Project Portfolio Manager

Are you an expert in aligning projects with the company's strategic direction?

Do you want to drive portfolio management that supports high-impact change initiatives?

Would you like to join a stable company with a pleasant working environment?

If you answered yes to these questions, this job offer is made for you

VBS is currently looking for a strategic and collaborative
Project Portfolio Manager
.

As a Project Portfolio Manager, your main objective is to oversee the company's project portfolio, ensuring alignment with strategic goals, accurate prioritization, and effective governance.

You will play a key role in capturing initiatives across teams, facilitating decision-making, and promoting best practices to enhance overall project delivery and resource allocation.

You will report to the Head of Change Management.

The ideal candidate should share our core values:
accountability, trust, and client satisfaction
, embodying them in their daily actions and decisions.

Key responsibilities:

• Manage the project portfolio to ensure alignment with company strategy, accuracy, completeness, and prioritization according to corporate objectives;
• Liaise with all VBS teams, departments, and Senior Management to capture items for inclusion in the project portfolio;
• Continuously collect feedback from teams to adapt and improve the framework, processes & tools;
• Maintain and ensure the application of project portfolio and project management governance;
• Communicate, train, and coach internal teams on the defined governance, processes & tools;
• Provide reporting to company management on various components of the project portfolio;
• Provide staff capacity reporting to support resource allocation by team supervisors/managers;
• Prepare & steer Portfolio Review Committee & Capacity Planning Committee;
• Facilitate project portfolio escalation and decision processes;
• Facilitate coordination and collaboration for change management activities.

To be successful in this role, you need:

• Professional experience & technical skills:
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in PM, Change Management, or Business Transformation.
  A first relevant experience as P(portfolio)MO is required
  .
• Solid knowledge of portfolio management methodologies and governance frameworks;
• Strong analytical skills for prioritization, reporting, and resource allocation;
• Experience with project and portfolio management tools such as Jira, MS Project, or similar;
• Advanced proficiency with the MS Office Suite and digital collaboration tools (e.g., Teams, SharePoint).
• Languages:
• Fluent in English (spoken and written); French is a strong asset and German is a nice to have.
• Soft skills:
• High sense of autonomy and accountability, with a commitment to building trust with stakeholders at all level of the company through responsible actions;
• Excellent leadership and facilitation abilities for cross-team collaboration;
• Strategic and feedback-oriented approach to evolving governance;
• Effective communicator with strong stakeholder management and coaching skills;
• Resilient and comfortable navigating complex organizational dynamics.

Top reasons to work with us:

• Victor Buck Services is a proud subsidiary of the POST group
  . Our mutual success comes from our shared expertise, solidity and synergies between the many entities and subsidiaries of the group.
• Work on
  high-impact portfolio management
  and change initiatives;
• To join a flexible, dynamic,
  human-sized organization
  with ambitious plans;
• To work on great projects with great people;
• To be important to our clients and to us.

In our team your talents will be valued, your ideas heard, and your professional growth encouraged in a stimulating and collaborative environment.

Please be aware that in accordance with the law of July 23, 2016 we will ask the selected candidate to provide us with a criminal record before signing the contract