Portfolio Director

Portfolio Director**Portfolio Director, Enterprise Data & Analytics**
**Company**
American Modern Insurance Group
**Location**
Amelia, United States
Location: Amelia / Cincinnati, Ohio
Leads business unit responsible for enterprise data and analytics portfolio implementation including project oversight, demand and value realization. Develops and implements long range data & analytic execution plan in alignment with corporate strategy, goals, and tactics enabling data driven decision making and insight generation.
**Roles & Responsibilities**:
Collaboration & Leadership
- Closely collaborate with partners and stakeholders to mature our data driven road map and associated data-driven investments and governance processes or policies.
- Educate & support stakeholders in data literacy and drive efforts to collect, manage and use both internal and external data to drive efficiencies and better decision-making
- Monitor the industry trends and tool advancements in the market.
- Actively takes steps to recruit and retain a more diverse team and along with promoting inclusion.
- Demonstrated leadership in developing, empowering, attracting, and retaining talent.
- Ensures that each associate has an objective to build expertise and capabilities appropriate for their role, including any specific training requirements to maintain professional designations.
- Participate in forecasting, budget, and staff based on volumes and growth projections to meet department service goals and company financial goals.
- Analyze and develop new processes, policies, procedures and workflows to continuously improve efficiencies, working environments and system support services.
- Research, develop, and implement system improvements that exceed industry leaders to ensure our competitive edge in the marketplace.
Project & Portfolio Management
- Deliver solutions that meet business requirements while managing cost, timeliness, and quality.
- Manage projects as requested, utilizing a standard project management methodology.
- Development, prioritize, and monitoring defects, enhancements as well as continuing operational support.
- Create actionable deliverables for the core change management plans: Sponsor Plan, People Manager Plan, Communications Plan, and Training Plan for new initiatives & projects
- Lead communication of program results and adoption metrics to measure and communicate key information of our data driven road map and associated data-driven investments and governance processes or policies.
- Develop project deliverables, such as charters, business cases, project schedules, etc.
- Effectively present information in group settings
- Manages the relationship with the project sponsors and all stakeholders
- Takes responsibility for the definition, approach, facilitation and satisfactory completion of projects & reports to management
- Safeguards that realistic project plans are maintained. Identifies, assesses and manages issues and risks
- Manages the change control procedure and ensures that project deliverables are completed within agreed cost, timescale and resource budgets
- Monitors, analyses, assesses deviation from project plan & ensures the achievement of project milestones
- Provides guidance to the project team and takes appropriate action where team performance deviates from agreed tolerances
- Portfolio Director - Supervises other project leads, off-shore or consulting requirement resource analysis as applicable. Manages departmental project portfolio and communication and training implementation
**Required Technical Skills**:
- Strong leadership skills within the Information Technology and/or AMIG business community
- Strong knowledge in conceptual, logical and/or physical data modeling, including technical infrastructure.
- Extensive and strong communication and influencing skills to drive change and alignment.
- Proficient in managing projects of all sizes and process management
- Extensive Experience in managing project portfolios - Portfolio director
- Strong problem solving, diagnostic, and analytical skills
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite of tools including MS Project
- Understanding of BI and related technical platforms
- Knowledge of Data Warehouse/ Business Intelligence and Analytics project lifecycle (SDLC), tools, technologies, testing, and best practices.
- Understanding of data Modeling, Information Technology Architecture, and development best practices
- Broad understanding of statistical reporting demands, requirements, and compliance implications
- Extensive knowledge of insurance data, terminology, and common insurance, financial, and business metrics