IT Portfolio Manager

sjindustries; Folsom (NJ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

South Jersey Industries (SJI) is seeking an IT Portfolio Manager to lead the enterprise IT portfolio, ensuring investments align with business strategy and regulatory requirements. The role drives governance, demand management, prioritization, budgeting, and reporting across technology initiatives.

As a senior contributor, you will provide visibility into portfolio health, risks, and value realization while partnering with business and technology leaders to optimize spend and capacity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or related field; 12 years experience; or Master’s degree with 8 years experience.
• Seven years of experience in IT portfolio management, program/project/PMO leadership.
• Experience managing IT portfolios, investment planning, governance, and prioritization.
• Experience supporting executive decision-making and technology investment management.
• Experience developing portfolio reporting, dashboards, KPIs, and performance metrics.
• Experience budgeting, forecasting, resource planning, and investment evaluation.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing stakeholders without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Manage the enterprise IT portfolio to align with priorities, strategy, regulatory requirements, and objectives.
• Lead portfolio planning, investment prioritization, and roadmap development across initiatives.
• Evaluate proposals and adjust portfolio based on priorities, resources, risks, and value.
• Manage demand intake, evaluation, and prioritization processes.
• Facilitate governance forums and develop materials for executive decisions.
• Partner with business, finance, and technology leaders to develop budgets, forecasts, and business cases.
• Develop dashboards, scorecards, and executive reporting for portfolio performance.
• Monitor portfolio performance, financial results, risks, dependencies, and benefits; propose corrective actions.
• Perform capacity planning and scenario analysis for resource allocation and investments.
• Identify opportunities to optimize spending, governance processes, and outcomes.
• Resolve cross-functional portfolio issues and dependencies.
• Advise leaders on portfolio priorities, investment planning, and governance practices.
• Build and maintain relationships across business, technology, cybersecurity, architecture, operations, finance, and delivery functions.
• Lead improvements to portfolio management processes and reporting capabilities.

Skills

Portfolio mgmt

PMO leadership

Strategic planning

Budgeting

Forecasting

Data analysis

Dashboards

Stakeholder mgmt

Risk mgmt

Agile

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/CS/IS

Master’s degree in related field

Tools

ServiceNow

Job description

About Us

South Jersey Industries (SJI) is an energy holding company that delivers clean energy services to 700,000+ customers and businesses throughout 14 counties in New Jersey. As part of our core values, SJI is dedicated to being a community partner and developing innovative clean energy solutions to meet the needs of the future. To do this, we depend on our workforce of over 1,100+ talented, diverse employees who help us deliver safe, reliable, affordable clean energy for a better today and tomorrow.

At SJI, we believe that our employees are our most valuable asset. Whether you're a seasoned operations technician or an early-career legal professional, our culture, inclusive workforce, and leadership development and training programs will provide you with the tools you need to either kickstart your career or bring it to new heights.

Position Summary

The IT Portfolio Manager is a senior individual contributor responsible for managing the enterprise IT portfolio to ensure technology investments align with business strategy, operational priorities, regulatory requirements, and organizational objectives. The role leads portfolio governance, demand management, investment prioritization, resource planning, and portfolio performance reporting to support informed decision-making and value realization. Working across business and technology functions, the IT Portfolio Manager provides visibility into portfolio health, financial performance, risks, dependencies, and resource capacity while promoting disciplined investment management and continuous improvement.

Essential Duties & Functions

• Manages the enterprise IT portfolio to ensure alignment with business priorities, technology strategy, regulatory requirements, and organizational objectives.
• Leads portfolio planning activities, investment prioritization, and roadmap development across technology initiatives.
• Evaluates proposed initiatives and recommends portfolio adjustments based on strategic priorities, resource constraints, risks, and expected value.
• Manages demand intake, initiative evaluation, and portfolio prioritization processes.
• Facilitates portfolio governance forums and develops materials to support executive decision-making.
• Partners with business, finance, and technology leaders to develop budgets, forecasts, business cases, investment analyses, and value realization measures.
• Develops and maintains portfolio dashboards, scorecards, and executive reporting that provide visibility into portfolio performance and investment outcomes.
• Monitors portfolio performance, financial results, resource utilization, risks, dependencies, and benefit realization, recommending corrective actions when necessary.
• Performs capacity planning and scenario analysis to support resource allocation and investment decision-making.
• Identifies opportunities to optimize technology spending, resource utilization, governance processes, and portfolio outcomes.
• Facilitates resolution of cross-functional portfolio issues, risks, and dependencies.
• Serves as a strategic advisor to business and technology leaders regarding portfolio priorities, investment planning, and governance practices.
• Builds and maintains collaborative relationships across business, technology, cybersecurity, architecture, operations, finance, and delivery functions.
• Leads efforts to enhance portfolio management processes, reporting capabilities, governance standards, and decision-support frameworks.
• Promotes portfolio management best practices and data-driven decision-making across the organization.

Qualifications

Required Background:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field and 12 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree in a related field and 8 years of relevant experience. Equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Seven years of experience in IT portfolio management, program management, project management, PMO leadership, strategic planning, or related disciplines.
• Experience managing IT portfolios, investment planning processes, governance activities, and portfolio prioritization.
• Experience supporting executive decision-making and technology investment management.
• Experience developing portfolio reporting, dashboards, key performance indicators, and performance metrics.
• Experience conducting financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, resource planning, and investment evaluation.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing stakeholders without direct authority.
• Knowledge of portfolio governance, demand management, risk management, and value realization practices.
• PMI certifications such as Project Management Professional (PMP), Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP), or Program Management Professional (PgMP).
• ITIL Foundation certification or higher.
• Agile certifications such as Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or equivalent.
• Lean Six Sigma certification.
• Experience using ServiceNow