Portfolio Program Manager

Join the STERIS Healthcare business as a Portfolio Manager within the Reprocessing PMO. You will beresponsible for the Project Portfolio management and Project Management operational excellence across Reprocessing. You will work closely with the Product Marketing and R&D leadership across the Reprocessing line of business to evaluate new and existing projects. This is an exciting opportunity to positively impact the business and continue to partner with the business leaders to drive innovation and growth.

*This position is ocated onsite in Mentor, Ohio with the opportunity for a hybrid work schedule. Preference will be given to qualified applicants currently living within commuting distance of Mentor, Ohio.

• Establish the Project Portfolio Plan
• Define and own the portfolio management process – intake, prioritization, optimization, governance.
• Collaborate with Marketing team on business case justification and product roadmap alignment.
• Develop criteria for evaluation portfolio and proposals and creates rules for making portfolio decisions
• Plan and facilitate monthly, quarterly, annual key Portfolio status overviews and deep dive sessions, as needed.
• Compile and communicate portfolio information, status reports, dashboards with pertinent analytics.
• Analyze trends; monitor portfolio components; coordinate with project teams to identify issues, risks, and opportunities for improvement; and designs strategies to mitigate or avoid future risks within the portfolio.
• Leverage knowledge and experience to deliver end-to-end solutions on PPM Platforms including interfacing with solution vendors
• Lead and own Resource Management process, including capacity planning and utilization.
• Lead and coordinate Sponsor Gate Reviews, Project Execution Scorecard, Health Reports
• Foster and evangelize adoption of new processes, frameworks, tools which improve PMO operating rhythm
• Act as the primary leader for PMO product development processes. Ensures strong guardrail management with effective PMO processes, and delivery of useful metrics.
• Identify PM best practices and standardizes operational processes across sites.
• Define / gather metrics for PMO scorecard.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by evaluating project outcomes, tracking key performance indicators, identifying areas for optimization and implementing process improvements.
• Travel up to 10%.

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field is required.
• 5+ years’ experience in project portfolio management development
• Prior knowledge with different PPM methodologies and tools
• Demonstrated proficiency in project / program management, including ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Strong planning and organization skills required.
• Requires knowledge of PMO metrics and analytics to enable data driven decision making.
• Demonstrated leadership skills including timely communication, conflict resolution, assertiveness, negotiation and driving results.
• Demonstrated ability to make sound data driven business decisions
• Ability to communicate and collaborate within a team-based matrixed organization across all business functions, levels and cultures.
• Excellent interpersonal and influence management skills including executive buy-in and decision making.
• Strong attention to detail, follow-through skills and experience to check behind the scenes to ensure surprises are minimized.
• Excellent written, oral and presentation skills at executive level.

Preferred:

• Requires knowledge of regulatory environment.
• Project Portfolio Management (PPM) in a medical device or a regulated industry preferred
• Knowledge of Lean Portfolio Management
• PMI PFMP or PMP
• Experience successfully managing program through medical device PDP process.
• Passion to explore / deploy Artificial Intelligence (AI) approaches to automate PM tasks.
• Experience using Planisware or OnePlan

We value our employees and are committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that supports your health, well-being and financial future.

Here is a brief overview of what we offer:

• Market Competitive Pay
• Extensive Paid Time Off and (9) added Holidays
• Excellent Healthcare, Dental and Vision Benefits
• Long/Short Term Disability Coverage
• 401(k) with a company match
• Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Additional add-on benefits/discounts for programs such as Pet Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement and continued education programs
• Excellent opportunities for advancement in a stable long-term career.

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