Manager - Business IT Portfolio Management

Job DescriptionThe purpose of this role is to manage IT Portfolio in a timely, efficient and quality manner. The Portfolio Lead maintains relationships between IT stakeholders and (assigned) key business units to ensure these operate in alignment, deliver value with measurable results and any understanding or communication gaps are bridged smoothly.Key Responsibilities:Responsible for overlooking the IT portfolio pertaining to one or multiple lines of business (as allocated) and facilitate regular business review meetings along with the IT Leadership team highlighting the strategic view as well as overall alignment, budget consumption vs approval, quarterly prioritization view and risk & challenges. Responsible for managing new business demands (i.e. ideas), assisting in prioritization within business entities and across multiple units. The role is responsible to manage and filter ad-hoc business demands and help get these formalized. Responsible to facilitate regular reviews of business demands with IT Leadership to rationalize, prioritize and coordinate with dependent teams within IT to come up with feasibility and effort estimates for such demands. Responsible to work closely with IT stakeholders including delivery teams, platforms, governance and finance as needed to meet above objectives. The role holder may not be directly responsible for project / program delivery. However, in select scenarios, the role holder may help coordinate some delivery effort as and when required and mandated. Gather and help prioritize business capex demands in alignment with bank’s strategy, product roadmap, regulations etc. Facilitating discussion, decision making on demand prioritizationCommunicate with business stakeholders to evaluate joint initiatives and proposals to see how they align with established roadmaps and business priorities. Annual review of capex to ensure alignment with business and IT Strategy. Prioritization of demand within and across business / product linesEnsuring demands are channeled via appropriate business product owners and IT platform owners Monitor units’ capex consumption as per committed priority and prepare quarterly forecast view and align IT stakeholder for planning and execution. Monitor ongoing commitments to ensure fulfilment. Collaborate with all IT and business leadership to support alignment on risk and issues prior to review meetings with Business and IT executives. Develop business portfolio presentation highlighting overall consumption of budget, view of delivery progress versus plans and actions needed to mitigate risks/issues. Key Requirements:IT based degree, university degree, or equivalent work experience required and banking qualifications ITIL/ PMP/ PRINCE2/COBIT or CSM/CSPO equiv. Agile certificationsLeadership, Communications, Conflict Resolution, People Management, Financial Management, Action Oriented, Stakeholder Management and Coaching Strong communication skills in writing, speaking, and presentingStrong understanding of IT Finance (capex, opex etc.) and planning concepts and cyclesUnderstand standard technology project lifecycle and demand mgmt. processesA strong pro-active individual contributor who can deliver and manage tasks with limited supervision. A sure multi-tasker who can self-manage based on priorities and is able to work through tough timelines. Ability to create and manage executive level presentationsAbout UsENBDMeet the leading banking group in the regionEmirates NBD, the leading Banking Group in the MENAT region, was formed on 19 June 1963, when H.H. Late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum signed the Charter of Incorporation of the National Bank of Dubai (NBD) which became the first National Bank established in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). With the blessings of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, NBD merged with Emirates Bank International (EBI) on 06 March 2007, to form Emirates NBD, the largest banking group in the region by assets. On 16 October 2007, the shares of Emirates NBD were officially listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM). The merger between EBI and NBD to create Emirates NBD, became a regional consolidation blueprint for the banking and finance sector as it combined the second and fourth largest banks in the UAE to form a banking champion capable of delivering enhanced value across Corporate, Retail, Islamic, Investment, and Private Banking, Global Markets & Treasury, Asset Management and Brokerage operations throughout the region.