Senior Manager - Project/Portfolio Management
With minimal direction, provide management for the Portfolio Solutions project management team, setting the direction for operations and change-the-business initiatives; manage changing business needs, resource capacity constraints, risk exposure, and interdependencies. Provide strategic direction and management in the areas associated with maintaining a complex portfolio.
Manage stakeholder relationships with senior-level management across various functions
Collaborate with cross-functional business units around project planning, resourcing, and delivery
Collaborate with IT technical teams and/or external consultants to ensure successful delivery of projects
Provide leadership in the constructing of project teams, charters, project plans, contingencies, success metrics, and ROI measurements
Guide project managers and analysts to ensure that project quality and project management standards are followed and continually improved
Regularly interact with sponsors, stakeholders, and executive leadership to ensure meeting or exceeding project deliverables
Establish and monitor value metrics to inform decisions that maximize returns across enterprise projects and programs. Drive business value across all program activities
Plan, implement, and continuously improve project management best practices and tool sets to streamline project processes and procedures and maximize operational effectiveness
Job Specifications
Typically has the following skills or abilities:
Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience; Minimum of 1 additional year of experience related to functional area
Minimum of 3 years of management experience with responsibilities for hiring, training, assigning work, and managing performance of direct reports
Project-related experience working on multiple concurrent simple to highly complex projects (project manager, business analyst, etc)
Experience with various project management methodologies, standard concepts, practices, procedures, tools, and/or software packages
Demonstrates ability to be a decision-maker, showing balanced consideration of business issues
Ability to influence teams in various divisions toward common goals
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
Preferred Skills
Demonstrated organizational change management experience
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Compensation range for the role is listed below. Applicable salary ranges may differ across markets.Actual pay will be determined based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law. As a part of the compensation package, this role may include eligible bonuses and commissions. For more information regarding VSP Vision benefits, please click here.
Salary Ranges: $94,500.00 - $152,250.00
VSP Vision is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to age, gender, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.
Unincorporated LA County Residents: Qualified Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act, and any other similar laws.
Notice to Candidates: Fraud Alert - Fake Job Opportunity Solicitations Used to Collect Fees/Personal Information.
We have been made aware that fake job opportunities are being offered by individuals posing as VSP Vision and affiliate recruiters. Click here to learn about our application process and what to watch for regarding false job opportunities.
As a regular part of doing business, VSP Vision (“VSP”) collects many different types of personal information, including protected health information, about our audiences, including members, doctors, clients, brokers, business partners, and employees. VSP Vision employees will have access to this sensitive personal information and are subject to follow Information Security and Privacy Policies.
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Senior Manager - Project/Portfolio Management
With minimal direction, provide management for the Portfolio Solutions project management team, setting the direction for operations and change-the-business initiatives; manage changing business needs, resource capacity constraints, risk exposure, and interdependencies. Provide strategic direction and management in the areas associated with maintaining a complex portfolio.
Manage stakeholder relationships with senior-level management across various functions
Collaborate with cross-functional business units around project planning, resourcing, and delivery
Collaborate with IT technical teams and/or external consultants to ensure successful delivery of projects
Provide leadership in the constructing of project teams, charters, project plans, contingencies, success metrics, and ROI measurements
Guide project managers and analysts to ensure that project quality and project management standards are followed and continually improved
Regularly interact with sponsors, stakeholders, and executive leadership to ensure meeting or exceeding project deliverables
Establish and monitor value metrics to inform decisions that maximize returns across enterprise projects and programs. Drive business value across all program activities
Plan, implement, and continuously improve project management best practices and tool sets to streamline project processes and procedures and maximize operational effectiveness
Job Specifications
Typically has the following skills or abilities:
Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience; Minimum of 1 additional year of experience related to functional area
Minimum of 3 years of management experience with responsibilities for hiring, training, assigning work, and managing performance of direct reports
Project-related experience working on multiple concurrent simple to highly complex projects (project manager, business analyst, etc)
Experience with various project management methodologies, standard concepts, practices, procedures, tools, and/or software packages
Demonstrates ability to be a decision-maker, showing balanced consideration of business issues
Ability to influence teams in various divisions toward common goals
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
Preferred Skills
Demonstrated organizational change management experience
#LI-VISIONCARE
Compensation range for the role is listed below. Applicable salary ranges may differ across markets.Actual pay will be determined based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law. As a part of the compensation package, this role may include eligible bonuses and commissions. For more information regarding VSP Vision benefits, please click here.
Salary Ranges: $94,500.00 - $152,250.00
VSP Vision is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to age, gender, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.
Unincorporated LA County Residents: Qualified Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act, and any other similar laws.
Notice to Candidates: Fraud Alert - Fake Job Opportunity Solicitations Used to Collect Fees/Personal Information.
We have been made aware that fake job opportunities are being offered by individuals posing as VSP Vision and affiliate recruiters. Click here to learn about our application process and what to watch for regarding false job opportunities.
As a regular part of doing business, VSP Vision (“VSP”) collects many different types of personal information, including protected health information, about our audiences, including members, doctors, clients, brokers, business partners, and employees. VSP Vision employees will have access to this sensitive personal information and are subject to follow Information Security and Privacy Policies.