What are the responsibilities and job description for the Portfolio Manager position at InterContinental Hotels Group?
Role Summary:
The Portfolio Manager has the primary responsibilities of ensuring the effective application of Agile practices and management of the Architecture & Innovation (A&I) portfolio. This leader will facilitate the learning and growth of A&I’s teams in developing a Lean-Agile mindset, improving practices, and guiding them to more predictable delivery. This leader plays a role in facilitating Agile ceremonies, planning of releases, removing impediments, providing guidance, and supporting the teams, as well as modeling and promoting Agile values and principles. The successful candidate will be experienced maturing portfolio management processes including, demand and resource management, with integrations into the IT partner teams’ PI planning sessions.
Your Day to Day:
- Partners with portfolio managers and product owners to refine deliverable expectations for A&I.
- Serves as a servant leader, enabling self-organizing teams to implement Lean-Agile practices effectively.
- Facilitates all Scrum ceremonies, ensuring the team understands their purpose and remains value-focused.
- Acts as a change agent, driving continuous improvement in quality, predictability, and flow.
- Collaborates with stakeholders on technical best practices and backlog refinement, while utilizing approved delivery tools for standardization.
What We Need From You:
- 5 years of experience in relevant disciplines, with at least 3 years as a Portfolio Manager and 1 year as a Scrum Master.
- Proven experience facilitating interactions with distributed agile teams.
- Preferred formal coaching experience.
- Proficient in Scrum, XP, Kanban, and/or SAFe, with a strong understanding of Agile values and principles.
- Skilled in guiding teams to achieve sprint and release goals, and resolving conflicts in team discussions.
- Proficient with CA Agile Central (Rally) or similar tools, with strong communication skills to foster stakeholder relationships.
Location: Atlanta, GA (Hybrid – 3 days a week in office)
The salary range for this role is $58,834 - $165,000. This role is also eligible for bonus pay (as applicable). We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401K, and other benefits to employees.
At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we work together to deliver True Hospitality for Good on a global scale. With corporate offices and over 6,000 hotel destinations worldwide, a career at IHG is the perfect way to broaden your horizons. You’ll experience our unique culture and brilliant colleagues who will support and inspire you. With a host of corporate opportunities to choose from, wherever you are on your career journey, and whatever you want to achieve there’s Room for You at IHG.
Over recent years, we’ve transformed our company. We have bold ambitions to drive performance and maintain our relentless focus on growth in order to be the hotel company of choice that guests & owners love.
We are a hospitality business at our core and value connections and being together helps us foster a unique sense of belonging that also supports productivity. That’s why here at IHG, we give our colleagues flexibility and balance – working in a hybrid way, blending office and remote working collectively. We recognise that every role is different, that’s why leaders work with teams to determine how and when they collaborate.
We provide a wide range of benefits designed to help you live your best work life. These include impressive room discounts across our many properties, recharge days and volunteering days throughout the year. Through our myWellbeing framework, we are committed to supporting wellbeing in your health, lifestyle, and workplace. We offer a unique and inclusive culture, where there is always Room for You to belong, grow and make a difference.
Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams where we celebrate difference and encourage colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other category protected by applicable laws. We promote a culture of trust, support, and acceptance. Always welcoming different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
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Important information:
- The salary range listed is the lowest to highest pay scale we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the pay range will be based on several factors, including relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs.
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Salary : $58,834 - $165,000
