Remote Portfolio Product Manager — Strategy & Execution

Eliassen Group; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 103,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401k with match

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group seeks an experienced Product Manager – Portfolio Management for a remote, contract engagement with a major enterprise. You will shape how investments are planned, funded, and executed, turning portfolio management into a repeatable, outcome‑driven product across strategy, planning, and delivery functions.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in product/portfolio management, strong facilitation and leadership skills, and experience with enterprise planning and governance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Product Management, Portfolio Management, or related disciplines.
• Proven experience leading enterprise portfolio planning and prioritization processes.
• Strong understanding of annual, quarterly planning and investment governance.
• Experience with resource planning, capacity management, forecasting, and financial alignment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and facilitate annual portfolio planning and budgeting activities.
• Drive quarterly planning cycles and establish repeatable planning processes.
• Define planning frameworks that align investments, resources, priorities, and organizational objectives.
• Establish portfolio governance structures, decision-making processes, and success metrics.
• Partner with finance and business leaders to align budgets, capacity, and strategic priorities.
• Develop structured approaches for evaluating, prioritizing, and sequencing initiatives.
• Facilitate trade‑off discussions across competing priorities and limited resources.
• Establish clear criteria for investment decisions and portfolio commitments.
• Ensure business outcomes, strategic objectives, and resource allocations remain aligned.
• Assess organizational capacity against portfolio demand.
• Identify resource gaps, constraints, and investment opportunities.
• Create forecasting and capacity planning models that provide visibility into staffing, funding, and delivery risk.
• Analyze budget versus capacity deltas and provide recommendations for optimization.
• Conduct a comprehensive assessment of current portfolio management practices, tooling, governance, planning processes, and organizational alignment.
• Challenge existing assumptions and identify opportunities to simplify, modernize, and improve portfolio operations.
• Design and socialize a future‑state operating model focused on accountability, transparency, and execution excellence.
• Develop roadmaps and recommendations for implementation.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of quarterly planning, portfolio review, and execution cadences.
• Define the purpose, outcomes, and value of portfolio review and commitment activities.
• Create mechanisms that increase accountability, predictability, and execution success.
• Establish portfolio metrics, dashboards, and reporting frameworks.
• Assess current portfolio management tools and processes across teams.
• Evaluate platforms such as Dragonboat, Jira Align, Aha!, Planview, ServiceNow SPM, or similar.
• Recommend standardized tooling approaches to improve visibility, alignment, prioritization, and reporting.
• Partner with stakeholders to drive adoption of recommended tools and practices.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership teams, portfolio owners, and delivery organizations.
• Facilitate alignment across cross‑functional teams, including Product, Technology, Operations, Finance, HR, Workplace, and Corporate Services.
• Drive consensus among stakeholders with competing priorities.
• Communicate portfolio health, risks, recommendations, and outcomes to senior leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Facilitation

Communication

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Influence executives

Education

MBA or equivalent

Tools

Dragonboat

Planview

Jira Align

Aha!

ServiceNow SPM

Job description

Eliassen Group seeks an experienced Product Manager – Portfolio Management for a remote, contract engagement with a major enterprise. You will shape how investments are planned, funded, and executed, turning portfolio management into a repeatable, outcome‑driven product across strategy, planning, and delivery functions.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in product/portfolio management, strong facilitation and leadership skills, and experience with enterprise planning and governance.