Senior Portfolio and Value Manager (a)

We are realigning the management of our IT portfolio: away from individual projects, towards stable teams and management based on impact -- based on SAFe. For our Portfolio and Value Management team, we are looking for an experienced personality who will professionally shape portfolio management. Senior Portfolio and Value Manager (a) Workload 80-100% Location Bern-Liebefeld How you inspire * You orchestrate the overarching portfolio processes -- from Portfolio Kanban / Epic Flow to the connection to PI Planning -- and continuously develop them * You help shape our portfolio committees and rituals -- from the bank-wide portfolio committee to portfolio syncs to the architecture committee --, prepare them, moderate them, and ensure decision-ready foundations regarding impact, effort, risks, and capacity * You anchor strategy implementation in portfolio management. Together with corporate development, product management, and architecture, you translate strategic goals into portfolio OKRs and roadmaps and support reporting to the executive board * You ensure proximity to enterprise and IT architecture: projects are checked early for architectural fit, feasibility, and dependencies, and modernization receives the necessary space in the portfolio * You methodically further develop value tracking, flow metrics, and lean business cases and support the Epic Owner in slicing epics and developing lean business cases What you bring * You have education and further training at the level of a university of applied sciences or university and several years of experience in portfolio management at a senior level, including demonstrable practical experience with SAFe or Lean Portfolio Management * You are methodologically strong in portfolio processes, flow metrics, OKR, prioritization (e.g., WSJF), and portfolio rituals according to SAFe. A SAFe certification (e.g., LPM) and experience with Jira/Confluence are an advantage * You have a sound understanding of enterprise and IT architecture, bring experience in strategy development, and know how to effectively link portfolio management to strategy and architecture * You prepare committees, rituals, and workshops carefully and moderate them confidently -- also at the executive board level * As a communicative, entrepreneurially-minded personality, you bring business, IT, and finance together, persuade across departmental boundaries, and enjoy taking on professional leadership. We commit to you! * Promotion of your individual development needs, temporally and financially * Flexible working models (part-time, job-sharing, home office, annual working hours) * Between 27 -- 30 vacation days per year * Sustainable compensation: no individual bonuses, but profit sharing for all employees * How we interact with each other: Du-culture - open -- personal -- team-oriented Your BEKB For pioneers, bridge builders, and future shapers: The BEKB Group has a lot to offer you as an employer -- far more than banking. In the Bern/Solothurn region, we advise and support private and corporate customers with innovative financial services. The needs of our customers are always the focus of our daily work. With our IT subsidiary aity AG, we create the right technical prerequisites for this. The well-being of our employees is important to us. We promote young as well as experienced talents in their development, advocate for individual and flexible working models, and pave the way for our employees for [further training and career opportunities](< >). Our open and positive [corporate culture](< >) is at the forefront. Trust, commitment and [sustainability](< >) are firmly anchored with us; [diversity](< >), collaboration and humor are part of our DNA. Your future manager Your manager is happy to provide you with information about your future position, such as your activities and your team: Dominik Erismann Senior Specialist Project Portfolio Your contact person from HR We are happy to answer your questions about the application process, your future terms of employment and the BEKB culture: Martin Flury HR Business Partner j4id10460975jm j4it1044jm j4iy26jm