IT Portfolio Manager

Partner's Consulting, Inc.; New Jersey; On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Partner’s Consulting, Inc. seeks an IT Portfolio Manager to lead the enterprise IT portfolio in Folsom, NJ, ensuring investments align with business strategy, priorities, and regulatory requirements.

The role guides governance, demand management, investment prioritization, and roadmap development across technology initiatives. You will partner with business and technology leaders to develop budgets, forecasts, business cases, dashboards, and executive reports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher with 8+ years of related experience, or a Master's with 8+ years.
• 7+ years in IT portfolio management, program management, or PMO leadership.
• Experience governing IT portfolios and investment prioritization.
• Experience supporting executive decision-making and investment management.
• Experience developing portfolio dashboards, KPIs, and performance metrics.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and resource planning for IT initiatives.
• Ability to influence stakeholders across business and technology without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Manage the enterprise IT portfolio to align with business strategy and regulatory requirements.
• Lead portfolio planning, investment prioritization, and roadmap development across technology initiatives.
• Develop budgets, forecasts, business cases, and value realization measures with cross-functional partners.
• Create and maintain dashboards, scorecards, and executive reporting on portfolio health.
• Monitor performance, financial results, risks, dependencies, and capacity; propose corrective actions.
• Collaborate with business, finance, technology, cybersecurity, and operations leaders to optimize spend and governance.

Skills

Portfolio management

Program management

Project management

PMO leadership

Strategic planning

Executive reporting

Budgeting & forecasting

Resource planning

Stakeholder influence

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

ServiceNow SPM

Power BI

Microsoft 365

Workday

Job description

Title: IT Portfolio Manager

Location: Folsom, NJ

Type: Full-time employee

Our direct client is seeking an IT Portfolio Manager who will serve as 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.

Key Responsibilities:

• 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.

Required Skills:

• 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 (7) 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 Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM).
• Experience using Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft 365 applications, and financial planning or reporting systems such as Workday.