Western Governors University

Institutional Project Portfolio Manager II

Join Western Governors University in Salt Lake City as an Institutional Project Portfolio Manager II. Leverage ServiceNow for portfolio management, lead reporting, and drive project success. Requires 10+ years in project management and relevant certifications. Enjoy comprehensive benefits including flexible PTO and discounted tuition.

ServiceNow Role Type:
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Change Management
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IT Service Management
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Strategic Portfolio Management
ServiceNow Certifications (nice to have):
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Certified Implementation Specialist - Strategic Portfolio Management

Job description

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April 2, 2025

We're looking for an Institutional Project Portfolio Manager II to manage the entire portfolio lifecycle, lead executive-level reporting, and strategize and coordinate project and demand structure within the WGU ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management system. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of experience in project/portfolio/change management, a Bachelor's degree in Business Management or Higher-Education Leadership, and certifications in PMP, PgMP, or PfMP.

Requirements

  • Excellent leadership, portfolio, program, and project management skills
  • Ability to influence change and motivate others
  • Strong oral and written communications abilities
  • Ability to present results, risks, and action plans to large groups of executive leaders
  • Solid technical and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to plan and meet schedules
  • Ability to record and publish meeting minutes, rolling action items, and status reports
  • Understanding of Business Process Architecture Mapping
  • Strong executive leadership presence
  • Understanding of statistics and statistical analysis techniques related to continuous improvement
  • Organizational Impact: Develops plan to accomplish division or job area responsibilities that align with department
  • Problem Solving and Decision Making: Responsible for making improvements of processes or systems to enhance performance of the job area
  • Communication and Influence: Communicates within job area and occasionally with external groups and external facing professionals
  • Job Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor Degree in Business Management or Higher-Education Leadership, Engineering, Quality, or Computer Science/Software/Information Management

Benefits

  • bonuses
  • medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare
  • health savings account and flexible spending account
  • basic and voluntary life insurance
  • disability coverage
  • accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages
  • legal and identity theft coverage
  • retirement savings plan
  • wellbeing program
  • discounted WGU tuition
  • flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation
  • flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual
  • 11 paid holidays
  • and other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave

Requirements Summary

10+ years of experience in project/portfolio/change management, Bachelor's degree in Business Management or Higher-Education Leadership, certifications in PMP, PgMP, or PfMP