Portfolio Manager

**Job no**: 526647
**Work type**: full time
**Location**: Sydney, NSW
**Categories**: Information Technology
- Employment Type: full time continuing role as a Portfolio Manager, UNSW IT - Research Solutions
- Excellent salary package including superannuation
- Location: UNSW Kensington Campus (Hybrid Working Opportunities)

**About UNSW**:
UNSW isn’t like other places you’ve worked. Yes, we’re a large organisation with a diverse and talented community, a community doing extraordinary things. Together, we are driven to be thoughtful, practical, and purposeful in all we do. Taking this combined approach is what makes our work matter. If you want a career where you can thrive, be challenged and do meaningful work, you’re in the right place.

The primary purpose of the Portfolio Manager is to provide leadership to the delivery team and set of key UNSW IT projects within Research Solutions domain in support of specific wider university objectives and with the purpose of improving business performance. This role works under broad direction, is self-initiated, and performs an extensive range and variety of complex work activities. The Portfolio Manager has critical relationships with customers, suppliers, partners, and peers across IT and the wider University. The Portfolio Manager is fully responsible for meeting allocated objectives, establishing milestones and making critical decisions which impact the success of Research Solutions domain initiatives. The role has significant influence over the allocation and management of resources appropriate to work and monitoring of related time commitments and budgets. The Portfolio Manager contributes significantly to stakeholder collaboration throughout all stages of work and ensures users’ needs are met consistently. This role is familiar with recognised industry bodies of knowledge, actively seeks out new knowledge for own personal development and the mentoring or coaching of others. This position will report to Head of Research Solutions and has 3 or more direct reports.

**Accountabilities**:

- Provide senior leadership and advice around the delivery of complex projects and programs to achieve the business objectives, business benefits & business value. This includes the ongoing management of scope, risks and issues, controls and budget as well as monitoring and reporting on the end-to-end program, project or initiative.
- Collaborate with diverse stakeholders to help shape demand into agreed programs and projects of work of varying size and complexity and to agree and adopt the defined technology strategy and new solutions articulated within a project or initiative.
- Develop an effective annual portfolio of work in accordance with the goals and strategic objectives of the UNSW divisions.
- Strategically map-out and monitor portfolio schedule, timeline, budgets, and resourcing, and assist stakeholders in securing and managing funding for the planned portfolio of work.
- Manage key relationships with stakeholders, sponsors, Steering Committees, and senior stakeholders as appropriate.
- Develop and lead the presentation of business cases for high-level initiatives.
- Liaise with colleagues in other IT Teams to secure resources required on Domain projects and initiatives, including but not limited to, Integration and Testing.
- Provide expert and specialist advice to support transformation programs, providing strategy and services to support the resolution of conflicting demands and/or designs and initiatives and managing dependencies between projects and programs of work.
- Provide organisational leadership, including developing, managing, and engaging teams, driving a strong customer centric culture and healthy engagement within the organisation.
- Conduct regular health checks on Domain projects and provide assurance on project compliance and delivery.
- Manage and coach Project Managers and Delivery Leads within the Domain.
- Ensure Domain alignment with IT PMO and EPMO processes and engagement with communities of practice.
- Align with and actively demonstrate the UNSW Values in Action: Our Behaviours and the UNSW Code of Conduct. - Ensure hazards and risks psychosocial and physical are identified and controlled for tasks, projects, and activities that pose a health and safety risk within your area of responsibility.

**Who you are**:

- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant field and or extensive equivalent service experience in Portfolio, Program and Project management.
- Extensive experience and knowledge of project management methodologies and techniques, Certifications (PMP, Prince2, Agile).
- Exposure to working in large complex environment and proven track record of managing programs of work and experience in dealing with diverse stakeholders.
- Superior level of Cloud, SaaS, Digital technology knowledge and the general technical landscape.
- Proven ability to successfully develop and lead the implementation of robust digital strategies to delive