Principal Portfolio Manager - Product, Program & Project Delivery

Slalom Build; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with match

Health, dental, & vision coverage

Well-being reimbursement

Discretionary annual bonus

Job summary

Slalom Build is seeking a Principal Portfolio Manager to lead a portfolio of strategic initiatives, blending product, program, and project delivery to achieve measurable business outcomes. You will oversee interconnected investments, drive executive decision-making, and ensure alignment with organizational strategy.

This role demands a leader who combines strategic oversight with hands-on delivery, partnering with business, product, and technology teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years leading strategic portfolios in consulting or enterprise environments.
• Proven track record managing a portfolio spanning product management, program delivery, and project execution.
• Strong understanding of product operating models, lifecycle, and roadmaps.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams across business, technology, operations, data and product.
• Ability to translate technology investments into business outcomes and communicate with diverse stakeholders.
• Expertise in portfolio governance, prioritization, dependency management, financial oversight, resource planning, and executive reporting.
• Proven track record building executive stakeholder relationships and influencing decisions.
• Experience with digital, cloud, data, customer experience, or modernization programs.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of strategic initiatives aligning investments to objectives and roadmaps.
• Oversee complex programs with multiple projects and workstreams to deliver measurable outcomes.
• Partner with executives to set portfolio priorities, evaluate trade‑offs, and guide investments.
• Create visibility into portfolio health through governance and financial oversight.
• Drive alignment across product, business, technology, and operations teams.
• Enable product‑centric delivery by connecting strategy to execution and outcomes.
• Balance scope, budget, and timeline across multiple initiatives.
• Mentor delivery leaders and evolve portfolio management practices.
• Leverage data and AI-enabled tools to improve decision-making and forecasting.
• Support business development and executive conversations around transformation.

Skills

Portfolio leadership

Program delivery

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Executive reporting

Delivery metrics

Agile/Hybrid delivery

Change management

Stakeholder management

Tools

Governance tools

Data analytics tools

Forecasting tools

Job description

This role is not eligible for 100% remote work. Employees must live within a commutable distance of the Nashville, TN metropolitan area and must be willing to be onsite at the client and/or Slalom office 5 days a week.

Who You’ll Work With

At Slalom, our Delivery capability is the engine that powers transformation. We are the connective tissue across all capabilities—bringing strategy to life through execution that is rigorous, adaptive, and outcome-driven.

You’ll join a community of delivery professionals who thrive in complexity and are passionate about making things happen. Our teams lead high-impact initiatives across industries, partnering with clients to navigate ambiguity, align stakeholders, and deliver results that matter. Whether it’s a multi-workstream transformation or a product launch, we bring clarity, structure, and momentum to every engagement.

We work shoulder-to-shoulder with clients, tailoring delivery approaches to meet them where they are—whether Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid. Our focus is on enabling predictable, repeatable outcomes that help organizations dream bigger, move faster, and build better tomorrows.

What You'll Do

As a Principal Portfolio Manager, you will lead a portfolio of strategic initiatives that blend product, program, and project delivery disciplines to achieve measurable business outcomes. You will oversee interconnected investments, product initiatives, and transformation programs, ensuring alignment with organizational strategy while maximizing value, managing risk, and enabling executive decision-making.

This role is ideal for a leader who balances strategic portfolio oversight with hands‑on delivery leadership. You will serve as the connective tissue between business stakeholders, product teams, delivery teams, and executive leadership, driving execution while maintaining a strong focus on customer value, product outcomes, and organizational priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of business and technology initiatives, ensuring investments align to strategic objectives, product roadmaps, and organizational priorities.
• Oversee complex product-focused programs consisting of multiple projects and workstreams, driving successful delivery and measurable business outcomes.
• Partner with executive stakeholders to establish portfolio priorities, evaluate trade‑offs, allocate resources, and guide investment decisions.
• Create visibility into portfolio health through governance, reporting, financial oversight, dependency management, and risk mitigation.
• Drive alignment across product, business, technology, and operations teams to ensure delivery efforts support long‑term product and organizational goals.
• Enable product‑centric delivery models by connecting strategy, roadmap execution, customer outcomes, and operational excellence.
• Balance scope, budget, timeline, value realization, and organizational capacity across multiple simultaneous initiatives.
• Build trusted relationships across all levels of the organization, influencing decisions and driving alignment through ambiguity and change.
• Optimize team performance and delivery velocity by proactively removing obstacles, facilitating decision‑making, and coaching delivery leaders.
• Mentor project managers, program managers, product leaders, and consultants while contributing to the evolution of portfolio management and delivery practices.
• Leverage data, AI‑enabled tools, and delivery metrics to improve decision‑making, operational effectiveness, forecasting, and portfolio outcomes.
• Support business development activities, solution shaping, and executive conversations related to strategic transformation and portfolio planning.

What You’ll Bring

• 8+ years of experience leading strategic portfolios, programs, and large‑scale business transformation initiatives within consulting or complex enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated success managing a portfolio of initiatives spanning product management, program delivery, and project execution.
• Strong understanding of product operating models, product lifecycle management, roadmap planning, and value realization frameworks.
• Experience leading cross‑functional teams across business, technology, operations, data, and product disciplines.
• Ability to translate technology investments into business outcomes, communicating effectively with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Expertise in portfolio governance, prioritization, dependency management, financial oversight, resource planning, and executive reporting.
• Proven track record building executive stakeholder relationships and influencing decisions across multiple levels of an organization.
• Experience delivering business and technology transformation initiatives, including digital, cloud, data, customer experience, operational excellence, or modernization programs.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery methodologies, with the ability to tailor approaches based on organizational maturity and business needs.
• Experience leveraging AI‑enabled tools and data‑driven insights to improve delivery effectiveness, team productivity, and decision quality.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, leadership, and organizational change management capabilities.

About Us

Slalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries partner with clients to co‑create powerful customer experiences, modern ways of working, and meaningful impact.

What sets us apart? We believe work should be challenging and fulfilling, not perfect, but possible. That’s why we prioritize purpose, flexibility, connection, and recognition, so our people can thrive and love what they do, most days.

Compensation and Benefits

Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long‑term disability. We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well‑being‑related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.

Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For this role, we are hiring at the following levels and targeted base pay salary ranges: The targeted base salary pay range for a Principal is $140,000 to $170,000. In addition, individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus . Actual compensation will depend upon an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time.

We are committed to pay transparency and compliance with applicable laws. If you have questions or concerns about the pay range or other compensation information in this posting, please contact us: [e-mail]. Please note, this recipient is not a notable to support recruitment inquiries beyond this purpose.

EEO and Accommodations

Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting, developing and retaining highly qualified talent who empower our innovative teams through unique perspectives and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team or contact [e-mail] if you require accommodations during the interview process.

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