Position Title : Portfolio Project Manager, Lab of the Future
Work Location : Remote
Assignment Duration : 12 months
Work Arrangement : Remote
**Position Summary**:
The Portfolio Project Manager, Lab of the Future provides enterprise-level oversight of programs and projects managed within the Lab of the Future team. This role drives portfolio prioritization, delivery transparency, and governance discipline across a complex set of strategic initiatives.
**Key Responsibilities**:
• Oversee the end-to-end portfolio of programs and projects within the Lab of the Future team.
• Lead portfolio prioritization discussions to align initiatives with business strategy, capacity, and value realization.
• Maintain integrated plans, milestone trackers, and status reporting across active workstreams.
• Track progress against commitments, identify slippage early, and drive corrective action with project leads.
• Manage risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies; ensure timely escalation and resolution.
• Establish and support governance forums, including agendas, decision logs, action tracking, and follow-up discipline.
• Produce concise, executive-ready reporting for leadership, steering committees, and key stakeholders.
• Partner with functional leaders, project owners, and SMEs to ensure alignment on scope, timing, and interdependencies.
• Support capacity planning and resource coordination across the portfolio as priorities evolve.
• Promote consistent delivery practices, document control, and portfolio operating cadence.
**Qualification & Experience**:
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Project Management, Operations, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in project or portfolio management within a complex, cross-functional environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent initiatives with competing priorities.
• Strong understanding of governance, RAID management, milestone tracking, and executive reporting.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders and drive accountability without direct authority.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
**Preferred Qualifications**:
• Experience supporting research, laboratory, technology, or innovation-focused programs.
• PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2, Agile, or comparable project management certification.
• Experience designing portfolio governance frameworks and operating rhythms.
• Familiarity with enterprise PMO practices and portfolio prioritization methodologies.
• Experience working in regulated, matrixed, or highly collaborative enterprise environments.
**Core Competencies**:
• Portfolio management and prioritization
• Program and project oversight
• Risk, issue, and dependency management
• Governance design and meeting facilitation
• Executive-level reporting and communication
• Stakeholder partnership and influence
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving
• Attention to detail and delivery rigor
• Collaboration across functions and levels
• Change adaptability and continuous improvement