Portfolio Delivery Manager

The Portfolio Delivery Manager applies specialized knowledge of project/program/initiative delivery methods (including Agile and waterfall) to create high quality, predictable, transparent, and sustainable outcomes for the team(s) and project(s), program(s) and initiative(s) supported. Collaborates across teams and stakeholders to remove obstacles that impact the effective functioning of teams and the program. Continuously improves and updates the planning and control approaches for communication, change, risk and financial aspects of the team delivery and release management processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitates key activities including Discovery, Story Mapping and Agile ceremonies.
• Manages and coaches approaches to scope/time pressures.
• Coaches the Product Owner (PO) in business value prioritization of work.
• Manages the team in effort and complexity estimation of work.
• Facilitates planning/refining activities.
• Relationship management and influencing.
• Develops the team to a high performing, self-organizing state using data-driven coaching.
• Keeps the team accountable to a Continuous Improvement Plan.
• Supports the engagement and coordination of extended teams and vendor engagements.
• Gathers estimates and maintains financial information in Clarity.
• Monitors and tracks team performance using Agile metrics.
• Maintains JIRA as book of record for tracking dependencies and delivery progress.
• Gathers and formats status, risks and issues data into reports and dashboards; Monitors and tracks performance and addresses any issues. Ensures the initiative’s deliverables are coordinated for pre-release and release into production per mandatory operational readiness (MOR) process requirements.
• Focus is primarily on business/group within BMO; may have broader, enterprise-wide focus.
• Provides specialized consulting, analytical and support.
• Data analysis, reporting and presentations.
• Exercises judgment to identify, diagnose, and solve problems within given rules.
• Works independently and regularly handles non-routine situations.
• Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.

Qualifications

• Typically between 10+ years of relevant experience and post-secondary degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Deep knowledge of financial & technical proficiency gained through extensive education and business experience.
• Program value, finance and quality management.
• Data-driven decision making.
• Project/team/initiative structuring.
• Delivery management and governance.
• Iterative delivery methodologies.
• Hybrid and waterfall delivery methodologies.
• Program team mobilization.
• Continuous process improvement.
• Budget Management.
• Communicating with impact.
• Complex Problem Solving.
• Learning Agility.
• Emotional agility.
• Adaptability.
• Influence skills.
• Verbal & written communication skills.
• Analytical and problem solving skills.
• Collaboration & team skills; with a focus on cross-group collaboration.
• Able to manage ambiguity.