Senior IT Portfolio Leader

South Jersey Industries; New Jersey, United States, Northern America, Americas; Hybrid; USD 114,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible vacation, Paid Time Off, andS

Comprehensive Health, Dental, and Vis

Job summary

South Jersey Industries in the United States seeks an IT Portfolio Manager to align technology investments with business strategy and regulatory requirements. This senior role leads governance, demand management, investment prioritization, and reporting while partnering with business, finance, and tech leaders.

You will build dashboards, analyze capacity and risks, and guide budget development and value realization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, CS, or related field with 12+ years of relevant experience, or a related Master's with 8+ years.
• 7+ years in IT portfolio, program, project management, PMO leadership, or related disciplines.
• Experience guiding executive decision-making and technology investment management.
• Experience developing portfolio reporting, dashboards, KPIs, and performance metrics.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, resource planning, and investment evaluation.
• PMI certifications such as PMP, PfMP, or PgMP.
• ITIL Foundation or higher.
• Agile certifications like CSPO or equivalent.
• Lean Six Sigma certification.
• Experience using ServiceNow SPM.
• Experience using Power BI, Microsoft 365, and Workday.

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.

Skills

Portfolio management

Program management

Strategic planning

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree + 12 years experience

Master's degree + 8 years

Tools

ServiceNow SPM

Power BI

Workday

Microsoft 365

Job description

South Jersey Industries in the United States seeks an IT Portfolio Manager to align technology investments with business strategy and regulatory requirements. This senior role leads governance, demand management, investment prioritization, and reporting while partnering with business, finance, and tech leaders.

You will build dashboards, analyze capacity and risks, and guide budget development and value realization.