Featured Job: PMO Director @ Nike

by Angela Copeland | Mar 9, 2016 | Job Posting

Nike is seeking a PMO Director for the Nike Technology Portfolio Delivery in Portland, Oregon.

As PMO Director, you will be the leader of our PMO team in our centralized Portfolio Delivery group within Nike Technology. The successful candidate will:

• Understand and articulate the value for business in project and portfolio management.
• Develop and implement an overall program management strategy and roadmap.
• Lead and develop a best in class PMO that establishes and executes effective PMO operating practices, empowering tools and standard processes across Technology to support successful program execution.
• Keep current of new developments in project management methodologies, agile practices, best practices, and industry standards.
• Benchmark and implement the most effective Technology project management practices.
• Responsible to provide regular reports to Technology senior leadership on the status and health of the Technology project portfolio.
• Continuously drive improvements of communication cadence and reporting status for Technology project portfolio.
• Create and drive adoption of project delivery metrics, trending, and analytics to ensure project health in the critical areas of scope, schedule, budget, and quality.
• Use data to drive fact-based decision making within projects and the PMO.
• Provide direct program management for critical Technology initiatives.
• Provide consulting to project leaders, as necessary, to drive understanding and adoption of PMO processes.
• Recommend and implement corrective action across the Technology portfolio, as necessary, to improve program performance.
• Responsible to increase adoption of the global project portfolio management tool

To learn more, or to apply online, visit the Nike website.

Featured Job: VP, People & Culture, Zillow

by Angela Copeland | Mar 8, 2016 | Job Posting

Zillow is seeking a Vice President of People and Culture in Seattle, WA.

Zillow Group, a family of the largest and most vibrant real estate and home-related brands, is looking for a whip-smart, creative VP of People and Culture. We need a dynamic steward of people to help us hone our competitive talent advantage, and leverage our awesome culture in exciting and innovative ways for our more than 2,000 employees. In this role, you will oversee a team of strong and passionate HR, recruiting and L&D professionals across our multiple brands (including consumer brands Zillow, Trulia, StreetEasy and HotPads), and 8 geographic locations. The position is based at our Seattle headquarters and requires some travel.

To learn more, or to apply online, visit the Zillow website.

Featured Job: VP, Business Development @ FedEx Credit Association

by Angela Copeland | Mar 8, 2016 | Job Posting

The FedEx Employees Credit Association is hiring a Vice President of Business Development in Memphis, TN.

Responsibilities:

1. Ability and willingness to self-generate liaisons within FedEx businesses in order to create a greater awareness of the Credit Association.
2. Develops annual marketing plan, ensures timely execution and monitors marketing budget.
3. Responsible for look, feel and effectiveness of all marketing and communication initiatives including digital, print, and physical.
4. Research and analyze competition and identify marketing opportunities.
5. Promotes membership growth through all available channels.
6. Responsible for internal and external corporate communications and public relations.
7. Develops Credit Association training program; prepare and monitor training budget.
8. Conducts needs analysis for training and identifies areas and topics where training is needed.
9. Plans, develops, facilitates and/or coordinates all training.

To learn more, or to apply online, visit the FedEx Employees Credit Association website here.

Featured Job: Vice President, Client Partnerships @ NBC Universal

by Angela Copeland | Mar 7, 2016 | Job Posting

NBC Universal is seeking a Vice President of Client Partnerships in Los Angeles, CA.

The Client Partnership team is part of the Client Partnerships group. The Client Partnerships role is to create client demand for NBCU, ensure the organization is best positioned to deliver on clients objectives/priorities and maximize power for the Comcast/NBCUniversal portfolio, etc.

Responsibilities include:

• Partner with sales teams and marketing teams to advance a consultative selling strategy for Comcast/NBCUniversal Portfolio of assets.
• Apply emerging consumer data and analytics to create innovative media solutions with Comcast/NBCUniversal’s content and platforms.
• Apply strategic leadership, internally and externally, as to how Comcast/NBCU platforms and assets can turn a client’s brand positioning into a fully realized marketing and media investment at scale.
• Deep dive on business imperatives of major marketing/advertising categories
• Utilize expertise to provide sales organization with a broader understanding of media landscape on competitive positioning
• Create and lead NBCU portfolio strategy for assigned Target accounts
• Oversee target account business assessment, positioning and success metrics
• Deploy new ad products, strategic partnerships and monetization strategies
• Represent NBCUniversal portfolio in the marketplace with agencies and clients
• Identify opportunities for monetization from Comcast/NBCUniversal capabilities and assets beyond NBCUniversal traditional media assets
• Manage team of 2-3 people and work effectively in a matrixed role within organization

To learn more, or to apply online, visit the NBC Universal website.