Executive Director Portfolio Management

Parexel has an exciting opportunity for an Executive Director, Portfolio Management to join our global Operational Excellence & Delivery team supporting the OED Enterprise Program Management Office. The primary role of the Executive Director of Portfolio Management is to support the OED Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO) to govern and report progress on the portfolio of internal investments, including transformational and corporate initiatives. This role will lead a combined PMO construct and unified governance model. The EDPM proactively collaborates with Parexel internal project teams and others involved in the definition and delivery of the initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Resource planning including operational impact assessment; ensuring that projects are progressing according to plan/commitments
• Business case development oversight
• Tracking and assimilation of savings/benefit realization and KPI data
• Production of key progress reports
• Project approval governance (inclusive of technology lifecycle gates);
• Portfolio prioritization
• Preparation and presentation of materials for internal meetings
• Portfolio KPI management; scorecard management; supporting financial management and reconciliation
• Management of communication between internal stakeholders

Experience Required

• Strong verbal & written communication, interpersonal, and negotiation skills (mainly internally and often at higher levels).
• Strong team leader who is dedicated to making cross-functional, culturally diverse and geographically distributed teams successful.
• Experience running an IT PMO would be beneficial
• Aptitude to interface with all levels of staff, including top management.
• Demonstrated strong organizational skills and ability to take structured approach to varied work assignments.
• Highly motivated, self-starting, with strong results orientation.
• Familiarity with project management methodology ideally in combination with a background in a functional business area such as human resources, finance, accounting, marketing / sales or clinical studies.
• Excellent program/project management and control skills.
• Line management experience is required
• Advanced knowledge of the Microsoft Office software packages such as Teams, Excel, MS Project, Visio, PowerPoint, SharePoint.
• Advanced problem-solving skills and ability to summarize complex situations into key points.
• Strong influencing skills and ability to engage and lead teams.
• Experience with organizational change management.
• Advanced proficiency in corporate finance
• Strong meeting facilitation and presentation skills.
• Proven relevant experience with managing large, complex portfolio programs in healthcare, consultancy, or contract research organization.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in a science-related field, management or business administration, with an advanced technical degree or MBA desirable.