Senior Portfolio Manager Etihad Airways

Etihad Airways is presently hiring for the job role of Senior Portfolio Manager in Abu Dhabi. This role holder will be responsible to ensure the delivery of value to the business through technology initiatives that enable business benefits such as revenue growth, cost optimisation and improved customer experience. Time, budget and quality are key performance indicators of delivery. Role holder is also responsible for the flow of value from concept to delivery and will own the benefit realization of all initiatives delivered by the value stream.

Responsibilities of Senior Portfolio Manager

Strategy & Planning

• Take a leadership role in shaping the product strategy with the relevant business stakeholders.
• Facilitate the process of allocating funds to value stream initiatives, basis their priority, ensuring any decisions made are aligned with the organisation’s objectives and the Digital Technology and Innovation strategy.
• Own the benefits realisation of all initiatives delivered within the value stream, managing and optimizing the flow of value through fixed autonomous teams and project teams.
• Own the definition of Lean business cases for agile initiatives and traditional business cases for waterfall projects.
• Overall accountability for dependencies within and between value streams and ensure value stream level dependency logs are maintained and proactively management.
• Chair periodic synchronization meetings for initiatives at the value stream level as required e.g. Product Owner sync up.
• Strategically plan the insourcing / outsourcing and right sizing delivery capability to meet the capacity and skills requirements of the value streams.

Management and Operations

• Lead teams of Release Train Engineers, Scrum Masters, Project Managers and Business Analysts providing line management and performance management of the teams.
• Define the career path for Release Train Engineers, Scrum Masters, Project Managers and Business Analysts. Overseeing the learning and development plans for these resources.
• Lead and motivate high performing cross functional delivery teams that will consist of resources from other areas of the Digital Technology and Innovation function e.g. DevOps.
• Champion agile and modern waterfall techniques, be a seen as a role model in these disciplines, leading by example.
• Create an environment that enables autonomous teams by fostering a culture of open and honest communication, a shared vision, retrospection and recognition.
• Own the resourcing of projects and scrum teams with the support of the Release Train Engineer and the resource management and capacity lead. Ensure the appropriate sizing of the team and drive recruitment decisions.

What You Will Do More

Initiative Delivery

• Responsible for the delivery of value to the business and the realisation of business benefits. The value stream lead will make recommendations to the value stream board on priorities where they see the opportunity to deliver greater value or where they see initiatives are not delivering the expected value.
• Responsible for the on time and on budget delivery of initiatives, within agreed scope and quality measures.
• Responsible for deciding the appropriate delivery model (agile or waterfall) best suited to deliver an initiative.
• Overall responsible for the coordination and dependency management across the value stream to ensure a set of integrated solutions are delivered.
• Work with the Lean Agile Centre of Excellence to stand up Agile Release Trains. This includes supporting the facilitation of Agile Release Train (ART) events where required and overseeing the management of the ART/value stream Kanban board.
• Drive a culture of lean-agile working and a ‘get it done’ mentality; seek to simplify and automate processes where possible, embedding ‘modern’ waterfall principles where a waterfall delivery methodology is being used.

Requirements for Role of A Senior Portfolio Manager

The eligibility requirement for role of Senior Portfolio Manager are as under:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration or equivalent is mandatory. Master’s degree would be a strong advantage
• 7+ years of Program / Portfolio Management experience in delivering complex projects and solutions is mandatory.
• 3+ years airline or related experience is mandatory.
• 3+ years of experience following Agile at scale is beneficial.
• Experience in executing PI planning events and coordinating multiple Agile Release Trains (ART) is beneficial.
• Should have experience in seeking the alignment of business and IT, driving common approaches and delivering sustainable, re-usable solutions using both agile and waterfall. Demonstrated ability to drive change and challenge the status quo.
• Must have strong experience managing cross functional teams including third-party service providers.
• Must have experience of leading high performing teams and motivating team members to maximise their potential.

Skills & Knowledge Desired

• Strong knowledge of project, program and portfolio management practices. Following both agile and waterfall methodologies as well as a good understanding of product management principles is essential.
• Advanced knowledge of processes and technologies related to plan to product. Acquire to pay in the aviation sector e.g. PSS, Revenue Management, Global Distribution Services, Loyalty.
• Advanced knowledge of airline regulations as well as EU compliance, with a strong focus on GDPR and Data Privacy.
• Must possess project management certifications in both waterfall (Prince 2, PMP or equivalent) and Agile (Scrum, SAFe or equivalent).
• Proven leader with outstanding interpersonal, communication, and effective relationship building skills at all levels within an organisation. Must have experience of engaging at an executive level working with both business and IT executives to deliver value.
• Strong written and oral communication skills. Ability to interact directly with business representatives that do not necessarily have an IT background, to explain complex technical solution and problems in a way that can be easily understood.

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