Lead Portfolio Manager

Opportunity:

As a Lead Portfolio Manager, you will be responsible for managing a portfolio of technology platforms and programs to ensure operational excellence and effective program governance. You will play a critical role in implementing frameworks, supporting compliance, and driving key metrics to achieve organizational goals. The role entails close collaboration with technology and business leaders, finance, HR and other portfolio management teams.

We seek a candidate who demonstrates a balance of software engineering understanding, technology operations, effective business acumen, and agile project management expertise. The ideal candidate should possess a passion for efficiency and sustainability, have the ability to make decisive, data-driven decisions, and exhibit strong leadership qualities.

What We Offer:

At Maersk, we value the diversity of our talent and will always strive to recruit the best person for the job. We value diversity in all its forms, including but not limited to gender, age, nationality, race, sexual orientation, disability, or religious beliefs. We are proud of our diversity and see it as a genuine source of strength for building high-performing teams.

Key Responsibilities:

Program Governance:

• Drive the planning and execution of the annual Operational Process (OP) process.

• Drive the planning and execution of the quarterly Enterprise Change Review (ECR) process.

• Oversee the planning and execution of platform and program steering activities.

• Manage and publish the Platform Metrics with target to automate it.

• Ensure all reporting and compliance activities are managed through JIRA.

• Ensure reporting and dependency management for key initiatives.

Operational Excellence:

• Implement an operational excellence framework for critical applications.

• Establish and govern the support L1-L3 support model for all applications and ensure smooth operations.

• Ensure  Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Golden Signals are established.

• Ensure implementation of engineering excelling frameworks such as DORA

• Establish structured compliance governance for effective risk management.

Page 0 Tech Metrics:

• Deliver on Page 0 Tech metrics, including modernization, uptime, Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), and cyber risk management.

What We Are Looking For:

• 16+ years of experience in product development, project and program management or management consulting.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, capable of engaging with all organizational levels up to SVPs.

• Ability to facilitate ongoing prioritization discussions, obtain consensus among stakeholders and carry those decisions through to communication materials, with refresh as needed

• Excellent interpersonal skills including teamwork, issue resolution, negotiation, and relationship management. Ability to demonstrate value by alleviating communications and portfolio prioritization workload(s)

• Proficiency in agile project management and data analytics for creating effective project plans and criteria.

• Proficiency in tools like MS Project, Excel, JIRA, Confluence, MIRO, and writing SQL queries to extract and analyse data

• Strong independent drive and goal-orientation as well as a high level of integrity, combined with the ability to set and meet deadlines

• Problem-solving and conflict-resolution ability

• Fluent in English

• Strong ownership of projects with can-do attitude

• Intrinsically motivated self-starter with a growth mind set and positive outlook

• Able to work under uncertainty and ambiguity

• Highly organized, with a strong attention to detail and the ability to juggle multiple projects simultaneously.

Working at Maersk:

At Maersk, we foster a welcoming culture for everyone. We value diversity across genders, generations, cultures, orientations, religions, disabilities, and perspectives, aiming for success as a global team. Our goal is to inspire innovation and allow our teams to share their unique ideas while feeling included and encouraged.

With operations in over 130 countries, we focus on creating equitable workplaces where every individual feels they belong. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate based on age, origin, race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, disability, health condition, pregnancy, parental leave, veteran status, or any other protected classification.

We strive to address systemic bias and support representation. We encourage all to apply and inform us of any required reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process.

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

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