At ABTRAN we know that with the right people on board, anything is possible. The quality, integrity, and commitment of our employees have been key factors in our company's growth. We are hiring the best people and helping them grow both professionally and personally, to ensure a bright future. Abtran has an exciting position available for a Portfolio Manager to work onsite with our client in Dublin. This position is a 12-month fixed-term contract.

Let us tell you more about this great opportunity:
Overall responsibility for the delivery of a portfolio of projects, ensuring successful KPI outcomes by focusing on best practice programme/project management standards. Supporting the project managers to deliver the projects within the defined portfolio in line with the agreed KPIs. Assist the business stakeholders to define roadmap of strategic projects for their business units. To impart Project Management standards and knowledge to other PMO team members through leadership, guidance and motivation. Support the IT PMO leadership team to maintain and develop standards in Project Governance.
 

How you will spend your day:
Assist the IT PMO to deliver its range of services, including:

• Project intake processing, assessment and sizing leading to project qualification for delivery commencement;
• PM forecasting, collective resource requirements forecasting for a portfolio delivery;
• Project output reviews and approvals (e.g. Charters, DGOU, PIDs, RTPA's) as per company's Project Approval Guidelines (PAG);
• Ensure a project commences through the project kick-off process with appropriate governance rigour that sets it up for delivery success;
• Establish projects for success by ensuring key resources and other prerequisites are in place;
• Ensure that all projects have appropriate benefits defined, with effective methods of measurement agreed as appropriate;
• Ensure that project risks are clearly defined, mitigated and managed throughout the project lifecycle;
• Quality project reporting within portfolio including appropriate financial reporting management;
• Effective Steering meetings for portfolio via high quality of deck content and appropriate sponsorship;
• Support in utilisation of PMO tooling (KeyedIn, SharePoint), act as KeyedIn Admin;
• Monitoring progress of portfolio deliverables, conducting health checks within portfolio as required;
• Address risks, challenges that portfolios encounter;
• Continued engagement with the business to understand inter-programme dependencies;
• Project lessons learned and closeout reports;
• Act as escalation point for all projects within the portfolio;
• Ensure supplier accountability on project delivery within the portfolio is achieved;
• Manage and mentor PMs within the portfolio delivery scope;
• Enable continuous process improvements within the PMO to sustain and improve maturity level;
• Assist with financial EOYS (End of Year Submissions) and financial SOYS (Start of Year Submissions) deliverables;
• Address all major project issues in conjunction with PMs, resolving or escalating as appropriate.

We've told you what you will do for us, now let us tell you what we will do for you:
At Abtran once you join us you become part of a team and part of an amazing community. We believe in nurturing and inspiring our people. We offer training on many different topics in professional development and personal development. Our Learning Management System has been recognised as the 'Most Innovative Use of Technology in the HR Leadership & Management Awards. We believe in motivating our people to meet their goals and progress in their careers and are big on internal promotions. There are so many opportunities for progression and have had many success stories this year and in previous years.

We are proud of the community we have built; we work together in our day to day roles and also through employee initiatives such as our Charity Club, Sports & Social Committee, LGBT Society and Abtran FC Soccer Team. Employee engagement is big at Abtran with events and activities happening all the time to make work fun. We believe in a good work-life balance but while you are here, we want to make it as enjoyable as possible.

Candidate with desired skills 

• Wellbeing programme focused on our people's health and wellness
• Health Discount Programme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension Scheme
• Employee Discounts
• Life Cover
• Development Programmes to support your progression
• Refer a Friend Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Leap Card Tax Saver
• Maternity Pay & Paternity Pay