Senior Manager - Information Systems
Amgen
Cross Functional Initiatives Lead – Portfolio Manager, DTS
S&P Global
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Hyderabad • 🇮🇳 India
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Senior
Tech Stack
PMPSDLC
About the role
- Drive the creation, development, governance, and execution of cross-functional initiatives, ensuring they align with strategic Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).
- Work closely with the Value Stream Owner, Product Management, and other stakeholders to ensure initiatives are well-defined, documented, prioritized, and aligned with business objectives.
- Lead creation of Epics and MVPs, in collaboration with the Value Stream Owner, Product Manager, and Epic Owners.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate risks and dependencies across value streams, ensuring seamless execution of initiatives.
- Facilitate collaboration among various teams and stakeholders to ensure cohesive execution of initiatives/epics and effective communication of progress and outcomes.
- Provide regular updates and health reporting on initiatives to senior leadership, highlighting progress, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
Requirements
- Diploma or degree in a technical discipline or similar.
- Minimum of 5-8 years of experience in leading cross-functional initiatives and managing a technology project portfolio.
- Knowledge of Technology Infrastructure and/or the software development life cycle (SDLC); understand other engineering processes and methodologies and leverage other techniques to provide value to a team/enterprise.
- Proven ability to work with and manage cross functional stakeholders up to and including executive leadership.
- Ability to see the big picture and guide decisions to align with business goals and outcomes.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex information effectively to senior leadership.
- Experience in identifying and mitigating cross-value stream/functional risks and dependencies.
- Demonstrated customer focus and ability to deliver value.
- Demonstrated experience in agile portfolio management, preferably within the Scaled Agile Framework.
- Certification in one or more of the following: Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Project Management Professional (PMP), Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), SAFe Agilist, Certified Agile Portfolio Manager (ICP-APM), SAFe Practitioner, SAFe Lean Portfolio Manager.
- Familiarity with Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and their application within portfolio management.
- Experience in facilitating, leading, influencing, and managing within a large-scale, globally distributed organization.
Benefits
- Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
- Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
- Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
- Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
- Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.
- Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
technology project portfolio managementsoftware development life cycle (SDLC)agile portfolio managementScaled Agile Frameworkrisk assessmentdependency managementEpic creationMVP developmentcross-functional initiative executiongovernance
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationcustomer focusstrategic thinkingproblem-solvinginfluencingpresentation skillsstakeholder managementbig picture thinking
Certifications
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)Project Management Professional (PMP)Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)SAFe AgilistCertified Agile Portfolio Manager (ICP-APM)SAFe PractitionerSAFe Lean Portfolio Manager
