Build a Bigger, Better, Bolder Future
Imagine working for a company that measures its success based off the growth of its colleagues, a company that invests in its future by investing in you. Little Caesars is a company where our colleagues make an impact.
Your Mission:
In this role, the Project Portfolio Manager oversees the planning and prioritization of project efforts that utilize information technology solutions, principles, standards, and best practices. Your work involves establishing the strategic portfolio plan, building reporting needed for portfolio health, coordinating the planning and initiation of a portfolio of projects at various levels of completion, monitoring the progress, budgets, and schedules of portfolios, and communicating with portfolio and project stakeholders, management, and other relevant parties. You will work under limited supervision, with considerable latitude for initiative and independent judgment.
How You’ll Make an Impact:
- Oversees IT project portfolio planning that will include the data requirements, process, systems, and roadmap governance.
- Manages portfolio reporting in Adobe Workfront, ServiceNow, or other data solutions.
- Maintains and communicates overall portfolio approvals and delivery with business and IT leadership teams.
- Develops and maintains strong relationships with internal/external partners and sponsors ensuring key stakeholders are identified and engaged early in the portfolio planning process.
- Works with business and technical owners, functional leaders, and project managers to identify project interrelationships affecting project priority and resource allocation decisions.
- Champions strong IT governance in the project portfolio management framework regarding capacity management and submissions.
- Provide services to business and or IT partners on new initiatives (medium to large of varying complexity) for portfolio submission and analysis.
- Oversees portfolio governance over key content needed for senior leader steering committees, i.e. submission templates, reporting repository, etc.
- Drives a culture of transparency and accountability, enabling information-based decision making in the management of IT investments.
Who You Are:
- Bachelor’s degree in project management, business administration or information systems preferred. Equivalent work experience may be considered in lieu of formal degree.
- At least three (3) years’ experience with portfolio and/or business technology management.
- Two (2) years' experience in use of data visualization tools such as Excel and MSBI.
- Familiarity with project management frameworks such as Waterfall, SAFe, and agile principles.
- Proven leadership experience including knowledge of approaches, tools, and techniques for gaining the cooperation and support of others.
- SAFe or Lean Portfolio Management certifications preferred.
- Two years using roadmaps, portfolio financial benefits, and capacity planning is preferred.
Where You’ll Work:
- A state-of-the-art building with a modern-day, open environment in the heart of The District Detroit.
- A colleague fitness center, work café and an outdoor patio with grills.
- Over 60 different meeting spaces to help promote a collaborative environment.
All items listed above are illustrative and not comprehensive. They are not contractual in nature and are subject to change at the discretion of Little Caesars Enterprises Inc.
Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to that individual’s race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The Company will strive to provide reasonable accommodations to permit qualified applicants who have a need for an accommodation to participate in the hiring process (e.g., accommodations for a job interview) if so requested.
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ABOUT LITTLE CAESARS®
Headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, Little Caesars was founded by Mike and Marian Ilitch in 1959 as a single, family-owned restaurant. Today, Little Caesars is the third largest pizza chain in the world, with stores in each of the 50 U.S. states and 27 countries and territories.
Little Caesars recently introduced contactless options for both delivery and carry-out through the Little Caesars app. Pizzas are baked in 475-degree ovens to ensure food safety and never touched after baking. The chain has also reinforced cleanliness and sanitization procedures, increasing the frequency of cleaning commonly touched surfaces including door handles, glass, countertops, Pizza Portal surfaces, phones, and cash registers.
Known for its HOT-N-READY® pizza and famed Crazy Bread®, Little Caesars has been named “Best Value in America” for the past twelve years (based on nationwide survey of national quick service restaurant customers conducted by Sandelman & Associates - 2007-2019 entitled “Highest Rated Chain – Value for the Money”). Little Caesars products are made with quality ingredients, like fresh, never frozen, mozzarella and Muenster cheese and sauce made from fresh-packed, vine-ripened California crushed tomatoes.
An exceptionally high growth company with 60 years of experience in the $145 billion worldwide pizza industry, Little Caesars is continually looking for franchisee candidates to join our team in markets around the world. In addition to providing the opportunity for entrepreneurial independence in a franchise system, Little Caesars offers strong brand awareness with one of the most recognized and appealing characters in the country, Little Caesar
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