Strategic IT Portfolio Leader

Bernalillo County; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 82,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote & flex-work options

Health benefits

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Bernalillo County is seeking a Principal IT Project Manager for an in-person role at 415 Silver Ave SW. The department is Information Technology, supporting residents and businesses with a focus on work-life balance and flexible work options.

The position leads large IT portfolios, aligns with county objectives, and guides senior leaders on planning and resource allocation. The role requires a 10-year track record managing complex IT programs, along with PMP/PgMP/PfMP preferences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field.
• Ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience managing complex IT projects, programs, or portfolios in a comparably complex environment, including enterprise‑or county‑wide initiatives involving multiple stakeholders, systems, vendors, and organizational units.
• Any equivalent combination of related education and/or experience may be considered for the above requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for large-scale, multi-program IT portfolios, ensuring alignment with County-wide objectives and long-term technology planning.
• Define, implement, and oversee project, program, and portfolio management methodologies, standards, and processes across the IT department; ensure they are consistently adopted and continuously improved.
• Serve as the senior advisor to IT leadership on program and portfolio planning, organizational capacity, prioritization, risk posture, and resource allocation.
• Lead the intake, evaluation, and scoring of proposed technology initiatives; recommend prioritization decisions based on strategic value, risk, cost, feasibility, and organizational impact.
• Manage high-risk, politically visible, and complex initiatives that span multiple years, multiple departments, external partners, and vendor ecosystems—extending beyond the scale normally handled by Lead-level project managers.
• Provide situational leadership, direction, and technical mentorship to lower-level IT Project Managers on project and program delivery challenges, escalation handling, decision-making, and project recovery strategies.
• Act as the escalation point for governance, risk, and issue management across all IT-managed portfolios; lead cross-functional resolution efforts when challenges impact scope, budget, critical deadlines, or service delivery.
• Partner with business leadership to define technology-enabled business transformations, assess organizational readiness, and support adoption through stakeholder engagement, training strategies, and change management frameworks.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field

Job description

Bernalillo County is seeking a Principal IT Project Manager for an in-person role at 415 Silver Ave SW. The department is Information Technology, supporting residents and businesses with a focus on work-life balance and flexible work options.

The position leads large IT portfolios, aligns with county objectives, and guides senior leaders on planning and resource allocation. The role requires a 10-year track record managing complex IT programs, along with PMP/PgMP/PfMP preferences.