Head of Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
Company: American Physical Society
Location: College Park
Posted on: February 11, 2025
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Job Description:
American Physical SocietyID: 1424Location: RemoteDepartment:
Enterprise Project Portfolio Management Office
Head of Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
Who we are:
The American Physical Society (APS) is a nonprofit membership
organization working to advance and diffuse the knowledge of
physics through its outstanding research journals, scientific
meetings, and education, outreach, advocacy, and international
activities. APS represents more than 50,000 members, including
physicists in academia, national laboratories, and industry in the
United States and throughout the world.
Position Summary:
The Head of Enterprise Project Portfolio Management ensures the
successful execution of governance processes, generates portfolio
insights to support strategic decision-making, and drives
continuous improvement initiatives that enhance APS's enterprise
project portfolio management maturity. This role acts as a key
liaison between cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration and
alignment to achieve APS's strategic goals, apply today!
APS has a "remote first" concept that promotes equal treatment and
equal access within the United States, independent of physical work
location, with a majority of staff working primarily from remote
work locations. APS values diversity and welcomes candidates from a
variety of backgrounds. APS offers a dynamic work environment with
an outstanding total compensation package, including salary,
outstanding benefits, and excellent paid time off.
Responsibilities:
Governance and Facilitation
Oversee and facilitate portfolio reviews, capacity planning, and
project intake processes.
Develop, maintain and improve dashboards for tracking portfolio
performance.
Ensure seamless execution of governance practices, maintaining
transparency and accountability.
Strategic Insights and Recommendations
Analyze portfolio data to identify trends, risks, and
opportunities.
Provide actionable insights and recommendations for strategic
decision-making to the Director and stakeholders.
Process Improvement and Collaboration
Lead retrospectives to refine governance processes and implement
feedback-driven enhancements.
Collaborate with the Director to implement continuous improvement
initiatives.
Partner with the Project Coordinator to establish and align
Community of Practice (COP) and Center of Excellence (COE)
initiatives with governance insights.
Key Deliverables
Monthly portfolio review reports with actionable recommendations
for stakeholders.
Advanced insights presentations for decision-making forums like
Pillar and Aim Syncs.
Iterative governance process improvements based on
retrospectives.
Innovation:
Stay abreast of industry trends, best practices, and emerging tools
related to project portfolio management.
Support Director with department-level resource allocation and
capacity planning to optimize utilization.
Mentor if necessary team members, fostering a high-performance and
innovative work culture.
Other duties as assigned.
Education:
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science,
Engineering, Technology, or a related field. Directly applicable
experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree. A master's degree
is preferred.
Preferred certifications:
Experience, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Travel: This position requires up to 10% travel to attend events
and meetings, including travel to APS offices in Long Island, NY;
Washington DC; and College Park, MD, as well as other off-site
locations for periodic meetings and training sessions. Additional
travel may be required as assigned by the supervisor.
Salary:
The salary range for this position takes into account various
factors influencing compensation decisions, such as skill sets,
experience, training, and other business and organizational
requirements. The salary listed within the specified ranges
considers relevant experience. Our compensation philosophy at APS
aims to maintain salaries at the midpoint of the market. As a
result, we typically hire within the target starting range.
Exceptional, rare cases may merit reviews above target starting
range for specialized or niche skills aligned with strategic
operational goals.
Hiring Range: $88,080/year - $120,009/year (USD)
Target Starting Range: $88,080/year - $97,989/year (USD)
Work Environment:
As noted above, APS offers a "Remote First" workplace. Although our
offices are located on Long Island, NY, College Park, MD and
Washington DC, you can work from other places in the United States.
We are flexible about work hours, but expect responsiveness during
the core of the workday, Eastern Time.
This is Us:
Help us achieve our mission of advancing and diffusing the
knowledge of physics for the benefit of humanity, promote physics,
and serve the broader physics community.
Our Core Values:
Amazing 2025 Benefit Offerings:
The American Physical Society is an affirmative action and equal
opportunity employer. It is the policy of American Physical Society
not to discriminate or allow the harassment of employees or
applicants on the basis of race, religious creed, immigration
status, alienage or citizenship, religion, color, ethnicity, sex,
national origin, age, disability, marital status, familial status,
protected veteran status, protected military status, physical or
mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic
information, predisposing genetic characteristics, ancestry,
domestic violence victim status or any other characteristic
protected by law with regard to any employment practices, including
recruitment, advertising, job application procedures, hiring,
upgrading, training, promotion, transfer, compensation, job
assignments, benefits and/or other terms, conditions, or privileges
of employment, provided the individual is qualified, with or
without reasonable accommodations, to perform the essential
functions of the job. This policy applies to all jobs at APS. The
American Physical Society is committed to providing access, equal
opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with
disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.
To request a reasonable accommodation, please contact APS Human
Resources at hr@aps.org. The "Know Your Rights: Workplace
Discrimination is Illegal'' poster, prepared by the U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), provides an overview of
several laws that protect you from discrimination on the job, and
several rights are afforded to you by these laws. The "Pay
Transparency Non Discrimination Provision," prepared by the U.S.
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), provides an
overview of several protections implemented to protect individuals
working under federal contracts from discrimination when inquiring
about or discussing compensation; these protections apply to all
employees and applicants. The APS has a "remote first" concept that
promotes equal treatment and equal access, independent of physical
work location, with a majority of staff working primarily from
remote work locations.
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