Looking for more than just another assignment? We're looking for you! This isn't just another assignment, but a real opportunity and a challenge for the right person. LRS Consulting Services is seeking a Sr. Portfolio Manager for a contract to hire opportunity with our client in Central Illinois!
LRS Consulting Services has been delivering the highest quality consultants to our clients since 1979. We've built a solid reputation for dealing with our clients and our consultants with honesty, integrity, and respect. We work hard every day to maintain that reputation, and we're very interested in candidates who can help us. If you're that candidate, this opportunity is made for you!

The Portfolio Manager will be responsible for the client’s project portfolio, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and effective use of resources. This role is responsible for portfolio-level planning, prioritizing initiatives, and developing comprehensive roadmap that support the client’s long-term goals. Key responsibilities include managing portfolio data integrity, optimizing resource allocation, and resolving resource conflicts to maintain alignment with strategic objectives. This role serves as an advisor to senior leaders and C-suite executives, providing insights on portfolio health and strategic impacts.

In addition, the Portfolio Manager will be responsible for:

• Directs initiatives in the portfolio to align with objectives, emphasizing standardization or centralization where appropriate.
• Provides high-level change management oversight to address scope, schedule, cost, and resource adjustments, ensuring alignment with approved portfolio strategies.
• Identifies opportunities to improve project management methods and collaborates with system resources to enhance overall project outcomes.
• Advises leadership on risks across the portfolio and collaborates on proactive risk management.

Must have the following experience:

• Must have 15+ years of experience of Project Management Experience
• Must have 3+ years of experience of overseeing portfolio-level governance and support for project execution:
  • Ensures strategic alignment and oversight of project activities within the portfolio
    • focusing on standardized processes
    • resource allocation
    • high-level guidance for effective project delivery
  • Monitoring project activities across the portfolio to evaluate their alignment with organizational goals and their contributions to the strategic objectives
• Must have experience with or working towards the following:
  • Porfolio Management Certifications such as: Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP), SAFe Lean Portfolio Management Certification, Managing Portfolios Certification, etc.
• Must have experience with the following:
  • Supporting a culture and infrastructure within the organization that enables structured approaches to project-related decision-making and prioritization of strategic initiatives when assigning resources.
  • Applying a governance framework for decision making to monitor and control the lifecycle of projects in the areas of meetings, reporting, risk and issue management, assurance, and project management control processes.
  • Project Resource Management: planning, staffing human resources for projects and managing capacities including project timelines and budgets.
  • Strategic Alignment: selecting and prioritizing projects that align the organizations strategic objectives.
  • Portfolio controlling and support including milestone planning, monitoring and evaluating project progress, support of the program manager and of project managers.
  • Experience identifying and resolving cross project conflicts.
  • Managing large amounts of sensitive, confidential information concerning personnel, financial, strategic, and business information contained in minutes, letters and other documents, as well as through meetings, discussions and interventions.
  • Developing and maintaining productive relationships with Leadership Team, leaders, and colleagues
  •  Providing mentoring to project managers and program managers to strengthen skills and further develop as individual contributors.
  • Maintains professional affiliations as appropriate. Enhances professional growth and development through participation in education programs, current literature, in-service meetings/seminars and workshops
• Must have the ability to identify stalled initiatives and provide project leadership to ensure success

• Candidate must be able to effectively communicate in English (written & verbal)
• Candidate must have permanent authorization to work in the USA for any employer
• Corp to corp candidates will not be considered

LRS is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants for employment will receive consideration without unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, gender identity, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, citizenship status or protected veteran status.