Technology Portfolio & Delivery Leader

Reason Foundation; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 195,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

6% 401(k) match

Flexible time off

Health and dental plans

Wellness and mental health support

Job summary

Stand Together, Arlington, VA, seeks a Technology Portfolio & Delivery Leader to shape how technology investments are prioritized and delivered across the enterprise. The role builds a modern, AI-enabled portfolio, aligning strategy to execution and driving measurable value.

You will partner with senior leaders to transform workflows, remove barriers, and empower teams to deliver their greatest contributions, driving transformation and responsible innovation at scale.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading technology portfolios, enterprise delivery functions, or large-scale technology transformation across complex, multi-team organizations.

Responsibilities

• Shape Enterprise Technology Strategy by aligning investments, priorities, roadmaps, and delivery commitments with objectives and outcomes.
• Drive investment and capacity decisions with transparent prioritization and resource allocation models.
• Transform the technology customer experience with an AI-enabled intake and work management capability.
• Lead enterprise delivery excellence by improving portfolio, program, project, and agile practices.
• Champion AI and innovation to enhance planning, forecasting, reporting, and delivery effectiveness.
• Enable data-driven leadership with integrated demand, capacity, and delivery performance views.
• Simplify operations by challenging legacy processes and coordinating with architecture, security, and tech teams.

Skills

Enterprise technology leadership

Strategic portfolio management

Executive collaboration

AI & automation awareness

Transformation leadership

Job description

Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems, from education to the economy, broken communities, and toxic division, among dozens of other pressing issues. We provide our partners with access to resources including funding, thought leadership, a network of peers, and a playbook for applying proven principles to transform lives and society.

As the Technology Portfolio & Delivery Leader, you will serve as a key member of the Technology Leadership Team, shaping how technology investments are prioritized, resources are allocated, and solutions are delivered across the enterprise. This is a unique opportunity to build a modern, AI-enabled portfolio and delivery capability that connects technology strategy to execution, accelerates innovation, and drives measurable business value.

We're seeking a strategic, entrepreneurial leader who challenges conventional approaches, brings fresh thinking to complex challenges, and knows how to turn competing priorities into clear decisions and meaningful outcomes. You'll partner with senior business and technology leaders to transform workflows across the organization, remove barriers to execution, and empower teams to deliver their greatest contributions.

How You Will Contribute

• Shape Enterprise Technology Strategy: Lead enterprise portfolio management, aligning technology investments, business priorities, product roadmaps, and delivery commitments with organizational objectives and measurable outcomes.
• Drive Investment and Capacity Decisions: Establish transparent prioritization and resource allocation models that balance operational needs, continuous improvement, foundational investments, and strategic transformation.
• Transform the Technology Customer Experience: Design and lead a unified, AI-enabled technology intake and work management capability that simplifies how business partners request services, routes work efficiently and establishes clear ownership and accountability.
• Lead Enterprise Delivery Excellence: Establish and evolve portfolio, program, project, and agile delivery practices that improve execution, manage dependencies, and create greater visibility into commitments and results.
• Champion AI and Innovation: Leverage AI, intelligent automation, and modern work management technologies to improve planning, forecasting, reporting, decision-making, and delivery effectiveness.
• Enable Data-Driven Leadership: Create an integrated view of enterprise demand, capacity, priorities, investments, and delivery performance that enables informed executive decisions without unnecessary administrative complexity.
• Simplify and Strengthen Operations: Challenge legacy processes, streamline governance, standardize repeatable services, and partner across architecture, security, and technology teams to accelerate delivery while managing risk.
• Lead Through Influence and Empowerment: Build trusted executive partnerships, navigate competing priorities, and develop high-performing portfolio and delivery teams that embrace ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

What You Will Bring

• Significant experience leading technology portfolios, enterprise delivery functions, or large-scale technology transformation across complex, multi-team organizations.
• Strong strategic judgment and business acumen, with demonstrated success connecting technology investments, capacity, and execution to measurable business outcomes.
• Deep expertise in enterprise portfolio management, resource planning, program and project delivery, and agile or product-based operating models.
• Proven ability to design and improve technology operating models, streamline processes, and lead meaningful organizational change.
• Experience applying AI, automation, and modern technology platforms to improve business processes, decision-making, and delivery effectiveness.
• Executive-level communication and influence skills, with the ability to challenge assumptions, navigate ambiguity, and build alignment across diverse stakeholders.
• An entrepreneurial, principle-based leadership approach grounded in intellectual curiosity, sound judgment, collaboration, and a commitment to creating value for others.
• Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Together's vision and principled approach to solving problems, and a commitment to stewarding our culture, which champions values including transformation and innovation, entrepreneurialism, humility, and respect.

Standout Candidates Will Bring

• Enterprise Transformation Experience: A track record of building or reinventing technology portfolios and delivery capabilities that fundamentally improve organizational performance.
• Strategic Thought Leadership: Experience influencing enterprise technology investment strategies, prioritization, and capacity decisions at the executive level.
• AI-Forward Innovation: Demonstrated success leveraging AI, intelligent automation, or emerging technologies to transform portfolio management, planning, or enterprise delivery.
• Builder's Mentality: The ability to challenge traditional PMO models, introduce innovative approaches, and create scalable, outcome-focused ways of working.
• Product and Platform Expertise: Experience aligning product-led delivery, enterprise platforms, shared services, and strategic transformation initiatives in complex technology environments.

What We Offer

• Competitive benefits: Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace.
• A meaningful career: Join a passionate community of over 1,400 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges.
• Commitment to growth: Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop and apply their unique talents.

Our Values: Working for an organization within the Stand Together philanthropic community is different from many other places. The culture is deeply rooted in Principle Based Management (PBM), a framework guided by the principles that drive human progress, such as dignity, openness, and bottom-up empowerment. PBM empowers employees to be entrepreneurial, to innovate, and to continually drive transformation.

We believe diversity fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. That is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, and respect.

195000 - 235000 USD a year

For this role, the anticipated base salary range is $195,000–$235,000 per year. This role may also be eligible for additional bonus compensation designed to align total compensation with an employee’s overall contribution to the organization.

Our Principles-Based Management (PBM) compensation philosophy is grounded in an individualized approach that rewards the long-term value each person creates for the organization. Compensation decisions are informed by a variety of factors, including relevant experience, capabilities, demonstrated skills, role responsibilities, and expected contribution. Consistent with this approach, base salary may vary within or outside of the anticipated range based on these considerations.