Governance Lead — Digital Grid Portfolio & Delivery

AspenTech Pte. Ltd. (Singapore); United States; Hybrid; USD 136,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus / Variable incentive pay

Paid time off

Charitable giveback day

Medical / dental / vision insurance

Retirement benefits

Job summary

AspenTech is seeking a Governance Lead to drive governance and delivery excellence across the Professional Services organization. You will partner with project managers, delivery leaders, finance, and executives to set standards, monitor portfolio performance, and ensure projects are executed consistently and effectively.

The role combines governance expertise with strong stakeholder management, enabling informed business decisions and timely executive intervention on high-complexity

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree as required; multidisciplinary background preferred.
• 7+ years in project governance, PMO, portfolio or program leadership.
• Experience with complex technical project portfolios and cross-functional teams.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret performance data.
• Ability to influence stakeholders without direct authority.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency with project management, reporting, and portfolio tools.
• Experience governing high-complexity, multi-year programs with risk and financials.

Responsibilities

• Establish and improve governance frameworks, standards and processes across the project portfolio.
• Lead portfolio governance reviews to align projects with strategy.
• Monitor project health, resource use, financials, risks and delivery metrics.
• Ensure consistent project execution, documentation, reporting and escalation.
• Facilitate governance forums, reviews, and executive steering committees.
• Provide executive-level decision support and stakeholder alignment.
• Coach delivery leaders on governance maturity and disciplined management of programs.

Skills

Governance

PMO/Portfolio

Portfolio management

Program management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Project Management, Finance, or related field

Job description

AspenTech is seeking a Governance Lead to drive governance and delivery excellence across the Professional Services organization. You will partner with project managers, delivery leaders, finance, and executives to set standards, monitor portfolio performance, and ensure projects are executed consistently and effectively.

The role combines governance expertise with strong stakeholder management, enabling informed business decisions and timely executive intervention on high-complexity