Portfolio Manager, Workplace Solutions & Operations (WS&O)

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Job Description Are you passionate about driving portfolio transparency, governance, and decision-making across a global WS&O landscape? This is an extraordinary opportunity to play a key role in the governance and operational steering of the global WS&O project portfolio. You will work closely with leaders, project teams, and key partners to enable informed decision-making, drive portfolio alignment, and ensure strong planning, reporting, and execution across a diverse portfolio of projects. Please expect a delay in this recruitment process due to summer vacation. Core Responsibilities In this new position, you will drive governance and reporting for a defined part of the global WS&O project portfolio, delivering high-quality weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting on portfolio progress, risks, capacity, and financial performance. More specifically, you will: Drive project portfolio planning, prioritization, and follow-up across all WS&O-operated sites, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives, funding boundaries, and delivery capacity. Work closely with leadership team members, internal stakeholders, business partners, and external suppliers, supporting annual planning processes and ongoing financial and performance reporting. Act as a key point of contact within WS&O, driving staffing alignment, planning, and execution of greenfield and larger brownfield projects together with program leads within the assigned geographical area. Through this engagement, you will build strong relationships to ensure transparency, alignment, and reliable portfolio information. Support the implementation of the WS&O strategy by contributing to portfolio structures, governance routines, and reporting processes within the agreed strategic scope. Collaborate closely with colleagues in the Portfolio Management Office (PMO) to ensure consistent standards, reporting practices, and ways of working across operations and engineering areas. Contribute to the development of portfolio management practices by identifying improvement opportunities, sharing best practices, and supporting increased maturity across the broader PMO organisation. Play your part in our team succeeding The WS&O portfolio function is anchored in our Center of Excellence team, serving as the global entity ensuring cross-site operations, standardization, and development. A part of the Center of Excellence is dedicated to Portfolio Management and operational steering. A smaller specialized section responsible for enabling transparency, alignment, "ONE TEAM" overview and strong governance across the project portfolio. You will act as a key link between leadership team members, engineering areas, and project and program teams - ensuring leaders have the insights needed to make informed decisions and supporting a unified portfolio approach across operations and the wider engineering organization. Do you have what it takes? The ideal candidate brings a relevant educational background in project management, business administration, engineering, or a closely related technical discipline that supports understanding of complex project portfolios and engineering environments. Training and/or certification in project, program, or portfolio management is preferred. Additionally, you bring: Solid experience managing and/or supporting large-scale project portfolios within an engineering, technical, or industrial environment. Proven experience owning portfolio governance and reporting for a defined organizational area. Experience collaborating with Finance on portfolio planning, investment tracking, and reporting. Hands-on knowledge of portfolio, project, or performance management systems (PPMS, PPM tools, or similar). Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships with project and program leads in a global, matrixed organization. Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable, decision-ready insights. Structured, detail-oriented approach and the ability to work comfortably with high-value portfolios and sensitive data. Ability to visualize analyses and conclusions in a logical way through effective storytelling. Proficiency in written and spoken English. It will be an advantage if you have: Experience working in a PMO or portfolio management team with shared ownership across functions. Background in large, production-based organizations with global portfolios and matrixed structures. Experience with continuous improvement methodologies. Strong facilitation, training, or change management capabilities. #LI-MJ1 Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. What's in it for you? Here is what you can expect: Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options

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