IT Portfolio Manager at Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) in Atlanta, Georgia

Job Description:

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

As an employee of the Atlanta Fed, you will help support our mission of promoting the stability and efficiency of the U.S. economy and financial system. Your work will affect the economy of the Southeast, the United States, and the world. The work we do here is important, and how we do it is just as important as what we do. We live our values of integrity, excellence, and respect every day. We do the right thing, we do things right, and we treat people right. A career at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta gives you the chance to do work that touches lives and helps communities prosper.

In addition to competitive compensation, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes tuition assistance, generous paid time off, top-notch health care benefits, child and family care leave, professional development opportunities, a 401(k) match, pension, and more. All brought together in a flexible work environment where you can truly find balance.

Working with the IT Portfolio Program Management Office, you will collaborate with others throughout the organization (ex. Finance, Product Management, Solution Delivery, Information Security, Data Management etc.) and related, neighboring practice areas to plan and deliver innovative, high-quality, cost-effective products and/or solutions that deliver value.

Provide leadership, expertise and support to guide the prioritization and balancing of the Technology Portfolio to align with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta strategic goals and priorities. Knowledge of Agile and Lean to manage the flow of work through the Portfolio Kanban. Technology savviness to create Business Intelligent reports to analyze portfolio data and visualize through graphical representation. In-depth core knowledge, understanding of IT Portfolio Management, Financial Management concepts and the impact of a decision on the business’ wellbeing. Provide lean governance oversight and help advance the maturity, value of the IT Portfolio.

• Define and communicate the Portfolio vision, strategy and objectives to ensure initiatives align with strategic themes and contribute to the organization's goals.


• Ensure all demand is consistently captured, prioritized and balanced within the IT Portfolio to align with Federal Reserve Bank Local, National and System strategic goals and priorities.


• Manage the IT Portfolio operations value demand intake process, consult and negotiate with various business lines stakeholders to ensure technology solutions and/or services deliver value.


• Analyze, visualize and communicate Portfolio data through the development of self-service Business Intelligence reports.


• Stay current on all in-flight and planned initiatives, customer demands, and dependencies across and within assigned Portfolio of work, and drive portfolio replanning when necessitated by change.


• Lead and facilitate Portfolio governance events (Strategic Portfolio Reviews, Portfolio Sync) with various business lines stakeholders for approvals and decision-making.


• Monitor, measure and support ongoing Portfolio health risk management processes.


• Maintains the overall Portfolio budget forecast and financial management plans.


• Help drive improvements with the integration of Portfolio Management and Financial Management processes.


• Support the establishment of a value management Portfolio Management framework that enables transparency, customer-centric decisions and value-driven business outcomes.


• Perform other duties as assigned

Education:  Bachelor's Degree or 4 years equivalent experience preferred

Experience:  5 to 8 years preferred

Functional Knowledge Preferences

Knowledge Areas:

• IT Portfolio Management


• Financial Acumen


• Customer Centricity


• Data Acumen


• Agile Expertise


• Growth Mindset


• Cross-Functional Collaboration

Technical Skills:

• Broadcom Clarity PPM: Working knowledge of Project Portfolio Management tools, e.g. Clarity preferred.


• Business Intelligence Reporting (i.e. Microsoft Power BI preferred): Working knowledge of analyzing and visualizing  Portfolio data into BI reports to present actionable information.


• Atlassian Jira Enterprise


• Microsoft AzureDevOps


• Microsoft 365

Certifications/Licenses:

Certifications in Agile Methodologies and Frameworks, Project Management and Portfolio Management, such as PMP, PfMP, SAFe Lean Portfolio Management, or similar desired.

• SAFe Lean Portfolio Management (preferred)


• SAFe Practice Consultant


• PMP or PfMP - Project Management Professional or Portfolio Management Professional (PMI)

Individual Competencies

• Demonstrates Self-Awareness


• Problem Solving


• Action-Oriented


• Collaborates


• Communicates Effectively


• Analytical Skills

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, performance standards or requirements, efforts, skills or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g. emergencies, rush jobs, change in workload or technological developments).

The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta is an equal opportunity employer.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Regular / Temporary

Regular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Job Category

Work Shift

First (United States of America)

The Federal Reserve Banks believe that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as an organization, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. The Federal Reserve Banks are committed to equal employment opportunity for employees and job applicants in compliance with applicable law and to an environment where employees are valued for their differences.

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