Hybrid Advisor, Project Portfolio, Risk and Benefits Management

at Solution SFT

• Job title: Advisor, Project Portfolio, Risk and Benefits Management
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: TypeScript
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Quebec City, Canada

About the role

• Advisor in managing project portfolios, risks, and benefits within public sector projects in Quebec. Involvement in various analytical and strategic processes to ensure effective project governance.

Responsibilities

• Participate in establishing, developing and improving processes to ensure compliance with standards and norms for capacity management, risk management and project portfolio management.
• Analyze management data and provide accountability reporting to the appropriate governance bodies.
• Manage organizational capacity and risks in collaboration with the PPM Office (BGP) and stakeholders.
• Contribute to the implementation, evolution and optimization of management and monitoring tools, including producing dashboards (Power BI from MS Project).
• Monitor resource capacity and provide periodic reports to project managers.
• Participate in identifying, analyzing and monitoring project issues, risks and benefits.
• Validate the accuracy of the information presented in project progress reports.
• Conduct analyses and formulate recommendations for management and relevant client groups.
• Plan, structure and manage the project portfolio in alignment with the organization’s strategic directions.
• Analyze, evaluate and prioritize projects according to their added value, risks, costs, expected benefits and organizational capacity.
• Monitor portfolio performance and benefits realization, including variance analysis and recommending corrective measures.
• Deploy, maintain and evolve governance mechanisms, processes and portfolio management tools.
• Support arbitration and prioritization exercises related to resource allocation.
• Produce analyses, dashboards and accountability reports for senior management and decision-making bodies.
• Serve in an advisory role to managers and stakeholders and contribute to the continuous improvement of project and benefits management practices.
• Design and deliver communication, training and workshop facilitation activities.
• Draft communications, reports, summaries and templates tailored to the target audiences.
• Carry out, at the request of the responsible authority, research and analysis on particular situations or issues.

Requirements

• University degree in business administration, project management, IT or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in portfolio management and 300 person-days on mandates related to capacity and risk management.
• Strong knowledge of portfolio management (PPM) practices, processes and tools; risk analysis; cost, value and organizational capacity assessment.
• Experience in project governance, prioritization, trade-offs/arbitration and benefits realization, including producing dashboards and reports for senior management.
• Excellent written and spoken French.