What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Portfolio Management Consultant position at Pacific Life Insurance Company?
Job Description:
Providing for loved ones, planning rewarding retirements, saving enough for whatever lies ahead – our policyholders count on us to be there when it matters most.
Why Work with Us:
- We collaborate and innovate – pushing one another to transform not just Pacific Life, but the entire industry for the better.
- Pacific Life is more than a job, it's a career with purpose.
- You have the support, balance, and resources to make a positive impact on the future – including your own.
Pacific Life is seeking a skilled Portfolio Manager to join our team and play a key role in our Institutional Division. This role is responsible for overseeing and optimizing the portfolio of projects and initiatives within the division, ensuring strategic alignment, robust financial governance, and successful execution of high-impact initiatives.
Your Key Responsibilities:
- Strategic Alignment & Roadmap Management: Develop and maintain portfolio roadmaps that prioritize high-impact initiatives aligned with strategic objectives.
- Financial Governance & Resource Optimization: Collaborate with divisional CFO to establish advanced financial governance frameworks for early variance detection, proactive budget adjustments, and fiscal accountability.
- Outcome & Objective Alignment: Collaborate with division Strategy to link portfolio outcomes directly to defined metrics, ensuring traceability to strategic goals and measurable impact.
- Risk & Issue Management: Design comprehensive risk management frameworks with early warning systems for capacity, dependency, and execution risks.
- Execution & Delivery Optimization: Oversee portfolio execution by coordinating resource deployment, managing constraints, and ensuring adherence to timelines and quality standards.
- Stakeholder Collaboration & Leadership: Serve as the primary liaison between senior leadership, finance, strategy, project delivery, and cross-functional teams, fostering integrated financial and strategic practices.
About You:
- 10 years of portfolio or large-scale program management experience, with an emphasis on governance and strategic alignment.
- Proven success in implementing proactive portfolio management frameworks within complex environments.
- Analytical Skills: Strong analytical skills focused on leading indicators, predictive metrics, and early risk detection.
- Leadership & Influence: Demonstrated ability to guide and drive data-informed decisions and influence cross-functional outcomes.
- Tech & Tools: MS productivity tools (i.e., MS Project, SharePoint, Teams, OneNote, PowerPoint, and Visio) and Agile, Hybrid, Scrum methodology.
- Factors for Success: 4 Year Degree, or equivalent experience; project management certifications highly preferred.
We Offer:
- Benefits start Day 1.
- Prioritization of your health and wellbeing including Medical, Dental, Vision, and Wellbeing Reimbursement Account that can be used on yourself or your eligible dependents.
- Generous paid time off options including Paid Time Off, Holiday Schedules, and Financial Planning Time Off.
- Competitive 401k savings plan with company match and an additional contribution regardless of participation.
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