Hybrid Head of Portfolio Reporting – Program Management

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• Job title: Head of Portfolio Reporting – Program Management
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Mallorca, Spain

About the role

• Head of Program Management & Portfolio Reporting managing cross-vertical initiatives and ensuring agile execution for a leading travel tech company.

Responsibilities

• Senior program manager able to contribute proactively in cross-verticals programs closely working with program sponsors and owners to ensure an agile definition, coordination and execution of the program.
• Additionally will manage a small team in charge of ensuring the implementation of a common program management framework across verticals and generating a central reporting on the HBX programs portfolio to be consumed by SMT and key leaders across the organization.
• Assume program manager role on key cross-verticals initiatives working closely with program sponsors and owners to ensure an agile definition, coordination and execution of the program.
• Monitoring and producing quality reporting on the HBX Strategy & functional portfolio delivery, ensuring the right level of monitoring and visibility, ensuring alignment with HBX strategy gathering input from the different project and program managers in an efficient manner
• Ensure alignment with the Portfolio Management and program management functions to create a unique source of truth of the portfolio status for the company.
• Define the program management excellence framework with the objective to raise the bar of the program and project managers across the organization by providing best practices, frameworks, tooling and processes
• Provide an independent view on the progress and status of the projects in the portfolio, its setup, governance and quality of its sponsorship, ownership, project management and stakeholders collaboration and dedication being able where required to setup and follow-up corrective actions to ensure a successful execution of the projects.
• Program manage key initiatives.
• Decide the best approach to implement program management framework
• Decide the best approach to implement the portfolio reporting
• Accountable of producing quality reporting on the HBX Strategy & functional portfolio delivery
• Recommend and follow-up corrective actions on ways of working, managing, setup and reporting programs.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in project or program management at a global organization
• Experience of managing complex, high-risk programs
• Experience in PMO processes
• Experience of managing and developing people in a multicultural and global organization
• Excellent understanding of project and program management methodologies
• Excellent ability to generate Portfolio reporting for Executive level consumption being able to share areas that require improvement and align corrective action plans.
• Ability to align project management practices with organizational goals and strategies
• Good judgement with the ability to make timely and sound decisions
• Strong ability to build relationships with stakeholders and work with cross functional teams
• Ability to share constructive challenge and influence programs’ setup to increase success delivery chances.
• Entrepreneurial spirit to bring innovative ideas about potential optimization and/or process improvements
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written) including solid presentation skills to synthesize complex topics into actionable insights (for senior stakeholders)
• Solid analytical, problem solving and creative thinking skills
• Ability to manoeuvre through high uncertainty and constant change
• Ability to lead the responsibilities outlined in an autonomous manner.
• Languages: English (MUST) and Spanish (desirable)

Benefits

• Within an innovative, engaging and multicultural environment.
• Have the opportunity to build strong and lasting business relationships and friendships from around the world.
• Have the opportunity in developing your career locally or within one of our beautiful working locations across the globe.