Portfolio Manager - Strategic Projects

Vallourec North America; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Company-paid Life Insurance

Short/Long-Term Disability

Profit Sharing

401(k) match

Paid Vacation

Performance-Based Bonus Program

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Vallourec North America is seeking a seasoned Portfolio Manager - Strategic Projects to lead and optimize the NA strategic project portfolio. You will oversee intake, evaluation, prioritization, governance, and executive reporting to ensure strategic value and alignment with business goals.

You will coordinate with cross-functional teams to develop decision-ready business cases, assess risks, and ensure projects deliver expected benefits while improving our strategic framework and portfolio

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Engineering, Project Management or related field.
• 5+ years of portfolio management, project finance, or strategic project experience.
• Advanced financial modeling including integrated P&L, cash flow, capital investment, scenario, sensitivity, and return analyses.

Responsibilities

• Manage the North America strategic project portfolio, including initiative intake, screening, prioritization, sequencing, and periodic revalidation.
• Maintain an integrated view of portfolio priorities, phase-gate status, investments, expected benefits, risks, interdependencies, constraints, and resource demand.
• Lead portfolio governance and facilitate reviews, ensuring initiatives meet evaluation criteria and decision requirements.
• Provide executive-level reporting, analysis, and recommendations on portfolio performance, investments, and risks.
• Review Express Business Cases to confirm strategic rationale and readiness of new initiatives.
• Coordinate Deep Dive evaluations and development of decision-ready business cases.
• Evaluate and challenge business cases to provide leadership with a sound investment basis.
• Monitor portfolio performance and revalidation when scope, cost, timing, or assumptions change.
• Drive continuous improvement of the NA Strategic Projects Framework.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Portfolio management

Financial modeling

Executive communication

Cross-functional influence

Risk and dependency management

Project prioritization

Consultative leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Engineering, Project Management

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Power BI

Job description

At Vallourec, we are seeking individuals whose passion and dedication match the strength and resilience of the steel we produce. The Portfolio Manager - Strategic Projects manages and optimizes Vallourec North America strategic project portfolio, ensuring initiatives align with business strategy and deliver strategic and economic value. The role leads portfolio intake, evaluation, prioritization, governance, performance monitoring, and executive reporting, while overseeing consistent application of the NA Strategic Projects Framework. Working across functions, the position provides leadership with clear visibility and decision support on portfolio priorities, investments, risks, resource requirements, dependencies, and expected benefits.

Your Role at a Glance

• Manage the North America strategic project portfolio, including initiative intake, screening, prioritization, sequencing, and periodic revalidation based on strategic alignment, expected value, risk, feasibility, and resource requirements
• Maintain an integrated view of portfolio priorities, phase-gate status, investments, expected benefits, risks, interdependencies, constraints, and resource demand
• Lead portfolio governance and facilitate portfolio and phase-gate reviews, ensuring initiatives meet established evaluation criteria and decision requirements
• Provide executive-level reporting, analysis, and recommendations on portfolio performance, investment trade-offs, resource allocation, risks, and decisions required
• Review Express Business Cases to confirm the strategic rationale, preliminary value proposition, investment requirements, key risks, and readiness of new initiatives to advance
• Coordinate Deep Dive evaluations and the development of decision-ready business cases, ensuring alternatives and strategic, commercial, operational, financial, and implementation considerations are thoroughly evaluated
• Evaluate and challenge business cases, assumptions, and recommendations to provide leadership with a sound basis for investment and phase-gate decisions
• Monitor portfolio performance, expected benefits, and business-case alignment, coordinating revalidation when scope, cost, timing, risk, assumptions, or business conditions change
• Drive consistent application and continuous improvement of the NA Strategic Projects Framework, including governance, phase-gate discipline, portfolio tools, project readiness, benefits realization, and lessons learned

What Sets You Apart

We're looking for individuals who bring the right mix of experience, mindset, and motivation:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Engineering, Project Management, or related field
• 5+ years of portfolio management, project finance, or strategic project experience
• Advanced financial modeling capability, including integrated P&L, cash flow, capital investment, scenario, sensitivity, and return analyses
• Proven experience developing, reviewing, and challenging business cases and translating analyses into clear investment recommendations
• Experience establishing or supporting project portfolio management processes, including intake, screening, prioritization, governance, resource alignment, performance monitoring, and benefits realization
• Proven experience in strategic analysis and the ability to translate complex financial, commercial, and operational data into clear business insights and recommendations
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to balance multiple priorities, work independently in ambiguous environments, and manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present complex analyses clearly to senior leadership
• Ability to build cross-functional alignment through influence and collaboration with stakeholders across the organization
• Experience in manufacturing or industrial operations is highly valuable. Knowledge of OCTG or related energy industries is preferred
• PMP or portfolio management certification from an accredited source is highly valuable and preferred
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint is required; experience with Power BI and enterprise planning, portfolio, or project management systems is preferred

What Powers Your Performance

Success in this role is driven by a strong mix of personal ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement. We value team members who possess:

• Strategic thinking with the ability to connect initiatives to business objectives and value creation
• Portfolio perspective and the ability to recommend priorities, sequencing, trade-offs, and resource allocation
• Analytical rigor, attention to detail, financial acumen, and disciplined investment evaluation
• Executive communication and the ability to translate complex analyses into clear decisions and recommendations
• Cross-functional leadership, influence, and collaboration
• Accountability, resilience, and flexibility in managing ambiguity and changing priorities
• Safety mindset
• High attention to detail
• Continuous improvement mindset and challenge the status quo
• Consistent teamwork through shared learning and feedback

How We Support Your Success

We're committed to helping you thrive on the job and beyond. That's why we offer a collaborative culture where your ideas drive real change, and career mobility within a stable, essential industry. To support your growth and well-being, we also provide a comprehensive and competitive benefits program, including:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
• Company-Paid Life Insurance & Short/Long-Term Disability
• Profit Sharing: Up to 4%
• 401(k): Company match 4.5% with no vesting period
• Paid Vacation Time
• Performance-Based Bonus Program
• Tuition Reimbursement

Safety is a core value. We maintain clear expectations, ongoing training, and shared accountability to protect our people every day.

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