Full-Time
Senior Manager
Digital management consulting services
Senior
Chicago, IL, USA
- 8+ years of proven experience in various aspects of program/portfolio management, Business Transformation Office (BTO), Project Management Office (PMO) operations
- Clear understanding and experience in program and portfolio governance approaches (including but not limited to PMI, waterfall, iterative, Agile, Scrum, and SAFe)
- Experience developing work plans, project scopes, pricing estimates, and presentations to assist in selling work to clients
- Experience selling consulting engagements, partnering with other practices and teams to form a tailored multidisciplinary approach
- Experience in PPM tools such as MS Project, Planview, Clarity, Smartsheet
- Ability to communicate clearly and present to senior leadership levels
- Demonstrated ability to negotiate, persuade, influence others, and manage conflict to productive conclusion
- Prior consulting experience from either a large/strategic consultancy or internal corporate project management group is preferred
- Experience within one or more of West Monroe Partners' core industries including Energy & Utilities, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Insurance, Consumer Products, Banking and/or Private Equity
- A commitment to inclusion and diversity, and openness to new ideas and perspectives
- Ability to travel 50%
- Establish core portfolio management processes such as intake/funding, resource management, budget management and integrated planning
- Lead a portfolio of projects/initiatives, defining and implementing effective tools, team structures and reporting processes
- Develop approach and drive delivery model transformation, especially as it relates to shifting from a project to a product-centered operating model
- Develop and maintain integrated roadmaps to govern efforts and manage interdependencies
- Articulate business value of portfolios and programs by establishing and tracking Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) of underlying work efforts
- Assess and/or develop enterprise governance frameworks to facilitate intake, approval, delivery controls, value realization, reporting for Transformation Office
- Assess and optimize project, program, and/or portfolio management processes, such as demand management, release management, and initiation through closeout across delivery models (Waterfall, Agile)
- Coordinate day-to-day delivery efforts with initiative and business leaders including escalation and resolution of high priority issues
- Partner with executive leadership at client organizations to evolve delivery practices and value realization competency
- Collaborate with firmwide leadership to define how to align practice with firmwide strategy and other practices
- Coach and manage other consultants and actively participate in the performance expectation process
- Build both internal and external (client) relationships to drive business development opportunities, including end-to-end involvement in consulting services' sales processes
- Actively build a professional network and affiliate network in the local community
West Monroe's mission is to partner with companies in transformative industries to deliver quantifiable financial value. The company functions in multidisciplinary teams that blend management consulting, digital design, and product engineering to move companies from traditional ways of working to digital operating models—and create experiences that transcend the digital and physical worlds.
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
Founded
2002
6 month growth
↑ 0%1 year growth
↓ -3%2 year growth
↑ 10%Benefits
Parental leave
Medical coverage
Flexible PTO
401(k) plan
Company stock purchase program
Flexible spending accounts
Pre-tax transportation benefits
Company-provided & supplemental life insurance
Perks & discounts program
Short-term & long-term disability insurance
Pet insurance
Travel bonus program
LifeLock group rate