Advisor, Project Portfolio, Risk and Benefits Management
Solution SFT
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Québec City • Canada
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About the role
- Participate in establishing, developing and improving processes to ensure compliance with standards and norms for capacity management, risk management and project portfolio management.
- Analyze management data and provide accountability reporting to the appropriate governance bodies.
- Manage organizational capacity and risks in collaboration with the PPM Office (BGP) and stakeholders.
- Contribute to the implementation, evolution and optimization of management and monitoring tools, including producing dashboards (Power BI from MS Project).
- Monitor resource capacity and provide periodic reports to project managers.
- Participate in identifying, analyzing and monitoring project issues, risks and benefits.
- Validate the accuracy of the information presented in project progress reports.
- Conduct analyses and formulate recommendations for management and relevant client groups.
- Plan, structure and manage the project portfolio in alignment with the organization’s strategic directions.
- Analyze, evaluate and prioritize projects according to their added value, risks, costs, expected benefits and organizational capacity.
- Monitor portfolio performance and benefits realization, including variance analysis and recommending corrective measures.
- Deploy, maintain and evolve governance mechanisms, processes and portfolio management tools.
- Support arbitration and prioritization exercises related to resource allocation.
- Produce analyses, dashboards and accountability reports for senior management and decision-making bodies.
- Serve in an advisory role to managers and stakeholders and contribute to the continuous improvement of project and benefits management practices.
- Design and deliver communication, training and workshop facilitation activities.
- Draft communications, reports, summaries and templates tailored to the target audiences.
- Carry out, at the request of the responsible authority, research and analysis on particular situations or issues.
Requirements
- University degree in business administration, project management, IT or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in portfolio management and 300 person-days on mandates related to capacity and risk management.
- Strong knowledge of portfolio management (PPM) practices, processes and tools; risk analysis; cost, value and organizational capacity assessment.
- Experience in project governance, prioritization, trade-offs/arbitration and benefits realization, including producing dashboards and reports for senior management.
- Excellent written and spoken French.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
portfolio managementrisk managementcapacity managementdata analysisdashboard productionvariance analysiscost assessmentvalue assessmentorganizational capacity assessmentproject governance
Soft Skills
communicationadvisoryfacilitationreportingrecommendation formulationstakeholder collaborationcontinuous improvementtraining deliveryissue analysisprioritization