Strategic IT Relationship & Portfolio Leader

Mindlance; Wall Township (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Mindlance is seeking a Business Relationship Manager to lead the IT PMO’s portfolio strategy for a regulated gas utility in New Jersey. The role partners with IT and business executives to translate strategies into a multi-year investment roadmap, shape demand, and ensure disciplined governance and value realization.

The BRM collaborates with IT leadership, Finance, and Procurement to optimize investments, drive AI opportunities, and measure outcomes across the portfolio lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical subject.
• 10+ years of experience in enterprise IT leadership spanning business relationship management, portfolio/demand management, program delivery, and executive stakeholder engagement.
• Demonstrated success leading strategic portfolios including multi-year roadmaps, investment governance, and value realization, as well as influencing investment decisions at the executive level; experience in the utility/energy industry.

Responsibilities

• Build and sustain trusted relationships with executives and senior leaders, serving as the primary IT strategic partner and escalation point for the client portfolio.
• Translate functional strategies into a multi-year technology investment roadmap, defining target outcomes, sequencing, dependencies, and trade-offs.
• Lead portfolio governance processes, partnering with business and IT executives to define priorities, approve investments, and manage trade-offs across capacity, cost, risk, and value.
• Own and challenge business case development to ensure enterprise alignment, financial rigor (TCO/ROI), delivery feasibility, and clear benefit definition and realization measures.
• Drive value realization across the lifecycle—from intake and discovery through delivery handoff and post implementation measurement.

Skills

Strategic partnership

Portfolio governance

Executive stakeholder management

Demand shaping

Value realization

Financial acumen

PMO leadership

AI/Automation awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical subject

Tools

IBM Maximo

Clevest

SAP S4/Hana

C4C

Emarsys

GIS

LocusView

AMR

Job description

Mindlance is seeking a Business Relationship Manager to lead the IT PMO’s portfolio strategy for a regulated gas utility in New Jersey. The role partners with IT and business executives to translate strategies into a multi-year investment roadmap, shape demand, and ensure disciplined governance and value realization.

The BRM collaborates with IT leadership, Finance, and Procurement to optimize investments, drive AI opportunities, and measure outcomes across the portfolio lifecycle.