Director, Planning and Portfolio

SiriusXM; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 190,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

SiriusXM is seeking a Senior Director of Planning & Portfolio Management in Chicago to lead the enterprise portfolio governance function. You will ensure data integrity across Tempo, EOS, Jira, and Databricks, driving AI-enabled insights and scalable processes.

This role reports to senior leadership and partners with Product, Engineering, Finance, and TPM teams to prioritize work and optimize investments. You will manage a distributed team, advance an operating model for portfolio governance,

Qualifications

• 10+ years of portfolio management, program management, or technical operations in a large-scale technology or media organization.
• 5+ years of management experience leading teams and/or multi-disciplinary portfolio operations.
• AI, automation, and tooling strategy for portfolio operations.
• Experience with budgeting, CapEx/OpEx, and FP&A processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the department-level Planning & Portfolio team responsible for portfolio governance infrastructure, data, automation, and reporting.
• Translate portfolio data from Tempo, EOS, Jira, and internal tools into trusted leadership rollups for executive reporting.
• Own planning, budgeting, vendor-management inputs, and governance standards for Portfolio operations.
• Coach and develop a geographically distributed team of portfolio professionals.

Skills

Portfolio management

Program management

Technical operations

AI & automation strategy

Vendor management

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

People leadership

Systems thinking

Tools

Tempo

EOS

Jira

Databricks

Job description

Who We Are

SiriusXM and its brands (Pandora, SiriusXM Media, AdsWizz, Simplecast, and SiriusXM Connect) are leading a new era of audio entertainment and services by delivering the most compelling subscription and ad-supported audio entertainment experience for listeners -- in the car, at home, and anywhere on the go with connected devices. Our vision is to shape the future of audio, where everyone can be effortlessly connected to the voices, stories and music they love wherever they are.

Who We Are

SiriusXM and its brands (Pandora, SiriusXM Media, AdsWizz, Simplecast, and SiriusXM Connect) are leading a new era of audio entertainment and services by delivering the most compelling subscription and ad-supported audio entertainment experience for listeners -- in the car, at home, and anywhere on the go with connected devices. Our vision is to shape the future of audio, where everyone can be effortlessly connected to the voices, stories and music they love wherever they are. This is the place where a diverse group of emerging talent and legends alike come to share authentic and purposeful songs, stories, sounds and insights through some of the best programming and technology in the world. Our critically-acclaimed, industry-leading audio entertainment encompasses music, sports, comedy, news, talk, live events, and podcasting. No matter their individual role, each of our employees plays a vital part in bringing SiriusXM’s vision to life every day.

SiriusXM

SiriusXM is the leading audio entertainment company in North America, and the premier programmer and platform for subscription and digital advertising-supported audio products. SiriusXM’s platforms collectively reach approximately 150 million listeners, the largest digital audio audience across paid and free tiers in North America, and deliver music, sports, talk, news, comedy, entertainment and podcasts. Pandora, a subsidiary of SiriusXM, is the largest ad-supported audio entertainment streaming service in the U.S. SiriusXM's subsidiaries Simplecast and AdsWizz make it a leader in podcast hosting, production, distribution, analytics and monetization. The Company’s advertising sales organization, which operates as SiriusXM Media, leverages its scale, cross-platform sales organization and ad tech capabilities to deliver results for audio creators and advertisers. SiriusXM, through SiriusXM Canada Holdings, Inc., also offers satellite radio and audio entertainment in Canada. In addition to its audio entertainment businesses, SiriusXM offers connected vehicle services to automakers.

How You’ll Make An Impact

The Director, Planning & Portfolio Management leads the department-level Planning & Portfolio team within Enterprise Planning & Portfolio Management. This role is responsible for the operating backbone that enables P&T to govern its enterprise portfolio with consistency, transparency, and decision quality.

The role manages the team supporting business-critical portfolio operations. This team owns the frameworks, processes, tools, reporting structures, automation, portfolio data products, and AI-enabled knowledge base that support planning and portfolio governance across P&T.

What You’ll Do

This leader ensures that portfolio information from Tempo, EOS, Jira, and internal data tools is translated into trusted weekly, monthly, and quarterly rollups for Catalyst operations, Finance, Accounting, P&T Operations, PTLT, and C-suite reporting. The role sits at the intersection of planning, execution, investment governance, operating rhythm, and executive decision support.

The successful candidate will be expected to maintain continuity for existing enterprise portfolio operations while continuing to mature the function from manual reporting and local process variation toward scalable systems, standardized governance, and AI-enabled portfolio intelligence.

• Lead the department-level Planning & Portfolio team responsible for the core infrastructure of P&T portfolio governance, including frameworks, processes, tools, data, automation, reporting, and AI-enabled knowledge management.
• Drive the use of AI and modern work tools, including Claude, ChatGPT, Glean, and other approved enterprise platforms, to reduce manual effort, improve insight quality, accelerate reporting, and strengthen portfolio decision support.
• Own the operating mechanisms that support quarterly and annual planning, portfolio intake, prioritization, roadmap governance, initiative tracking, and enterprise portfolio visibility.
• Ensure portfolio data across Tempo, EOS, Jira, Databricks, and internal data tools is accurate, consistent, timely, and usable for executive reporting, planning decisions, investment reviews, and operational governance.
• Oversee weekly, monthly, and quarterly portfolio rollups supporting Catalyst operations, Finance, Accounting, P&T Operations, PTLT, and C-suite reporting.
• Establish and improve standards for portfolio data integrity, initiative metadata, reporting inputs, dependency visibility, delivery health, prioritization signals, and planning artifacts.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, TPM, Finance, Accounting, Catalyst, and P&T Operations leaders to ensure portfolio information supports clear decisions, visible tradeoffs, and reliable execution oversight.
• Lead portfolio reporting and governance mechanisms that help senior leaders understand what work matters most, what is moving, what is at risk, and where executive decisions are required.
• Continue evolving portfolio tooling, automation, analytics, and AI-enabled knowledge systems to make portfolio governance more scalable, consistent, and insight-driven across P&T.
• Coach, develop, and manage a geographically distributed team, including people managers and senior individual contributors as applicable, responsible for portfolio operations, data support, planning execution, reporting, and WBR mechanisms.
• Own planning, staffing, budgeting, expense-priority recommendations, vendor-management inputs, and operational-change implementation for the Planning & Portfolio function.
• Serve as the escalation point for portfolio data issues, reporting gaps, planning risks, governance breakdowns, and cross-functional alignment challenges.

What You’ll Need

• 10+ years of portfolio management, program management, or technical operations experience in a large-scale technology or media organization.
• 5+ years of management experience leading teams, people managers, and/or multi-disciplinary portfolio operations, planning, reporting, or governance functions.
• Strong financial acumen; direct experience with capitalization, CapEx tracking, or FP&A processes required. Finance, Accounting, CapEx/OpEx, and Investment Reporting Partnership.
• AI, Automation, and Tooling Strategy for Portfolio Operations required.
• Vendor Management experience.
• Cross-Functional Leadership Across Product, Engineering, Finance, Accounting, Catalyst, P&T Operations, and TPM.
• Enterprise Portfolio Governance and Planning Leadership.
• Portfolio Operating Model Design.
• Portfolio Data Strategy, Reporting, and Metrics.
• Executive Communication and Decision Support.
• People Leadership and Team Development.
• Systems Thinking and Enterprise Process Design.
• Strong Judgment in Prioritization, Escalation, Risk, and Tradeoff Management.
• Ability to translate senior-leadership strategy into actionable operating plans, decision forums, governance standards, and measurable execution routines.
• Experience ensuring budgets, schedules, work plans, reporting standards, and portfolio operations meet enterprise requirements.
• Experience with automation and/or AI tools such as chatGPT, Gemini, etc.
• Must have legal right to work in the U.S.

At SiriusXM, we carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, including your background and experience. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary. We expect the base salary for this position to be in the range of $190,100 to $240,000 and will depend on your skills, qualifications, and experience. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives.

Our goal at SiriusXM is to provide and maintain a work environment that fosters mutual respect, professionalism and cooperation.

SiriusXM is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, gender identity, marital status, familial status, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

The requirements and duties described above may be modified or waived by the Company in its sole discretion without notice.