Strategic Application Portfolio Leader

HDR; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 100,408 - 143,440; Full time

Job summary

HDR is seeking a Senior Application Portfolio Manager to oversee the health, performance, and strategic alignment of the digital delivery program across Bentley Portfolio products. You will lead roadmap planning, annual planning, and cross-functional coordination with business units, vendors, and corporate technology teams.

The role requires strategic leadership to drive governance, release management, licensing, security, and portfolio metrics.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years IT experience with managing multiple concurrent projects
• Experience managing and developing staff with direct reporting relationships (5+ years)
• Experience working with business users to establish priorities and manage expectations
• Excellent client service, interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong verbal and written communication under tight delivery schedules
• Engineering/Construction background is a plus
• Active participant in employee-owned culture is a must

Responsibilities

• Establish, negotiate and maintain business partnerships with the vendor team to support major stakeholders and users
• Coordinate portfolio roadmaps, quarterly business reviews, and initiative tracking
• Serve as the primary point of contact for service providers and facilitate stakeholder communications
• Lead cross-functional teams from corporate technology, user communities, and vendor partners
• Establish consistent processes for annual planning, usage data tracking, portfolio assessments, and reporting
• Provide oversight for product administration functions, including licensing, procurement, security, and release management
• Ensure governance standards, best practices, and compliance requirements are met across the portfolio
• Support product nurturing activities such as training, integration, technical support, automation, and user experience improvements
• Develop KPIs, reporting measures, and performance dashboards for portfolio monitoring
• Drive cross-functional collaboration to enhance technology portfolio performance and reliability

Skills

Application lifecycle management

Governance

Software portfolio management

IT operations processes

Stakeholder collaboration

Process standardization

Business analysis

Enterprise architecture

Technology governance

Data analytics

Business intelligence

Automation tools

AI-enabled capabilities

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or closely related field

Tools

Bentley Suite

Autodesk

Esri

Trimble products

Job description

HDR is seeking a Senior Application Portfolio Manager to oversee the health, performance, and strategic alignment of the digital delivery program across Bentley Portfolio products. You will lead roadmap planning, annual planning, and cross-functional coordination with business units, vendors, and corporate technology teams.

The role requires strategic leadership to drive governance, release management, licensing, security, and portfolio metrics.