Sr. Technology Portfolio Manager

Tenth Revolution Group; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenth Revolution Group is seeking a senior Engineering Business Operations & Portfolio Leader to advise the Engineering COO and leadership team. You will own the book of work, portfolio governance, annual planning, and capacity planning across the engineering organization.

In this high-visibility role you will translate complex engineering data into actionable business insights, develop executive dashboards, and align investments with strategic priorities.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in engineering business operations and portfolio management.
• Experience partnering with CTO/CIO/COO and senior technology leaders.
• Strong understanding of engineering planning, governance, and capacity planning.
• Experience leading large-scale cross-functional technology transformation programs.
• Financial acumen including budgeting, forecasting, investment planning, ROI analysis.
• Ability to build executive dashboards, KPIs, scorecards, and reporting frameworks.
• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Own the Engineering Book of Work and portfolio management process.
• Lead annual planning, quarterly prioritization, and capacity planning.
• Align engineering investments with firm-wide strategic priorities.
• Maintain visibility into major initiatives, dependencies, delivery risks, and capacity.
• Partner with Engineering and business leaders to make informed trade-offs across priorities, funding, and resources.
• Develop executive dashboards and portfolio analytics covering delivery performance, capacity, engineering impact, and business value.
• Establish frameworks for measuring strategic alignment, execution, operational impact, and value realization across engineering investments.
• Lead execution of the organization's highest-priority, cross-functional technology initiatives.
• Establish program plans, milestones, governance, ownership, and success metrics.
• Coordinate execution across Engineering teams, business stakeholders, and executive leadership.
• Identify dependencies, remove execution barriers, and escal
• Lead strategic initiatives such as: AI transformation and productivity; Platform modernization; Enterprise tooling and developer experience; Technology planning and strategy; Organizational effectiveness.
• Establish the operating cadence for Engineering including leadership meetings, planning cycles, business reviews, and portfolio reviews.
• Prepare executive presentations, leadership updates, board materials, and strategic communications.
• Translate complex engineering data into clear, actionable business insights.
• Establish operating metrics, KPIs, executive scorecards, and performance reporting.
• Connect firm strategy to engineering priorities, investments, execution, and measurable business outcomes.
• Advise the Engineering COO and Leadership Team on execution, planning, organizational effectiveness, and operational performance.
• Partner with Finance on annual budget planning, forecasting, and variance management.
• Track technology investments, vendor spend, software contracts, contractor costs, and other expenditures.
• Develop capacity, funding, and investment models to support strategic decisions.
• Support business cases and investment proposals for major technology initiatives.
• Establish methods for measuring ROI, engineering productivity, business enablement, and value realization.
• Support engineering workforce planning and organizational design.
• Maintain visibility into headcount, hiring plans, skill gaps, staffing needs, and organizational capabilities.
• Partner with Engineering leaders on resource allocation and headcount planning.
• Analyze capacity, workload, and utilization to identify constraints and investment needs.
• Support talent planning, succession planning, and organizational growth strategies.
• Drive continuous improvement across Engineering planning, governance, reporting, and execution.
• Improve transparency and predictability across the engineering portfolio.
• Identify opportunities to simplify operating processes and improve organizational efficiency.
• Increase execution discipline, accountability, and decision-making across Engineering.
• Champion a data-driven approach to engineering operations, investment decisions, and portfolio management.

Skills

Portfolio management

Chief of Staff

Strategic program management

Executive communication

Data-driven decision making

Stakeholder management

Job description

Engineering Business Operations & Portfolio Leader

The Opportunity

We are seeking a senior leader to serve as a trusted advisor to the Engineering COO and Engineering Leadership Team, owning the business operations and portfolio management framework for the Engineering organization.

This is a high-visibility role that blends Chief of Staff, Portfolio Management, Strategic Program Delivery, and Business Operations responsibilities. The ideal candidate can move seamlessly between executive-level strategy and hands-on execution, bringing clarity to priorities, capacity, investments, delivery risks, and business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the Engineering Book of Work and overall portfolio management process.
• Lead annual planning, quarterly prioritization, and engineering capacity planning.
• Align engineering investments, resources, and delivery commitments with firm-wide strategic priorities.
• Maintain visibility into major initiatives, dependencies, delivery risks, resource constraints, and organizational capacity.
• Partner with Engineering and business leaders to make informed trade-offs across priorities, funding, and resources.
• Develop executive dashboards and portfolio analytics covering delivery performance, capacity, engineering impact, and business value.
• Establish frameworks for measuring strategic alignment, execution, operational impact, and value realization across engineering investments.

Strategic Program Delivery

• Lead execution of the organization's highest-priority, cross-functional technology initiatives.
• Establish program plans, milestones, governance, ownership, and success metrics.
• Coordinate execution across Engineering teams, business stakeholders, and executive leadership.
• Identify dependencies, remove execution barriers, and escal
• Lead strategic initiatives such as:
• AI transformation and productivity
• Platform modernization
• Enterprise tooling and developer experience
• Technology planning and strategy
• Organizational effectiveness

Business Operations & Executive Leadership

• Establish and manage the Engineering operating cadence, including leadership meetings, planning cycles, business reviews, and portfolio reviews.
• Prepare executive presentations, leadership updates, board materials, and strategic communications.
• Translate complex engineering data and delivery information into clear, actionable business insights.
• Establish operating metrics, KPIs, executive scorecards, and performance reporting.
• Connect firm strategy to engineering priorities, investments, execution, and measurable business outcomes.
• Advise the Engineering COO and Leadership Team on execution, planning, organizational effectiveness, and operational performance.
• Partner with Finance on annual budget planning, forecasting, and variance management.
• Track technology investments, vendor spend, software contracts, contractor costs, and other engineering expenditures.
• Develop capacity, funding, and investment models to support strategic decisions.
• Support business cases and investment proposals for major technology initiatives.
• Establish methods for measuring ROI, engineering productivity, business enablement, and value realization.

Workforce & Capacity Planning

• Support engineering workforce planning and organizational design.
• Maintain visibility into headcount, hiring plans, skill gaps, staffing needs, and organizational capabilities.
• Partner with Engineering leaders on resource allocation and headcount planning.
• Analyze capacity, workload, and utilization to identify constraints and investment needs.
• Support talent planning, succession planning, and organizational growth strategies.

Operational Excellence

• Drive continuous improvement across Engineering planning, governance, reporting, and execution.
• Improve transparency and predictability across the engineering portfolio.
• Identify opportunities to simplify operating processes and improve organizational efficiency.
• Increase execution discipline, accountability, and decision-making across Engineering.
• Champion a data-driven approach to engineering operations, investment decisions, and portfolio management.

What We're Looking For

• Significant experience in engineering business operations, technology portfolio management, strategic program management, Chief of Staff, or technology strategy roles.
• Experience partnering directly with CTO, CIO, COO, Engineering, or other senior technology executives.
• Strong understanding of engineering planning, portfolio governance, resource allocation, capacity planning, and delivery management.
• Experience managing large-scale, cross-functional technology transformation programs.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen, including technology budgeting, forecasting, investment planning, and ROI analysis.
• Ability to build executive-level dashboards, KPIs, scorecards, and reporting frameworks.
• Exceptional executive communication and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Ability to translate complex technical, financial, and operational information into clear recommendations for senior leadership.
• Comfortable operating in a fast‑moving environment where priorities, resources, and business needs continually evolve.