Senior Portfolio Manager
HybridTokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Job Summary
Lead end-to-end portfolio management for one of four portfolios managing $50M+ in annual spend, bridging legacy Waterfall governance with SAFe Lean Portfolio Management practices. Own the quarterly Increment Planning session, drive resource allocation, and align initiatives with strategic OKRs while monitoring performance metrics. Establish short and long-range roadmaps, manage the yearly Book of Work planning cycle, and champion the ongoing CDF transformation across delivery teams. Run monthly stakeholder update meetings, develop PowerBI reporting, and coach executives on agile methodologies to mature the portfolio function. Operate proactively with minimal supervision to influence strategic planning and tactical execution within the Manulife project management office.
Required Qualifications
- University degree or similar
- 5+ years experience in either a project delivery function or a PMO function
- 3+ years in the insurance industry (Life Insurance or Financial Institutions preferred)
- 3+ years in managing teams of people, either direct reporting or through projects
- Hands-on experience in project delivery and/or strategic planning of projects
- Solid understanding of the Waterfall and Agile methods of delivery
- PMP, Prince2, Agile, SAFe or other project related certification is required
- Bilingual (business level) in Japanese & English is required
Desired Qualifications
- 3+ years in the insurance industry (Life Insurance or Financial Institutions preferred)
- PowerBI and Planview (or other PMM system) experience an advantage
- A passion for project management and a desire to make changes to improve and mature the function
- A self-starter attitude to formulate improvement plans and deliver on plans to improve the function with little guidance needed from above
- Possess excellent leadership, diplomatic and motivational skills to lead cross-functional teams and coach/advise peers and staff
- Detail orientated
- Self-motivated, confident and willing to take ownership of the portfolio
- Ability to think and work creatively and work around traditional roadblocks
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