Global Projects Portfolio Manager
Offer summary
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or related field. An MBA or PMP certification is a plus., At least 3 years of experience in project or portfolio management, preferably within finance., Over 5 years of project management experience with exposure to various functional projects and senior stakeholders., Proficiency in project management tools like MS Project, Smartsheet, Power BI, or JIRA..Key responsibilities:
- Oversee the delivery, governance, and strategic alignment of the finance project portfolio.
- Manage portfolio governance frameworks, project status, risks, and budgets.
- Coordinate stakeholder communication and support organizational change initiatives.
- Support project managers with methodologies and ensure proper use of project management tools.
Job description
Company Description
We are SGS – the worlds leading testing, inspection and certification company. We are recognized as the global benchmark for sustainability, quality and integrity. Our 99,500 employees operate a network of 2,500 offices and laboratories, working together to enable a better, safer and more interconnected world.
Job Description
As the Global Projects Portfolio Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the delivery, governance, and strategic alignment of the finance project portfolio. This includes process improvements, system implementations (e.g., ERP, planning tools), compliance initiatives, and organizational changes. The role ensures that all financerelated projects are prioritized, resourced, executed, and tracked to deliver measurable business value.
Key responsibilities encompass, but are not limited to:
1. Portfolio Management:
- Maintain a central view of all finance initiatives across regions, functions, and programs.
- Prioritize and balance projects based on strategic value, dependencies, and capacity.
- Ensure resource allocation aligns with portfolio priorities and timelines.
2. Governance & Execution oversight:
- Define and manage portfolio governance frameworks, templates, and reporting standards.
- Monitor project status, risks, budgets, and timelines across all finance initiatives.
- Facilitate portfolio review boards and support executive decisionmaking.
3. Performance Tracking:
- Track KPIs reflecting performance of projects (timeliness, productivity etc.)
- Lead portfoliolevel reporting, dashboards, and executive updates.
4. Stakeholders & Change Management:
- Act as key liaison between Finance leadership, project sponsors, PMs, and global functions.
- Drive alignment across Finance, IT, HR, and other supporting functions.
- Support communication plans and organizational change activities for key initiatives.
5. Project Delivery Support:
- Coach and support finance project managers and SMEs to apply best practices.
- Standardize and improve finance project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall).
- Lead or colead complex or crossfunctional finance transformation initiatives as needed.
6. Reporting & Insights: Provide timely and insightful reports on project status, KPIs, and interdependencies
7. Methodology Enablement: Train and support project managers in applying PMO methodologies and agilehybrid practices
8. Change Management Support: Partner with change teams to ensure stakeholder readiness and adoption in the region
9. Tool & System Stewardship: Ensure correct usage of project management tools (e.g. MS Project, Kanbanize, Service Now)
10. Capability Building: designing, adjusting and deploying PM standard and driving PMO maturity growth leveraging internal and external resources
QualificationsMandatory:
- Bachelors degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or related field (MBA or PMP is a plus)
- Minimum 3+ years of experience in projectportfolio management (preferably within Finance) and 5+ years in Project Management with exposure to various functional projects and clevel stakeholders.
- 5+ years in leadership roles or managing a team as Project Manager
- Fluent English speaking and writing
- Experience in multinational corporations (MNCs) or large matrixed organizations ($5B+ revenue)
- Proficient in portfolioproject tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Power BI, JIRA)
- Strong stakeholder management skills, including working with senior finance leadership
- Strong understanding of and ability to apply best practice for portfolio governance & reporting
- Resource & capacity planning
- Risk, Issue and dependency management
- Benefits tracking & KPI management
- Ability to present in a comparable way project value to enable prioritization of the pipeline
- Cross functional collaboration and a good team player
Preferred:
- PMP Prince2 Agile preferred
Additional Information- We provide hybrid working environment.
- Opportunity to work with a global leader in inspection, verification, testing, and certification.
- Collaborative and inclusive work environment.
- Opportunities for professional growth and development.
We are SGS – the worlds leading testing, inspection and certification company. We are recognized as the global benchmark for sustainability, quality and integrity. Our 99,500 employees operate a network of 2,500 offices and laboratories, working together to enable a better, safer and more interconnected world.
Job Description
As the Global Projects Portfolio Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the delivery, governance, and strategic alignment of the finance project portfolio. This includes process improvements, system implementations (e.g., ERP, planning tools), compliance initiatives, and organizational changes. The role ensures that all financerelated projects are prioritized, resourced, executed, and tracked to deliver measurable business value.
Key responsibilities encompass, but are not limited to:
1. Portfolio Management:
- Maintain a central view of all finance initiatives across regions, functions, and programs.
- Prioritize and balance projects based on strategic value, dependencies, and capacity.
- Ensure resource allocation aligns with portfolio priorities and timelines.
2. Governance & Execution oversight:
- Define and manage portfolio governance frameworks, templates, and reporting standards.
- Monitor project status, risks, budgets, and timelines across all finance initiatives.
- Facilitate portfolio review boards and support executive decisionmaking.
3. Performance Tracking:
- Track KPIs reflecting performance of projects (timeliness, productivity etc.)
- Lead portfoliolevel reporting, dashboards, and executive updates.
4. Stakeholders & Change Management:
- Act as key liaison between Finance leadership, project sponsors, PMs, and global functions.
- Drive alignment across Finance, IT, HR, and other supporting functions.
- Support communication plans and organizational change activities for key initiatives.
5. Project Delivery Support:
- Coach and support finance project managers and SMEs to apply best practices.
- Standardize and improve finance project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall).
- Lead or colead complex or crossfunctional finance transformation initiatives as needed.
6. Reporting & Insights: Provide timely and insightful reports on project status, KPIs, and interdependencies
7. Methodology Enablement: Train and support project managers in applying PMO methodologies and agilehybrid practices
8. Change Management Support: Partner with change teams to ensure stakeholder readiness and adoption in the region
9. Tool & System Stewardship: Ensure correct usage of project management tools (e.g. MS Project, Kanbanize, Service Now)
10. Capability Building: designing, adjusting and deploying PM standard and driving PMO maturity growth leveraging internal and external resources
QualificationsMandatory:
- Bachelors degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or related field (MBA or PMP is a plus)
- Minimum 3+ years of experience in projectportfolio management (preferably within Finance) and 5+ years in Project Management with exposure to various functional projects and clevel stakeholders.
- 5+ years in leadership roles or managing a team as Project Manager
- Fluent English speaking and writing
- Experience in multinational corporations (MNCs) or large matrixed organizations ($5B+ revenue)
- Proficient in portfolioproject tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Power BI, JIRA)
- Strong stakeholder management skills, including working with senior finance leadership
- Strong understanding of and ability to apply best practice for portfolio governance & reporting
- Resource & capacity planning
- Risk, Issue and dependency management
- Benefits tracking & KPI management
- Ability to present in a comparable way project value to enable prioritization of the pipeline
- Cross functional collaboration and a good team player
Preferred:
- PMP Prince2 Agile preferred
Additional Information- We provide hybrid working environment.
- Opportunity to work with a global leader in inspection, verification, testing, and certification.
- Collaborative and inclusive work environment.
- Opportunities for professional growth and development.
As the Global Projects Portfolio Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the delivery, governance, and strategic alignment of the finance project portfolio. This includes process improvements, system implementations (e.g., ERP, planning tools), compliance initiatives, and organizational changes. The role ensures that all financerelated projects are prioritized, resourced, executed, and tracked to deliver measurable business value.
Key responsibilities encompass, but are not limited to:
1. Portfolio Management:
- Maintain a central view of all finance initiatives across regions, functions, and programs.
- Prioritize and balance projects based on strategic value, dependencies, and capacity.
- Ensure resource allocation aligns with portfolio priorities and timelines.
- Define and manage portfolio governance frameworks, templates, and reporting standards.
- Monitor project status, risks, budgets, and timelines across all finance initiatives.
- Facilitate portfolio review boards and support executive decisionmaking.
- Track KPIs reflecting performance of projects (timeliness, productivity etc.)
- Lead portfoliolevel reporting, dashboards, and executive updates.
- Act as key liaison between Finance leadership, project sponsors, PMs, and global functions.
- Drive alignment across Finance, IT, HR, and other supporting functions.
- Support communication plans and organizational change activities for key initiatives.
- Coach and support finance project managers and SMEs to apply best practices.
- Standardize and improve finance project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall).
- Lead or colead complex or crossfunctional finance transformation initiatives as needed.
- Bachelors degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or related field (MBA or PMP is a plus)
- Minimum 3+ years of experience in projectportfolio management (preferably within Finance) and 5+ years in Project Management with exposure to various functional projects and clevel stakeholders.
- 5+ years in leadership roles or managing a team as Project Manager
- Fluent English speaking and writing
- Experience in multinational corporations (MNCs) or large matrixed organizations ($5B+ revenue)
- Proficient in portfolioproject tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Power BI, JIRA)
- Strong stakeholder management skills, including working with senior finance leadership
- Strong understanding of and ability to apply best practice for portfolio governance & reporting
- Resource & capacity planning
- Risk, Issue and dependency management
- Benefits tracking & KPI management
- Ability to present in a comparable way project value to enable prioritization of the pipeline
- Cross functional collaboration and a good team player
- PMP Prince2 Agile preferred
- We provide hybrid working environment.
- Opportunity to work with a global leader in inspection, verification, testing, and certification.
- Collaborative and inclusive work environment.
- Opportunities for professional growth and development.
Additional Information
Preferred:
6. Reporting & Insights: Provide timely and insightful reports on project status, KPIs, and interdependencies
7. Methodology Enablement: Train and support project managers in applying PMO methodologies and agilehybrid practices
8. Change Management Support: Partner with change teams to ensure stakeholder readiness and adoption in the region
9. Tool & System Stewardship: Ensure correct usage of project management tools (e.g. MS Project, Kanbanize, Service Now)
10. Capability Building: designing, adjusting and deploying PM standard and driving PMO maturity growth leveraging internal and external resources
Qualifications
Mandatory:
5. Project Delivery Support:
4. Stakeholders & Change Management:
3. Performance Tracking:
2. Governance & Execution oversight:
Required profile
Experience
Other Skills
- Governance
- Teamwork
- Collaboration
- Communication
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