Strategy Portfolio Manager

Job Description
Nemours is seeking a Strategy Portfolio Manager to join our Nemours Children's Health team in Orlando, FL.
The Strategy Portfolio Manager position is responsible for managing the development, execution, and implementation of strategic initiatives. This individual manages execution of multiple, complex strategic plans from the organizational level to the tactical level. They are responsible for delivering high quality portfolios and facilitating achievement of strategic objectives in collaboration with executive owners. Portfolio management includes advancing the work, maintaining coordination between areas of intersection, navigating organizational vetting and oversight processes, and facilitation of associates at all levels.
Essential Functions

• Guides, manages, and contributes to high quality strategic portfolios to reach organizational objectives, including all initiatives, metrics, resource and communication needs. Maintains all documentation, including status reports, project plans, data, decisions, with attention to detail and quality. Responsible for gathering qualitative and quantitative information to produce high quality status reports to executives and board.
• Demonstrates strategic and innovative thinking, utilizing proven project management, lean, process improvement, data analytics and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to communicate and collaborate at all organizational levels and works effectively in a complex and rapidly changing environment.
• Effectively responds to time sensitive issues, meets deadlines, and manages shifting priorities in a timely, and thorough manner.
• Prolifically communicates the strategic vision, mission, organizational structure, and processes, teaching and coaching at all levels. Ability to understand and interpret complex systems; understand both the "big picture" and the details and communicate both with ease; ability to synthesize complex information in various mediums to meet the needs of the audience.
• Uses established escalation mechanisms and daily management system to identify, document, and seek resolution on major issues and risks, along with a willingness to go above and beyond to resolve issues by encouraging ongoing identification of barriers and facilitating problem solving using continuous improvement principles.
• Builds and maintains strong positive relationships at all levels across the organization; Ability to provide project teams with direction, motivate people to perform, leverage separate realities, provide feedback, and set expectations.
• Demonstrates excellent foundational consulting skills and possesses the highest levels of professionalism through written and verbal communication, facilitation and presentation skills, and strong executive presence. Seen as resource to executive cabinet and other senior leaders for all strategic plans and content.
• Other job responsibilities as needed and assigned.

Non-Essential Functions

• Sets aspirational professional development goals and works to attain them through independent study and/or formal training and education.
• Ability to use data to influence and inform decision making.
• Identifies opportunities for external promotion and assists with the development and presentation of content.
• Collaborates with other teams in the Transformation Office to solve problems, collaborate and share work, and achieve organizational goals.

Performance Skills

• Builds and works to maintain positive relationships at all levels across Nemours and industry partners.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to objectively tailor messages to varying individuals and audiences.
• Divergent, improvement-focused thinker who contributes to ideas and participates in discussions to improve processes across Nemours.
• Transparent with all work; teamwork focused; surfaces problems quickly.
• Excellent organizational skills; high attention to detail; ability to balance multiple high-visibility priorities.

Knowledge, Formal Education, and Training

• Bachelor's degree.
• PMP preferred.
• Background in project management, strategy deployment, continuous improvement, and healthcare.
• Extensive knowledge of Continuous Improvement problem solving methodologies and lean leadership.

About Us
As one of the nation's premier pediatric health care systems, we've made a promise to do whatever it takes to prevent and treat even the most disabling childhood conditions. It's a promise that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention.
Equity, diversity, and inclusion guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build a diverse and inclusive environment. All Nemours Associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.
Nemours aspires to have its workforce and providers reflect the rich diversity of the communities we serve. Candidates of diverse backgrounds, race and ethnicity, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, and those committed to working with diverse populations and conversant in multicultural values are strongly encouraged to apply. Please click here to review Nemours Anti-Racism Statement (nemours.org).
To learn more about Nemours and our commitment to treat every child as if they were our own, visit us at www.nemours.org.