[Hiring] Staff Portfolio Manager @GCI Communication Corp

Role Description

GCI's Staff Portfolio Manager will be responsible for overseeing the successful execution and alignment of the organization's portfolio of strategic projects and programs. Ensures that resources are appropriately allocated, risk is managed, and priorities are continuously reassessed to support the organization’s overall business goals and strategic direction. Portfolio managers work closely with senior leadership, project managers, and cross-functional teams to provide transparency, optimize project performance, and enable data-driven decision-making.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Portfolio Monitoring: Oversee and track the progress of multiple projects within the program and portfolio, ensuring they are aligned with business objectives.
• Project Tracking & Reporting: Maintain status reports for each project, providing visibility into the entire portfolio including milestones, risks, issues, and budget status.
• Stakeholder Communication: Communicate project and portfolio performance updates to stakeholders and senior management, highlighting key achievements, risks, and recommendations for improvements.
• Risk Management: Identify and assess risks at the project level and escalate issues that could impact portfolio delivery. Suggest mitigation strategies.
• Resource Allocation: Collaborate with project managers and engineering resource managers to allocate resources across projects effectively and ensure resource constraints are identified early.
• Process Compliance: Ensure all projects follow defined project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall) and comply with internal governance and best practices.
• Project Documentation: Maintain comprehensive project documentation, including timelines, budgets, status reports, and action items.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work with cross-functional teams, including marketing, engineering, finance, and operations, to ensure alignment and resource availability for projects.

Qualifications

• Accountability: Takes ownership for actions, decisions, and results; openly accepts feedback and demonstrates a willingness to improve.
• Collaboration: Works effectively with others to accomplish common goals and objectives; maintains positive relationships even under difficult circumstances.
• Communication: Conveys thoughts and expresses ideas appropriately and professionally; excellent verbal, written, and electronic communication skills.
• Compliance: Follows internal controls; protects confidential information; abides by GCI’s Code of Business Conduct & Ethics.
• Customer Focus: Demonstrates commitment to service excellence; gives high priority to customer satisfaction.
• Reliability: Consistently follows through on assigned tasks as expected; demonstrates timely attendance at meetings, training, and other work obligations.
• Results: Uses a combination of job knowledge, initiative, sound decision making, innovation, adaptability, and problem solving.
• Safety & Security: Supports a safe work environment by following all workplace safety rules and guidelines; complies with applicable Security policies and procedures.
• Change Management: Champions and supports department and company change.
• Decision Making: Uses sound, logical judgment based on data, research, and experience to choose an appropriate course of action.
• Planning & Implementation: Analyzes workload and establishes appropriate priorities; sets measurable and achievable goals and objectives for the team.
• Leadership: Ability to guide teams, manage cross-functional collaboration, and drive organizational change.

Requirements

• A combination of relevant work experience and/or education sufficient to perform the duties of the job may substitute to meet the total years required on a year-for-year basis.
• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Telecommunications, Project Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of twelve (12) years of combined professional experience in strategic planning, portfolio and initiative development, and managing an integrated Portfolio/Initiative/Project delivery model.
• A minimum of three (3) years of progressive management or leadership experience.
• A minimum of three (3) years of project or program management experience.
• A minimum of two (2) years in a financial planning and analysis (FP&A) or comparable financial role.

Benefits

• Driving Requirements: This position requires driving a company-owned vehicle, company provided vehicle, or a personal vehicle on behalf of the company.
• Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license, proof of insurance, a satisfactory driving record, and successfully complete Defensive Driving course.
• Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: Most of the work is performed in Anchorage with projects both in and out of town.
• Position may require some travel throughout the state.
• Work is primarily sedentary, requiring daily routine computer usage.
• Ability to work shifts as assigned, work in standard office/home office setting, and operate standard office equipment.
• Must work well in a team environment and be able to work with a diverse group of people and customers.