Strategic IT Portfolio & Governance Lead

Paragon Technology Group; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Paragon Technology Group seeks an experienced portfolio manager to maintain the C4/IT investment inventory and update the MSC N6 strategic roadmap quarterly. You will develop tailored roadmap views for leadership and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to validate data and understand portfolio impacts.

The role requires a related bachelor’s degree, seven years of relevant federal/defense IT experience, and strong Excel/PowerPoint proficiency. PMP certification is preferred.

Qualifications

• Related bachelor’s degree and at least seven years of relevant experience.
• Background in federal, defense, IT or mission analysis and portfolio, project, governance or strategic planning work is expected.
• Excel and PowerPoint skills are required.
• PMP Certification is preferred

Responsibilities

• Maintain the C4/IT investment inventory by tracking current and planned investments, strategic goals, dependencies, estimated schedules, milestones, policy drivers, and stakeholder-directed priorities.
• Update the MSC N6 strategic roadmap on a quarterly basis, including changes to investments, schedules, milestones, strategic guidance, and dependencies.
• Develop tailored roadmap views for leadership and stakeholder audiences, including views by investment type, supporting branch, modernization area, communication system, or other portfolio category.
• Coordinate with MSC N6 staff, program managers, internal departments, and external stakeholders to validate investment data and understand portfolio impacts.
• Monitor DoD, DON, and MSC policy changes that may affect existing investments, investment dependencies, roadmap priorities, or required governance actions.
• Facilitate roadmap review processes using document review forms, comment trackers, change request logs, decision records, and follow-up action tracking.
• Schedule and support formal review meetings to obtain approval of roadmap products and communicate approved roadmap content to stakeholders.
• Prepare C4/IT investment management review agendas, minutes, briefs, and supporting analyses on a quarterly or as-needed basis.
• Analyze C4/IT programs, projects, and requirements against the roadmap to support prioritization and investment recommendations.
• Prepare recommendations for capabilities to be funded and for investments that should continue, accelerate, be modified, or be suspended.
• Develop evaluation criteria for investment alignment using mission need, business value, performance, risk, and expected benefit factors.
• Conduct reviews and assessments of PfM strategies, governance structures, policies, procedures, and processes to improve portfolio maturity.
• Prepare justification statements and requirements package documentation to support NWCF, TWCF, RDT&E, OPN, and OMN resource decisions.
• Develop and maintain portfolio metrics, benchmarks, dashboards, and performance trackers for MSC leadership, portfolio managers, and program managers.
• Support acquisition and portfolio planning by preparing briefing packages, white papers, supporting analyses, risk assessments, and stakeholder decision materials.
• Coordinate across internal and external stakeholders to document risks, issues, decisions, proposed mitigations, and program progress.

Skills

Facilitation

Stakeholder management

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Seven years of relevant experience

PMP Certification

Tools

SharePoint

Tableau

Dataverse

Power BI

MS Project

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Paragon Technology Group seeks an experienced portfolio manager to maintain the C4/IT investment inventory and update the MSC N6 strategic roadmap quarterly. You will develop tailored roadmap views for leadership and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to validate data and understand portfolio impacts.

The role requires a related bachelor’s degree, seven years of relevant federal/defense IT experience, and strong Excel/PowerPoint proficiency. PMP certification is preferred.