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Northwestern Mutual · 1 day ago

Business Portfolio Manager - Sr Director

Franklin, WI

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$123K/yr - $264K/yr

10+ years exp

Northwestern Mutual is seeking a Senior Director of Business Portfolio Management who will provide thought leadership and portfolio management expertise to meet enterprise-wide goals. The role involves managing complex portfolios, aligning initiatives with business outcomes, and fostering strong relationships with stakeholders to ensure successful portfolio delivery.

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Responsibilities

Independently leads large, complex, and multi-faceted programs or portfolios. Responsible for managing scope, risk, business value, schedule and budget

Acts as a thought leader on portfolio management activities; develops strategy for planning and executing highly complex efforts

Implement and enhance best practices for optimized portfolio delivery

Serves as integration point to support complex, enterprise-wide initiatives. Enables and drives cross collaboration across other portfolios to create alignment

Maintains, and revises portfolio objectives and deliverables; accountable for defining the portfolio structure and creating a single, unified plan to deliver on portfolio objectives. Manages portfolios to ensure appropriate allocation of resources according to portfolio objectives, specifications, deliverables, and changes. Takes accountability for portfolio success

Drives for clarity on portfolio objectives, priorities, and measures. Develop solutions/recommendations to unique, high-impact problems with notable risk and complexity; develops portfolio solutions that have a broad impact on the business and are consistent with organizational objectives and strategy. Identifies, assesses, and mitigates portfolio risks and issues and removes impediments

Develops strong relationships with business clients to manage portfolio delivery expectations and implementation. Provides expert level portfolio management consulting, negotiation and influencing at all levels. Aligns all stakeholder leadership on strategy, business priorities, and approach to portfolio delivery

Responsible for gathering and impacts to metrics required by the portfolio. Uses data to make successes and challenges visible, and to drive insights and action plans to continually adjust and pursue portfolio goals

Applies extensive business acumen in depth and breadth of industry, and company initiatives and strategy, products complexities, integrates knowledge into portfolio objectives

Uses expert-level knowledge of portfolio management and business requirements to understand the key business drivers as they relate to the portfolios. Conduct highly complex analysis to identify scope and nature of portfolio deliverables; portfolios are intended to solve department or business need

Qualification

Portfolio ManagementStrategic PlanningProgram GovernanceProgram ManagementRisk ManagementBusiness AcumenStakeholder RelationshipsAnalytical ThinkingTeam BuildingLeadership SkillsCommunication SkillsProblem SolvingEmotional IntelligenceAdaptability

Required

Minimum 10 years of related experience managing complex portfolios and working with a range of diverse business areas

Experience in strategic and operational planning and leading large, complex, cross-functional portfolios

Experience in strategic and operational planning and leading multiple large, complex, cross-functional projects with organization-wide impact

Ability to prioritize work and handle multiple tasks simultaneously, work under pressure and meet tight deadlines

Proven leadership skills working with diverse teams

Excellent written and oral communications skills with the ability to build rapport within the company, field and/or outside vendors

Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships among leaders in the Home Office and Field

Ability to get buy-in from all levels of leadership in strategic and operational functions

Strong short term and long-term planning skills, coupled with ability to manage resources to response to business needs

High degree of self-motivation with leadership and initiative in sharing information, contributing towards group goals, and accepting responsibility for results

Demonstrated organizational agility to work across organizational boundaries, influence, and collaborate with all levels on solutions that benefit the organization

Exceptional business acumen and focus on achieving business impact through progressive practices and sound business judgment

Strong problem solving and strategic/critical thinking skills

Facilitation and team building skills; ability to play an active, operational and communicative role

Interpersonal savvy and comfort interacting with and presenting to all levels of the organization, including senior leaders

Preferred

Bachelor's Degree with an emphasis in Business, Project Management or related field preferred OR a significant amount of directly related work experience beyond the minimum required for the position

Benefits

Flexible work schedules

Concierge service

Comprehensive benefits

Employee resource groups

Company

Northwestern Mutual

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Northwestern Mutual delivers financial security to millions with life, disability income and long-term care insurance, and investments.

Founded in 1857

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

5001-10000 employees

https://www.northwesternmutual.com

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