IT PMO Portfolio Manager

IT PMO Portfolio Manager

Position Summary

The IT Portfolio Manager leads the processes forums and controls used to evaluate prioritize monitor and optimize the organizations IT portfolio. This role connects business strategy to technology investment decisions ensures governance is practical and effective and provides clear visibility into portfolio performance resource demand and value realization. The manager works across the organization to maintain a balanced portfolio and support sound decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end IT portfolio governance process including demand intake business case review prioritization stage-gate reviews exception handling and portfolio reporting.
• Partner with executives and business stakeholders to align the IT portfolio with strategic objectives investment constraints and enterprise priorities.
• Facilitate governance bodies such as portfolio review boards steering committees and prioritization forums ensuring decisions are documented and followed through.
• Maintain portfolio management standards governance policies decision criteria templates and controls that are clear scalable and fit for purpose.
• Monitor portfolio performance through KPIs dashboards and executive reports covering schedule budget benefits capacity dependencies risks and issue trends.
• Identify portfolio-level risks bottlenecks and cross-program dependencies and escalate recommendations for corrective action or governance decisions.
• Support resource and capacity planning by highlighting constraints demand conflicts and sequencing options across the IT change portfolio.
• Promote portfolio transparency and decision quality by improving data standards governance discipline and reporting accuracy across the organization.

Required qualifications

• Bachelors degree in information technology business project management finance or a related field.
• 7 years of experience in IT portfolio management governance or program management.
• Strong understanding of portfolio governance investment prioritization business case evaluation risk management and benefits tracking.
• Experience working with senior leaders to support strategic planning funding decisions and cross-functional prioritization.
• Demonstrated ability to build dashboards governance reports and executive-level presentations that translate complex data into clear decisions.
• Familiarity with project program and product delivery methods across waterfall agile and hybrid environments.
• Excellent facilitation stakeholder management communication and decision-support skills.
• Certification in PMP PgMP Lean Six Sigma or equivalent
• Experience with enterprise portfolio management or PPM tools.
• Working knowledge of enterprise architecture cybersecurity governance data governance and IT financial management.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build trust inspire collaboration and navigate cultural and geographic diversity
• Experience navigating a global organization
• This role is in the office 5 days per week with the potential for domestic/international travel upwards of 25% annually

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