Senior Manager, Technology Portfolio Governance

Jobtailor

California (MO)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 160,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior Technology Portfolio Governance leader to consolidate demand, capacity, and financial baselines across the enterprise. You will own intake, governance standards, and end-to-end planning processes, partnering with TPMs, Engineering, Finance, and vendors to ensure funded capacity and accurate reporting.

You will drive Jira and Clarity usage, develop intake templates, and deliver quarterly leadership readouts while maintaining data hygiene and adherence to governance

Qualifications

8–10+ years of experience in technology portfolio governance, demand/capacity management, resource planning, or vendor operations, ideally within a large-scale enterprise or retail technology environment
Strong Agile and Quarterly Planning process experience
Ability to translate engineering demand into structured, funded capacity plans
Hands-on proficiency in Jira and Jira Product Discovery (JPD) for roadmap and demand structuring
Hands-on proficiency in Clarity for resource and financial tracking
Solid project management fundamentals and knowledge of planning, dependency tracking, and status reporting across multiple concurrent workstreams
Working knowledge of project finance Capex/Expense distinctions, budget-to-actuals tracking, and funding ceiling management
Working knowledge of vendor delivery operations, including SOW governance, headcount-based contracts, and demand-capacity alignment across multiple product teams
Ability to coordinate across TPMs, PDMs, Engineering leads, Finance, and vendor account teams without formal authority over all of them
Exceptional process rigor; ability to define intake workflows, enforce compliance, and hold stakeholders accountable without being bureaucratic
Clear, direct, insight-first communication skills and experience presenting operational data and risk flags to senior technology leadership
Comfort operating with ambiguity and designing structures where none exist
Comfort working alongside AI-enabled tooling and automation in a governance, reporting, or PMO context
Prior experience in an offshore/nearshore vendor governance model
Familiarity with Capex/Expense project accounting in technology portfolios
Experience in retail, apparel, or consumer-facing technology organizations
Exposure to PMO or TMO operating models, portfolio health reporting, and QP governance ceremonies

Responsibilities

Support the Annual and Quarterly Planning process by consolidating portfolio demand, capacity, and financial baselines across GTS into a single planning input
Own supporting governance documentation and standards
Own the GTS portfolio demand intake process end-to-end, including intake templates and workflows
Ensure submissions include clear scope, funding, and guardrails before entering planning
Own demand-capacity planning and reconciliation with Product/Delivery Managers, TPMs, Engineering, and Finance
Own resource planning across MSP and non-MSP populations, validating funding and resource mapping
Ensure clean onboarding into Clarity and Jira
Maintain Clarity resource data hygiene, perform recurring audits, and fix root causes with system owners
Track vendor and MSP utilization against contracted capacity ceilings
Resolve allocation and demand discrepancies and flag risks to Finance and portfolio governance
Govern managed-services vendor timesheet compliance and Clarity allocation accuracy
Partner with vendor account leads on standards adherence
Create training materials and hold office hours for TPM and Engineering teams
Keep demand and delivery data accurate across reporting and carryover tracking
Produce recurring portfolio reporting
Own supporting sections of quarterly leadership readouts
Partner with Finance on Capex/Expense reconciliation and the Director on final materials

Skills

Technology Portfolio Governance

Demand/Capacity Management

Resource Planning

Agile Methodologies

Portfolio Reporting

Risk Management

Intake Workflow Definition

Tools

Jira

Jira Product Discovery

Clarity

AI-Enabled Tooling

Automation

Job description

Support the Annual and Quarterly Planning process by consolidating portfolio demand, capacity, and financial baselines across GTS into a single planning input
Own supporting governance documentation and standards
Own the GTS portfolio demand intake process end-to-end, including intake templates and workflows
Ensure submissions include clear scope, funding, and guardrails before entering planning
Own demand-capacity planning and reconciliation with Product/Delivery Managers, TPMs, Engineering, and Finance
Own resource planning across MSP and non-MSP populations, validating funding and resource mapping
Ensure clean onboarding into Clarity and Jira
Maintain Clarity resource data hygiene, perform recurring audits, and fix root causes with system owners
Track vendor and MSP utilization against contracted capacity ceilings
Resolve allocation and demand discrepancies and flag risks to Finance and portfolio governance
Govern managed-services vendor timesheet compliance and Clarity allocation accuracy
Partner with vendor account leads on standards adherence
Create training materials and hold office hours for TPM and Engineering teams
Keep demand and delivery data accurate across reporting and carryover tracking
Produce recurring portfolio reporting
Own supporting sections of quarterly leadership readouts
Partner with Finance on Capex/Expense reconciliation and the Director on final materials

Requirements

8–10+ years of experience in technology portfolio governance, demand/capacity management, resource planning, or vendor operations, ideally within a large-scale enterprise or retail technology environment
Strong Agile and Quarterly Planning process experience
Ability to translate engineering demand into structured, funded capacity plans
Hands-on proficiency in Jira and Jira Product Discovery (JPD) for roadmap and demand structuring
Hands-on proficiency in Clarity for resource and financial tracking
Solid project management fundamentals and knowledge of planning, dependency tracking, and status reporting across multiple concurrent workstreams
Working knowledge of project finance Capex/Expense distinctions, budget-to-actuals tracking, and funding ceiling management
Working knowledge of vendor delivery operations, including SOW governance, headcount-based contracts, and demand-capacity alignment across multiple product teams
Ability to coordinate across TPMs, PDMs, Engineering leads, Finance, and vendor account teams without formal authority over all of them
Exceptional process rigor; ability to define intake workflows, enforce compliance, and hold stakeholders accountable without being bureaucratic
Clear, direct, insight-first communication skills and experience presenting operational data and risk flags to senior technology leadership
Comfort operating with ambiguity and designing structures where none exist
Comfort working alongside AI-enabled tooling and automation in a governance, reporting, or PMO context
Prior experience in an offshore/nearshore vendor governance model
Familiarity with Capex/Expense project accounting in technology portfolios
Experience in retail, apparel, or consumer-facing technology organizations
Exposure to PMO or TMO operating models, portfolio health reporting, and QP governance ceremonies

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in technology portfolio governance, demand and capacity management, and resource planning, with a strong focus on Agile methodologies and financial tracking using Clarity and Jira. Proven ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership and manage vendor operations within large-scale enterprise environments.

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