PwC – PPM- Project Portfolio Management Generalist- Director – San Diego, CA

Job title: PPM- Project Portfolio Management Generalist- Director Company: PwC Job description: Industry/Sector Not Applicable Specialism Managed Services Management Level Director Job Description & Summary A career within Project Portfolio Management services, will provide you with the opportunity to help organisations balance long term strategies and short term imperatives to optimise their investments and strategic activity required to achieve the organisation’s business objectives. We help enhance organisations project and programme performance by identifying alternative project approaches, consistently aligning projects with corporate strategy, setting the tone and pace of programmes from the outset, responding quickly and effectively to crisis situations, and extracting value from agile programme delivery. To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future. As a Director, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Support team to disrupt, improve and evolve ways of working when necessary.
• Arrange and sponsor appropriate assignments and experiences to help people realise their potential and support their long-term aspirations.
• Identify gaps in the market and spot opportunities to create value propositions.
• Look for opportunities to scale efficiencies and new ways of working across multiple projects and environments.
• Create an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• I promote and encourage others to value difference when working in diverse teams.
• Drive and take ownership for developing connections that help deliver what is best for our people and stakeholders.
• Influence and facilitate the creation of long-term relationships which add value to the firm.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Custom Orgs: Global LoS: Assurance Job Requirements and Preferences: Basic Qualifications: Minimum Degree Required: Bachelor Degree Minimum Years of Experience: 8 year(s) of consulting experience with project management, business process redesign, organizational development, and process improvement Preferred Qualifications: Degree Preferred: Master Degree Certification(s) Preferred: PMI Preferred Knowledge/Skills: Demonstrates proven expertise as an industry leader in Enterprise Transformation efforts, through directing, managing, implementing and executing business and technology related solutions and project teams that involve the following set of offerings: - Shared Services and Outsourcing Advisory (assessments, design, business case development, outsourcing assessments and readiness etc.) ; - IT Strategy (planning, performance management, IT effectiveness, benchmarking, operating model etc.) ; - Systems Implementation (ERP, SAP, Implementation strategy and plannin); - IT Infrastructure (Data Center Transformation, BCM, IT asset management; - Systems Integration (Architecture, Application development, systems and app rationalization). Proven expertise and leadership-related track record of success in the area of Program/Project Management, especially devising strategy and managing Program Effectiveness teams, including the following: - Assessing client projects for areas of risk, identify gaps and recommend areas for improvement; - Leading large-scale PMOs, applying appropriate project management techniques to oversee and/or support a complex workstream or a number of less complex workstreams; - Facilitating any number and/or level of meetings and workshops with a client and/or PwC team members. Proven expert-level abilities with designing and managing a project and workstream implementation plans related to process improvement, which includes the following: - Utilizing functional knowledge expertise and industry standard methodologies and tools, as well as creative problem-solving abilities to devise solutions, related to training, change management, and program management. Proven expert-level abilities to develop strategy; as well as, write, communicate, facilitate, and present cogently to and/or for all levels of industry audience, clients and internal staff and management, which includes the following: course materials (i.e. instructor and participant guides) and presentation slides, practice marketing materials, change management plans and/or project plans, workshops for various internal and external clients and audience levels, practice methodologies and tools, policies and procedures, whitepapers, and/or other standard business communications. Demonstrated expert-level abilities with, and a proven track record of, contributing to sales; tracking business leads; and supporting business development opportunities through the identification of new engagement opportunities and assisting with the writing, presenting, closing, researching, and delivering of proposals and engagements. Travel Requirements Up to 60% Job Posting End Date At PwC, our work model includes three ways of working: virtual, in-person, and flex (a hybrid of in-person and virtual). Visit the following link to learn more: https://pwc.to/ways-we-work. PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. For positions based in San Francisco, consideration of qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records will be in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Expected salary: Location: San Diego, CA Apply for the job now! Apply tot his job Apply To this Job