Strategic IT Portfolio Lead

Vertiv Corporation; Westerville (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertiv Corporation, based in Westerville, Ohio, seeks an IT PMO Portfolio Manager to lead governance, prioritization, and optimization of the IT portfolio. You will align technology investments with business strategy, manage dashboards, and report to executives across the organization.

The role requires 7+ years in IT portfolio governance or program management, strong stakeholder management, and experience across waterfall, agile, and hybrid delivery. Office-based with travel potential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, business, project management, finance, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in IT portfolio management, governance, or program management.
• Strong understanding of portfolio governance, investment prioritization, business case evaluation, risk management, and benefits tracking.
• Experience working with senior leaders to support strategic planning, funding decisions, and cross-functional prioritization.
• Demonstrated ability to build dashboards, governance reports, and executive-level presentations that translate complex data into clear decisions.
• Familiarity with project, program, and product delivery methods across waterfall, agile, and hybrid environments.
• Excellent facilitation, stakeholder management, communication, and decision-support skills.
• Certification in PMP, PgMP, Lean Six Sigma, or equivalent.
• Experience with enterprise portfolio management or PPM tools.
• Working knowledge of enterprise architecture, cybersecurity governance, data governance, and IT financial management.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trust, inspire collaboration, and navigate cultural and geographic diversity.
• This role is in the office 5 days per week with the potential for domestic/international travel upwards of 25% annually.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end IT portfolio governance process, including demand intake, business case review, prioritization, stage-gate reviews, exception handling, and portfolio reporting.
• Partner with executives and business stakeholders to align the IT portfolio with strategic objectives, investment constraints, and enterprise priorities.
• Facilitate governance bodies such as portfolio review boards, steering committees, and prioritization forums, ensuring decisions are documented and followed through.
• Maintain portfolio management standards, governance policies, decision criteria, templates, and controls that are clear, scalable, and fit for purpose.
• Monitor portfolio performance through KPIs, dashboards, and executive reports covering schedule, budget, benefits, capacity, dependencies, risks, and issue trends.
• Identify portfolio-level risks, bottlenecks, and cross-program dependencies, and elevate recommendations for corrective action or governance decisions.
• Support resource and capacity planning by highlighting constraints, demand conflicts, and sequencing options across the IT change portfolio.
• Promote portfolio transparency and decision quality by improving data standards, governance discipline, and reporting accuracy across the organization.

Skills

Governance processes

Stakeholder management

Executive communications

Decision-support skills

Delivery methods awareness

Team facilitation

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven reporting

Business case evaluation

Risk management

Global/diverse environment experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT, business, PM, finance or related field

PMP/PgMP/Lean Six Sigma certification

Tools

PPM tools

Job description

Vertiv Corporation, based in Westerville, Ohio, seeks an IT PMO Portfolio Manager to lead governance, prioritization, and optimization of the IT portfolio. You will align technology investments with business strategy, manage dashboards, and report to executives across the organization.

The role requires 7+ years in IT portfolio governance or program management, strong stakeholder management, and experience across waterfall, agile, and hybrid delivery. Office-based with travel potential.