Portfolio Manager

The Intersect Group

Atlanta, GA

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JOB DETAILS

SKILLS

Applications Security, Budgeting, Business Case, Capacity Management, Communication Skills, Establish Priorities, Follow Through, Forecasting, Funding, Hyperion Pillar, Information Technology & Information Systems, Investment Management, Leadership, Organizational Skills, Performance Metrics, Process Improvement, Project Management Professional (PMP), Reporting Dashboards, Stewardship, Technical Leadership, Trade-Off Analysis, Value At Risk (VaR), Variance Analysis

LOCATION

Atlanta, GA

POSTED

30+ days ago

ROLE SUMMARY

The Intersect Group is seeking an IT Portfolio Manager to lead a pillar portfolio of enterprise technology initiatives and serve as a trusted advisor to senior IT leadership. This role operates at the portfolio level, turning delivery complexity into decision ready insights, clear recommendations, and actionable outcomes that protect executive time and drive follow through.

In this role, you will own portfolio shaping, prioritization, financial stewardship, and executive decision enablement. Success is achieved through influence rather than authority, orchestrating work across PMO and non PMO efforts, translating execution into clarity for leadership, and ensuring commitments result in delivered value.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Own and manage a pillar level portfolio of enterprise initiatives from intake through outcomes, maintaining a single executive ready source of truth
Prepare concise executive pre reads and decision packets with clear recommendations, options, risks, tradeoffs, and decision requirements
Serve as a day to day portfolio advisor to senior IT leadership, running portfolio cadences and decision agendas
Drive intake discipline by ensuring initiatives are defined with outcomes, sponsors, business cases, costs, capacity assumptions, and approvals
Facilitate prioritization and sequencing based on value, strategic alignment, dependencies, fiscal timing, and capacity
Identify and manage cross initiative dependencies, risks, and resource constraints, escalating with mitigation and decision options
Translate portfolio, financial, and delivery data into plain language insights leaders can act on quickly
Track value delivery and benefits realization, recommending course corrections, de scopes, or stops when value is at risk

KEY REQUIREMENTS

8 to 12 years of experience in IT portfolio management, PMO leadership, or enterprise program environments
Proven experience supporting VP and CIO level leaders with executive decision packets and governance cadences
Strong expertise in portfolio prioritization, sequencing, dependency management, and capacity based planning
Demonstrated financial stewardship including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and funding tradeoffs
Experience working across infrastructure, applications, security, data, and vendor led initiatives
Exceptional executive communication skills with the ability to synthesize complex detail into clear recommendations
Strong influence skills and the ability to operate effectively without direct authority
Highly organized, disciplined, and proactive with strong stakeholder management capabilities

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

PMP, PgMP, or PfMP certification
Experience building and operating executive facing portfolio dashboards and KPI frameworks
Background in large scale enterprise or matrixed environments
Track record of improving portfolio processes, simplifying governance, and increasing adoption

About the Company

The Intersect Group

The Intersect Group is a different and better business partner. We create unparalleled value for our clients by combining industry-leading Consulting capabilities with comprehensive Staffing and recruitment services. Clients trust us to deliver results based on our deep expertise and proven resources within finance, accounting, and information technology. Through our flexible delivery approach, you get the right solution, at the right time to accelerate your success and achieve all of your mission-critical objectives.

COMPANY SIZE

500 to 999 employees

INDUSTRY

Staffing/Employment Agencies

FOUNDED

2006

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