Sr. Portfolio Manager
W. W. Grainger, Lake Forest, IL, United States
Location: LAKE FOREST, IL, 60045-5202
Work Location Type: Hybrid
Compensation The anticipated base pay compensation range for this position is $134,100.00 – $223,500.00. This role is eligible for an incentive target of up to 20% based on the achievement of individual and company performance objectives in accordance with the current terms of the incentive program, which are subject to change.
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans with coverage starting on day one of employment and six free sessions each year with a licensed therapist to support your emotional wellbeing.
23 paid time off (PTO) days annually for full‑time employees (accrual prorated based on employment start date) and six company holidays per year.
6% company contribution to a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan each pay period, no employee contribution required.
Employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing and free access to financial counseling, education, and tools.
Maternity support programs, nursing benefits, and up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents and up to 4 weeks paid leave for non‑birth parents.
This position is not eligible for any form of OPT sponsorship now or in the future. Individuals requiring OPT sponsorship should not apply.
Responsibilities The Sr. Portfolio Manager assumes the overarching responsibility for supporting the IT leadership and organization in managing the entire lifecycle of IT investments and programs to achieve the enterprise goals. The Sr. Portfolio Manager manages complex projects to help Grainger provide the tools to improve the customer experience through the customer’s journey across multiple digital channels. This role requires orchestration and influence across many IT and business teams.
Orchestrate portfolio management processes throughout the lifecycle, including demand management, resource management, execution, and financial management. Emphasize identifying and quantifying the impact of decisions required to accommodate new demand.
Understand the project ask, gather requirements and definitions, and dive into the root cause of the problem being solved including processes and potential business improvements, ensuring all initial stages of the project are met (requirements, design, funding).
Ensure project delivery, including coordination of ceremonies and issue resolution. Manage communication to all groups including your team, peripheral teams, and executive sponsors.
Accomplish financial goals by getting approvals from business and IT partners through building a business case, describing value creation, submitting accurate monthly forecasts, managing the budget through forecasting requirements, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective action.
Work with global, senior‑level leaders to help translate business strategies into technical project execution—operating at both the strategic and tactical levels to manage team member expectations and perceptions.
Interpret challenges and recommend best practices to improve products, processes, or services.
Lead others to identify creative solutions.
Capture and voice the IT Portfolio Roadmap. Identify dependencies and conflicts and resolve them.
Provide consolidated list of requirements to engineering teams.
Describe value of the project via creation of a financial business case or other mediums and highlight tracking to ensure value was captured upon project completion.
Contribute towards achievement of customer, operational, project or service goals; work is guided by functional policies.
Will lead a Portfolio Management team.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree (BA/BS) in Computer Science or a similar subject or equivalent experience required.
Seven or more years of experience in IT product or portfolio management or project management.
Experience managing large IT bodies of work from ideation through delivery.
Experience operating in an agile/scrum context.
Solid ability to translate technical verbiage into easily understandable language for non‑technical audiences.
Ability to communicate difficult concepts and encourage others to adopt a different point of view.
Oversee dependencies across the programs within the portfolio; identify and reduce risks or promote the escalation of such.
Demonstrated experience supporting at least one finance‑focused SAP S/4HANA transformation or brownfield migration from ECC to S/4HANA.
Experience with SAP Finance scope in S/4HANA, including understanding of finance process and capability changes associated with FINS4 upgrades and related impacts to business operations, controls, reporting, and integrations.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible work environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one’s employment, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, including, but not limited to use of our website, any part of the application, interview or hiring process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.
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Work Location Type: Hybrid
Compensation The anticipated base pay compensation range for this position is $134,100.00 – $223,500.00. This role is eligible for an incentive target of up to 20% based on the achievement of individual and company performance objectives in accordance with the current terms of the incentive program, which are subject to change.
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans with coverage starting on day one of employment and six free sessions each year with a licensed therapist to support your emotional wellbeing.
23 paid time off (PTO) days annually for full‑time employees (accrual prorated based on employment start date) and six company holidays per year.
6% company contribution to a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan each pay period, no employee contribution required.
Employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing and free access to financial counseling, education, and tools.
Maternity support programs, nursing benefits, and up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents and up to 4 weeks paid leave for non‑birth parents.
This position is not eligible for any form of OPT sponsorship now or in the future. Individuals requiring OPT sponsorship should not apply.
Responsibilities The Sr. Portfolio Manager assumes the overarching responsibility for supporting the IT leadership and organization in managing the entire lifecycle of IT investments and programs to achieve the enterprise goals. The Sr. Portfolio Manager manages complex projects to help Grainger provide the tools to improve the customer experience through the customer’s journey across multiple digital channels. This role requires orchestration and influence across many IT and business teams.
Orchestrate portfolio management processes throughout the lifecycle, including demand management, resource management, execution, and financial management. Emphasize identifying and quantifying the impact of decisions required to accommodate new demand.
Understand the project ask, gather requirements and definitions, and dive into the root cause of the problem being solved including processes and potential business improvements, ensuring all initial stages of the project are met (requirements, design, funding).
Ensure project delivery, including coordination of ceremonies and issue resolution. Manage communication to all groups including your team, peripheral teams, and executive sponsors.
Accomplish financial goals by getting approvals from business and IT partners through building a business case, describing value creation, submitting accurate monthly forecasts, managing the budget through forecasting requirements, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective action.
Work with global, senior‑level leaders to help translate business strategies into technical project execution—operating at both the strategic and tactical levels to manage team member expectations and perceptions.
Interpret challenges and recommend best practices to improve products, processes, or services.
Lead others to identify creative solutions.
Capture and voice the IT Portfolio Roadmap. Identify dependencies and conflicts and resolve them.
Provide consolidated list of requirements to engineering teams.
Describe value of the project via creation of a financial business case or other mediums and highlight tracking to ensure value was captured upon project completion.
Contribute towards achievement of customer, operational, project or service goals; work is guided by functional policies.
Will lead a Portfolio Management team.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree (BA/BS) in Computer Science or a similar subject or equivalent experience required.
Seven or more years of experience in IT product or portfolio management or project management.
Experience managing large IT bodies of work from ideation through delivery.
Experience operating in an agile/scrum context.
Solid ability to translate technical verbiage into easily understandable language for non‑technical audiences.
Ability to communicate difficult concepts and encourage others to adopt a different point of view.
Oversee dependencies across the programs within the portfolio; identify and reduce risks or promote the escalation of such.
Demonstrated experience supporting at least one finance‑focused SAP S/4HANA transformation or brownfield migration from ECC to S/4HANA.
Experience with SAP Finance scope in S/4HANA, including understanding of finance process and capability changes associated with FINS4 upgrades and related impacts to business operations, controls, reporting, and integrations.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible work environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one’s employment, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, including, but not limited to use of our website, any part of the application, interview or hiring process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.
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