Senior IT Portfolio Manager – Strategy & Governance

sjindustries; Folsom (NJ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

South Jersey Industries (SJI) is seeking an IT Portfolio Manager to lead the enterprise IT portfolio, ensuring investments align with business strategy and regulatory requirements. The role drives governance, demand management, prioritization, budgeting, and reporting across technology initiatives.

As a senior contributor, you will provide visibility into portfolio health, risks, and value realization while partnering with business and technology leaders to optimize spend and capacity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or related field; 12 years experience; or Master’s degree with 8 years experience.
• Seven years of experience in IT portfolio management, program/project/PMO leadership.
• Experience managing IT portfolios, investment planning, governance, and prioritization.
• Experience supporting executive decision-making and technology investment management.
• Experience developing portfolio reporting, dashboards, KPIs, and performance metrics.
• Experience budgeting, forecasting, resource planning, and investment evaluation.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing stakeholders without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Manage the enterprise IT portfolio to align with priorities, strategy, regulatory requirements, and objectives.
• Lead portfolio planning, investment prioritization, and roadmap development across initiatives.
• Evaluate proposals and adjust portfolio based on priorities, resources, risks, and value.
• Manage demand intake, evaluation, and prioritization processes.
• Facilitate governance forums and develop materials for executive decisions.
• Partner with business, finance, and technology leaders to develop budgets, forecasts, and business cases.
• Develop dashboards, scorecards, and executive reporting for portfolio performance.
• Monitor portfolio performance, financial results, risks, dependencies, and benefits; propose corrective actions.
• Perform capacity planning and scenario analysis for resource allocation and investments.
• Identify opportunities to optimize spending, governance processes, and outcomes.
• Resolve cross-functional portfolio issues and dependencies.
• Advise leaders on portfolio priorities, investment planning, and governance practices.
• Build and maintain relationships across business, technology, cybersecurity, architecture, operations, finance, and delivery functions.
• Lead improvements to portfolio management processes and reporting capabilities.

Skills

Portfolio mgmt

PMO leadership

Strategic planning

Budgeting

Forecasting

Data analysis

Dashboards

Stakeholder mgmt

Risk mgmt

Agile

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/CS/IS

Master’s degree in related field

Tools

ServiceNow

Job description

South Jersey Industries (SJI) is seeking an IT Portfolio Manager to lead the enterprise IT portfolio, ensuring investments align with business strategy and regulatory requirements. The role drives governance, demand management, prioritization, budgeting, and reporting across technology initiatives.

As a senior contributor, you will provide visibility into portfolio health, risks, and value realization while partnering with business and technology leaders to optimize spend and capacity.