Enterprise PMO Portfolio Manager

Regions Bank; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Vacation/Sick Time

401K with Company Match

Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits

Disability Benefits

Parental Leave

Job summary

Regions Bank is seeking an Enterprise PMO Portfolio Manager to lead the governance of the enterprise portfolio of strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategy and capacity. You'll partner with senior leadership to drive prioritization, investment governance, and benefits realization across business, regulatory, risk, and technology domains.

Position is based at Riverchase Operations Center, Hoover, AL, and is eligible for an annual discretionary incentive plan.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of portfolio management, strategic planning, program management, or related discipline
• MBA or related certifications are preferred
• Experience in large, matrixed organizations with complex portfolios and competing priorities
• Experience leading teams of portfolio, program, or project management professionals
• Experience with enterprise governance forums and executive decision-making

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise portfolio management activities including demand intake and prioritization
• Monitor project health and provide strategic direction and corrective recommendations
• Align initiatives with organizational objectives and available resources
• Facilitate investment governance and prioritization discussions
• Establish portfolio governance standards, methodologies, and reporting
• Develop integrated portfolio roadmaps with milestones and dependencies
• Balance resource planning with priorities and investment needs
• Identify and manage portfolio risks and cross-functional dependencies
• Provide executive-level reporting, dashboards, and analytics
• Assess change impacts and adoption readiness for initiatives
• Drive continuous improvement of portfolio management practices

Skills

Portfolio management

Executive communications

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic planning

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Finance/IT/Org Leadership/PM or related field

MBA preferred

High School Diploma or GED with 14 years experience

Tools

Clarity

Planview

Smartsheet

Microsoft Project

Jira

Job description

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Job Description:

At Regions, the Enterprise PMO Portfolio Manager serves in a critical leadership role within the Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) and is responsible for governing the enterprise portfolio of strategic initiatives and investments. This role provides oversight across business, operational, regulatory, risk, and technology initiatives, ensuring investments are aligned to enterprise strategy, organizational capacity, and expected business outcomes. Additionally, this role partners closely with executive leadership to facilitate prioritization, investment governance, resource planning, benefits realization, and portfolio performance management.

Primary Responsibilities

• Leads enterprise portfolio management activities, including demand intake, initiative evaluation, prioritization, governance, resource planning, and portfolio optimization
• Monitors project health and delivery practices, offering strategic direction, challenges, and corrective recommendations to ensure successful outcomes
• Partners with business and technology leaders to align strategic initiatives and investments with organizational objectives, priorities, and available resources
• Facilitates investment governance processes and provides recommendations regarding initiative prioritization, funding allocation, sequencing, and investment decisions
• Establishes and maintains portfolio governance standards, methodologies, performance measures, reporting frameworks, and decision-making processes
• Develops and maintains integrated portfolio roadmaps that provide visibility into strategic initiatives, milestones, dependencies, investment performance, and expected outcomes
• Leads enterprise demand management and capacity planning activities to balance resource availability with organizational priorities and investment needs
• Assesses and manages portfolio-level risks, resource conflicts, competing priorities, and cross-functional dependencies that may impact strategic objectives
• Facilitates portfolio governance reviews and executive discussions by providing analysis, recommendations, and visibility into portfolio health and performance
• Produces executive-level reporting, dashboards, and analytics that support informed decision-making, strategic planning, and investment oversight
• Assess organizational change impacts across initiatives and support sequencing, prioritization, and adoption readiness decisions to maximize successful outcomes
• Drives continuous improvement of portfolio management practices, governance processes, performance measurement frameworks, and value realization methodologies
• Ensures compliance with organizational policies, regulatory requirements, risk management standards, cybersecurity expectations, and industry best practices

This position is exempt from timekeeping requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act and is not eligible for overtime pay.

This position is incentive eligible.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Information Technology, Organizational Leadership, Project Management, or related field and ten (10) years of experience in portfolio management, strategic planning, program management, business transformation or related discipline
• Or Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting or related field and eight (8) years of directly related experience at a top tier consulting firm (e.g., McKinsey and Company, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Bain, Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Ernst and Young (EY), etc.)
• Or High School Diploma or GED and fourteen (14) years of experience in portfolio management, strategic planning, program management, business transformation or related discipline
• Three (3) years of experience leading teams and/or managing portfolio, program, or project management professionals
• Experience supporting enterprise governance forums and executive-level decision-making
• Experience with portfolio financial management, investment analysis, and budget forecasting
• Experience working in large, matrixed organizations with complex portfolios and competing priorities

Preferences

• Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA), Finance, Organizational Leadership, Information Technology, or related field
• Applicable change management certifications (e.g., Prosci, Certified Change Management Professional (CCMP), etc.)
• Applicable project management certifications (e.g., Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Project Management Institute Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), Program Management Professional (PgMP), Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP), SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), SAFe Agilist, etc.)
• Experience establishing or transforming enterprise portfolio management capabilities, governance frameworks, and operating models
• Experience supporting business transformation, strategic execution, or organizational change initiatives

Skills and Competencies

• Ability to align organizations, drive strategic execution, and lead enterprise change
• Ability to create and deliver influential executive-level communications
• Ability to effectively engage, influence, and build relationships with executive stakeholders
• Ability to facilitate executive governance forums and investment decision-making discussions
• Ability to manage competing priorities within a fast-paced, highly matrixed environment
• Ability to think strategically and translate business objectives into actionable portfolio and project plans
• Deep understanding of enterprise portfolio, program, and project management methodologies
• Expertise in portfolio prioritization, capacity planning, and demand management
• Proficiency with portfolio and work management tools (e.g., Clarity, Planview, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, Jira, or equivalent)
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills
• Strong emotional intelligence, collaboration, and interpersonal skills
• Strong leadership, coaching, and team development skills
• Strong risk management and governance expertise
• Strong understanding of benefits realization and value management practices
• Strong understanding of organizational change management and adoption principles
• Strong understanding of strategic planning and execution frameworks.
• Understanding of and ability to interpret applicable rules, regulations, and industry guidance

Position Type

Full time

Compensation Details

Pay ranges are job specific and are provided as a point-of-market reference for compensation decisions. Other factors which directly impact pay for individual associates include: experience, skills, knowledge, contribution, job location and, most importantly, performance in the job role. As these factors vary by individuals, pay will also vary among individual associates within the same job.

The target information listed below is based on the Metropolitan Statistical Area Market Range for where the position is located and level of the position.

Job Range Target:

Minimum:

$147,178.00 USD

Median:

$195,920.00 USD

Incentive Pay Plans:

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary incentive plan. Employees are eligible to receive a discretionary award based on individual, business, and/or company performance.Opportunity to participate in the Long Term Incentive Plan.

Benefits Information

Regions offers a benefits package that is flexible, comprehensive and recognizes that "one size does not fit all" for benefits-eligible associates. Listed below is a synopsis of the benefits offered by Regions for informational purposes, which is not intended to be a complete summary of plan terms and conditions.

• Paid Vacation/Sick Time
• 401K with Company Match
• Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits
• Disability Benefits
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Account
• Life Insurance
• Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Associate Volunteer Program

Please note, benefits and plans may be changed, amended, or terminated with respect to all or any class of associate at any time. To learn more about Regions’ benefits, please click or copy the link below to your browser.

https://www.regions.com/about-regions/welcome-portal/benefits

Location Details

Riverchase Operations Center

Location

Hoover, Alabama

Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans

Job applications at Regions are accepted electronically through our career site for a minimum of five business days from the date of posting. Job postings for higher-volume positions may remain active for longer than the minimum period due to business need and may be closed at any time thereafter at the discretion of the company.