General information

Country
France
City
Remote Location
Department
Consulting Services
Job ID
32489

Description & Requirements

The PMO Project Portfolio Director drives results of the full life cycle of project, program and portfolio improvement for the assigned consulting services area. The portfolio director works directly with the project/program managers and practice directors/managers to coach, advise and drive the adoption of project tools, processes and methodologies to assure that projects are managed and sponsored to achieve a successful outcome.

  • Provide oversight or project management for large, complex projects similar to the projects stated in the program director block in the project management job family 
  • Responsible to provide the following: PM coaching, project quality reviews, participation in customer projects, selling the value of project management, portfolio analysis of trends,  management advisory
  • Provide measurements directly tied to improvement in general customer satisfaction, service quality, margin and revenue. Proposal of action plans and follow up on their execution. •Owns and leads initiatives such as training, tools, certification, bid process, portfolio analysis, customer satisfaction, PM community, recruiting, quality, governance, methodology


 Basic Qualifications 

  • 10 years of project management experience
  • 5 years of interacting with C-level management (internal and external) 
  • Practical experience with managing and remediating large, complex projects or programs
  • Experience in leading programs to implement business applications in Industrial Manufacturing, Food & Beverage, Retail/ Distribution, or Fashion sector. 
  • Communication skills are at the level to have established relationships with C-level executives.
  • Understanding KPIs driving a professional services organization
  • Language: English and French (both Level C2 or native speaker)
  • Strong analytical skills (performance & financial KPIs, Risk assessment)
  •  min. Bachelor's degree / Master's degree preferred



Preferred Qualifications 

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification or like certification
  • Development and implementation of project management and bid processes, methodology and tools 
  • Experience in coaching project managers
  • Experience in Bid-Management (contracts, estimates …)
  • Other language skills Spanish or Italian welcome


About Infor


At Infor (a Koch company) we build industry-specific applications that are integrated and delivered in the AWS cloud.


We have over 18,500 employees, serving 65,000 customers across the globe. Our clients include global leaders such as Michelin, American Express, Adidas, Henkel, Dr Pepper, Columbia Sportswear, Action Aid, Citrix, Miller Industries, P&G, British Sugar, Triumph Motorcycles, Veolia, Nissan, DB Schenker to help overcome market disruptions, complex business challenges and achieve digital transformation.

Infor Values:

Our Guiding Principles set the standard for how we work with one another. They define who we are as an organization and guide everything we do. By applying the same shared values that unleash prosperity in free societies—such as value creation, integrity, responsibility, free speech, and toleration—we encourage one another to take initiative and to challenge the status quo.

 

We have a relentless commitment to a culture based on a business philosophy called Principle Based Management™ (PBM™). Informed by the principles that allow a free and open society to flourish, PBM™ prepares individuals to innovate, improve, and transform while fostering a healthy, growing organization that creates long-term value for its clients and supporters and fulfillment for its employees. 


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