Description

As the WFS organization continues to scale globally, there is a need for a dedicated Portfolio Management Specialist to provide centralized oversight and coordination across a diverse portfolio of strategic initiatives. In this role, you will serve as the "connective tissue" for the WFS North American and LATAM organization, ensuring alignment of the organization's priorities and operational cadence.

As the central hub for portfolio management, you will partner closely with cross-functional teams to drive visibility, coordination, and successful delivery of the organization's most critical initiatives, pilots, and programs. This centralized position will act as the strategic partner, aligning global teams and ensuring the seamless implementation of transformative workstreams across the organization. By establishing this role, you will be instrumental in addressing key challenges the organization faces, such as fragmented visibility into interdependencies and risks, misaligned priorities across teams, and operational inefficiencies. Through your leadership, you will drive greater transparency, alignment, and successful delivery of the organization's most important investments.

Navigating this high-complexity position will require you to collaborate with a diverse array of stakeholders, including project/program managers, business operations, technology enablement, and regional teams – each with their own priorities and constraints. You will be responsible for balancing strategic and tactical priorities, maintaining a comprehensive view of the organization's portfolio while also supporting the day-to-day execution of individual initiatives.

As the organization's strategic focus and initiatives evolve, you will need to continuously update processes, tools, and reporting to ensure relevance and effectiveness. You will need to drive change and adoption of new portfolio management practices without direct authority over the teams and resources you manage. This will require exceptional influencing skills, strong communication abilities, and a strategic mindset to successfully navigate our environment.

Key job responsibilities

• Provide centralized portfolio management oversight to track the progress, dependencies, and interdependencies of the organization's key projects, programs, and pilots

• Establish standardized processes, frameworks, and tools (e.g., RACIs, swim lanes, Asana boards) to enable effective portfolio management

• Collaborate with individuals across global teams to maintain a comprehensive view of the organizational portfolio

• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, eliminate duplicative work, and drive greater alignment between teams and initiatives

• Regularly report on portfolio health, risks, and mitigation strategies to senior leadership

• Partner with the Change Management and Tech Enablement teams to ensure seamless coordination and adoption of new processes/technologies

• Leverage data and metrics to identify trends, surface issues, and recommend optimizations to improve portfolio performance

• building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in program management, with a proven track record of driving large-scale, cross-functional initiatives

• Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage competing priorities, stakeholders, and interdependencies

• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to present complex information to both technical and non-technical audiences

• Experience developing and implementing portfolio management frameworks, tools, and processes

• Proficiency in project management software (e.g., Asana) and data visualization tools (e.g. Visio)

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, with experience using data to inform decision-making

• Familiarity with agile methodologies and experience working in rapidly changing, dynamic environments

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $113,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $187,300/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.