Portfolio Manager

Position Summary
The Portfolio Manager is a senior leadership role within the Technology PMO responsible for the strategic planning prioritization governance and delivery oversight of one or more technology portfolios. Serving as a trusted partner to Technology Directors portfolio owners business leaders and peer Portfolio Managers this role ensures that technology investments programs projects operational initiatives align with the firms strategic priorities.

The Portfolio Manager develops and maintains multi-year portfolio roadmaps provides transparency into resource capacity and demand and facilitates informed investment and prioritization decisions. The role also manages portfolio-level risks dependencies financial performance and delivery outcomes while promoting alignment and coordination across technology portfolios.

In addition to portfolio oversight the Portfolio Manager may directly lead selected high-priority or complex initiatives and provide leadership coaching and direction to Program Managers and Project Managers.

Portfolio Strategy and Planning:

• Partner with Technology Directors portfolio owners business stakeholders and peer Portfolio Managers to establish portfolio priorities and delivery plans.
• Develop and maintain multi-year portfolio roadmaps that reflect strategic objectives planned investments dependencies resource requirements and expected outcomes.
• Ensure alignment between technology investments firm priorities business objectives and portfolio capacity.
• Support annual planning and budgeting activities by defining evaluating and justifying portfolio investment and resource needs.
• Facilitate prioritization and trade-off decisions based on strategic value risk urgency readiness capacity and available funding.
• Maintain an integrated view of programs projects and operational initiatives within the assigned portfolio.

Portfolio Governance and Delivery Oversight:

• Provide portfolio-level oversight for the planning and delivery of programs projects and operational initiatives.
• Guide the scoping planning execution monitoring and closure of initiatives including change control risk management and documentation requirements.

Resource and Capacity Management:

• Maintain clear visibility into portfolio demand resource capacity allocation utilization and anticipated constraints.
• Partner with functional leaders and delivery managers to align available resources with approved priorities.
• Identify resource conflicts and facilitate decisions regarding sequencing reassignment deferral or escalation.
• Support forward-looking workforce and capacity planning across the portfolio.
• Promote effective use of shared resources across programs projects and technology portfolios.

Stakeholder and Cross-Portfolio Leadership:

• Translate complex delivery financial and resource information into clear recommendations for senior leadership.
• Promote coordinated planning and communication across technology functions and business areas.
• Partner with peer Portfolio Managers to align roadmaps address shared dependencies and improve delivery efficiency.
• Support the maturity and continued evolution of the Technology PMO.
• Ensure initiatives follow established Technology PMO governance delivery standards and reporting expectations.
• Monitor portfolio health including scope schedule budget resources risks issues dependencies and expected outcomes.
• Lead regular portfolio reviews with sponsors Technology Directors and other stakeholders.
• Escalate material risks constraints and decisions requiring leadership or governance intervention.
• Ensure cross-portfolio dependencies and impacts are identified communicated and actively managed.

Qualifications
The qualifications of this role are:

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology Engineering Business Administration Project Management or a related field.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification required.
• 10 years of progressively responsible experience in technology project program or portfolio management.
• 5 years of experience leading complex technology programs or portfolios involving multiple teams business functions and senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience managing portfolio financials resource capacity strategic roadmaps and executive-level reporting.
• Formal team-leadership experience strongly preferred.
• Experience working in a global professional-services environment preferred.
• Portfolio Management Professional Program Management Professional Agile or other advanced delivery certification is desirable.

Essential Job Requirements

• Hands-on experience applying predictive Agile hybrid and Waterfall delivery approaches.
• Strong strategic planning portfolio governance prioritization and roadmap development capabilities.
• Strong executive communication presentation facilitation negotiation and influencing skills.
• Experience with enterprise portfolio project and work-management platforms such as Smartsheet or similar tools.
• Working knowledge of cloud technologies enterprise applications technology infrastructure and emerging technology trends.
• Ability to operate effectively in a global matrixed and culturally diverse organization.

Salary Range

• New York and Washington D.C. salary ranges for this role are $164000 - $246000

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