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Job title: gpmo portfolio - assistant manager location: bangalore about unilever: be part of the world’s most successful, purpose-led businessWork with brands that are well-loved around the world, that improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around usWe promote innovation, big and small, to make our business win and grow; and we believe in business as a force for goodUnleash your curiosity, challenge ideas and disrupt processes; use your energy to make this happenOur brilliant business leaders and colleagues provide mentorship and inspiration, so you can be at your bestEvery day, nine out of ten indian households use our products to feel good, look good and get more out of life – giving us a unique opportunity to build a brighter futureEvery individual here can bring their purpose to life through their workJoin us and you’ll be surrounded by inspiring leaders and supportive peersAmong them, you’ll channel your purpose, bring fresh ideas to the table, and simply be youAs you work to make a real impact on the business and the world, we’ll work to help you become a better youMain job purpose the uniops global portfolio management office (gpmo) team provides the capability and the framework for the it/technology investment portfolio management and project governance processesOur objective is to ensures consistency and to enable effective governance and valuable project investment decisions in unileverThe gpmo portfolio assistant manager is supporting the gpmo portfolio manager for effective portfolio management of technology investment via active partnering and facilitating the process with project managersHe/she is responsible to ensure that project governance process and controls are understood by the project managers and is followed with disciplineKey accountabilities responsible for effective portfolio management
Governance, innovation funnel process, pmo inputs and outputs
Primary point of contact for all clarity related matters within his/her funnel(s)
Progressing the project through the funnel phases by following up on all the necessary steps in clarity workflows in a timely and appropriate manner(i.eCompleting gpmo actions, following up with clarity users to complete their steps)
Responsible for portfolio information quality
Follow up with clarity users and ensure that all the required fields in clarity are updated and workflows are actioned on a timely basis
Review boscards and milestones to validateAnd ensure that quality of information is in-line with good practice guidelines
Support quality of portfolio information in the innovation funnel process through the “gpmo quality control checks” in clarity and verify that the projects have completed/recorded all the required steps/information (such as project documentation) before proceeding to the next workflow step/phase
Partner with clarity managers to facilitate the process
Track gate keeping and project approvals in governance meetings, record supporting evidences to clarity and convert forecast to project/program budgets in clarity
Provide updates on projects/programmes reaching to ‘overdue’ status and corrective actions required to concerned pms
Follow up with clarity users to meet monthly reporting timelines on;
Status reporting including project status, risks and issues
Roadmaps & deliverables status updates
Promote and support governance
Promote powerbi dashboards and capabilities (project or fbp perspective) with clarity users (monthly and individual calls).
Review one-pagers for gate keeping and assess for completeness
Support the portfolio manager with preparation of presentation material for governance meetings (such as using existing reports to take screenshots for presentations, generating boscards/project status reports from clarity etc...)
Support gpmo capability development
Communicate/promote gpmo initiatives within the portfolio and champion active adoption and usage
Review and test ppmo changes prior to launch were applicable
Active participation in the various team meetings and town halls
Key interactions
Uniops platform teams and project managers
Finance business partners
Gpmo team members
Security, architecture, vendor management, service introduction teams
Key skills
Comfortable with the following concepts of project and portfolio management -
Standard innovation funnel process for new projects and programmes
Intended audience and purpose for all the centrally published portfolio reports
Boscard, charter and contracts
Deliverables, roadmaps, milestones and status reports
Program / project financials
Ways of working within the global it pmo organization
Hands on experience of using project & portfolio management tool(s)
Experience of working in global team spread across different geographies
Excellent stakeholder engagement skills to maintain a good professional relationship
Ability to analyse and interpret data, with a strong attention to detail
Ability to persistently follow up for timely & quality project/portfolio updates in the ppm tool
Good verbal and written communications skills in english
Timely response and resolution of queries from clarity system users / project managers
Good working knowledge of ms excel reports and dashboards
Good working knowledge of powerpoint to be presented to senior leadership.
Leadership behaviours
Standards of leadership applicable for this role are below:
Personal mastery
Agility
Business acumen
Talent catalyst
Passion for high performance
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Posted 11 days ago
