**Responsibilities**
- Lead a team of portfolio analysts who will accomplish tasks described in this job description - team members may reside in other world areas.
- Develop and maintain processes to manage and support all business and IT business systems requests which come into the enhancement and project funnels for triage, planning, funding, and execution.
- Work with global leaders from Measurement Solutions and Emerson to ensure we are planning work at a portfolio level independent of project size and scope.
- Develop and maintain strong understanding of the Emerson PMO Toolbox to ensure we are effectively planning and communicating with Emerson teams.
- Responsible for creating, communicating, and actively managing portfolio management KPIs to summarize demand of business systems requests.
- Develop and manage resource planning process for all planned projects.
- Ensure adoption, use and support of all project planning processes.
- Train the Measurement Solutions global organization to ensure adoption of both Measurement Solutions and Emerson portfolio management processes.
- Facilitate management of activities within the Measurement Solutions IT organization where foundational project management principles are required to drive success and quality of a given initiative.
- Perform project management duties as required - related to planning, financials and activities that come with project execution.
**Preferred Skills**
- Conversant in program and project management techniques, with strong internal and external stakeholder management.
- Experience creating portfolio management processes for a global organization.
- Knowledge of business processes and strong analytical skills with ability to assimilate information and communicate complex requirements and issues.
- Creating and delivering presentations throughout all levels of an organization
- Develop Appropriation Requests and creation of benefit statements.
- Understand and develop MS project plans and other program management tools.
- Understanding of leading an organization through project cutover tasks.
- Understand concept of a team and working with others.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Cross Organizational Management on a global level.
- Working with Ambiguity.
- Ability to work global hours when required.
- Travel - 5 to 10% as required.
**Experience**
- Bachelor/master's degree in information technology or equivalent.
- 6 to 8 years of experience related to portfolio and project management execution.
- Demonstrated skill of planning, managing, and executing multiple global projects
- Strong understanding of program or project management principles/techniques.
