams.
  • Drive and take ownership for developing connections that help deliver what is best for our people and stakeholders.
  • Influence and facilitate the creation of long-term relationships which add value to the firm.
  • Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.


Job Requirements and Preferences
:

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum Degree Required:
Bachelor Degree

Minimum Years of Experience:
8 year(s)

Preferred Qualifications:

Degree Preferred:
Master Degree

Certification(s) Preferred:

PMI

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:

Demonstrates thought leader-level abilities as a team leader utilizing the following:

  • Shared Services and Outsourcing Advisory (assessments, design, business case development, outsourcing assessments and readiness etc.);
  • IT Strategy (planning, performance management, IT effectiveness, benchmarking, operating model etc.);
  • Systems Implementation (ERP, SAP, Implementation strategy and planning);
  • IT Infrastructure (Data Center Transformation, BCM, IT asset management; and,
  • Systems Integration (Architecture, Application development, systems and app rationalization).

Demonstrates thought leader-level abilities as a team leader, emphasizing the following areas:

  • Assessing client projects for areas of risk, identify gaps and recommend areas for improvement;
  • Leading large-scale PMOs, applying appropriate project management techniques to oversee and/or support a complex workstream or a number of less complex workstreams;
  • Facilitating any number and/or level of meetings and workshops with a client and/or PwC team members;
  • Utilizing functional knowledge expertise and industry standard methodologies and tools, as well as creative problem-solving abilities to devise solutions, related to training, change management, and program management;
  • Writing, communicating, facilitating, and presenting cogently to and/or for all levels of industry audience, clients and internal staff and management, which includes the following: course materials (i.e. instructor and participant guides) and presentation slides, practice marketing materials, change management plans and/or project plans, workshops for various internal and external clients and audience levels, practice methodologies and tools, policies and procedures, whitepapers, and/or other standard business communications; and,
  • Contributing to sales, tracking business leads, and supporting business development opportunities through the identification of new engagement opportunities and assisting with the writing, presenting, closing, researching, and delivering of proposals and engagements.

At PwC, our work model includes three ways of working: virtual, in-person, and flex (a hybrid of in-person and virtual). Visit the following link to learn more: https://pwc.to/ways-we-work.

PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

For positions based in San Francisco, consideration of qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records will be in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

For positions in Albany (NY), California, Colorado, Nevada, New York City, Washington State, or Westchester County (NY), please visit the following link for pay range information: https://pwc.to/payrange-v1-mgdsrvcsdirector

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