Billrate: ***/Hr
Nearshore Only (e.g., Canada, Mexico, or Latin America)
The Portfolio Manager supports the Director, PMO / Portfolio Governance by managing the operating cadence, data, reporting, and governance routines required to run the Digital portfolio effectively. This role coordinates portfolio planning, demand intake, investment prioritization, financial governance, forecasting, resource and capacity planning, benefits tracking, value realization, risk and dependency visibility, and executive portfolio reporting. The Portfolio Manager serves as the operational single source of truth for portfolio performance and enables leadership to make transparent, data-driven trade-off decisions across cost, capacity, risk, strategic alignment, and business outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Portfolio Planning & Investment Prioritization (30%) Build and maintain the portfolio roadmap, initiative inventory, and planning calendar. Apply consistent prioritization criteria across strategic value, cost, risk, capacity, dependencies, and expected benefits. Prepare leadership decision materials that support transparent sequencing and trade-off discussions.
Demand Management & Capacity Planning (20%) Operate intake for new demand by capturing, qualifying, sizing, and staging requests through a consistent process. Produce demand and capacity views that identify resource constraints, skill gaps, timing conflicts, and delivery risks.
Financial Governance & Forecasting (20%) Manage portfolio budget visibility, funding requests, forecast updates, variance analysis, capital and operating expense tracking, and adherence to financial controls and approval thresholds. Partner with Finance and delivery owners to improve forecast accuracy and spend transparency.
Portfolio Performance, Risk & Benefits Reporting (20%) Monitor initiative health, delivery progress, financial performance, risks, issues, dependencies, and benefit realization. Prepare dashboards and executive reports that summarize portfolio performance, decisions needed, escalations, and strategic recommendations.
Stakeholder Engagement & Continuous Improvement (10%) Collaborate with business leaders, Finance, Enterprise Architecture, delivery teams, analysts, and governance partners to improve portfolio routines, tools, reporting standards, templates, and lessons learned. Provide guidance to portfolio analysts, project managers, and junior team members as needed.
Measurable Success Criteria
The Portfolio Manager will be measured on the ability to create a trusted, repeatable portfolio management operating rhythm; improve demand, financial, capacity, and benefits visibility; and provide leadership with clear, decision-ready portfolio insights.
Qualifications
Required
Bachelor s degree or equivalent experience in business, finance, information technology, project management, or a related discipline.
5+ years of experience in portfolio management, PMO, strategic program delivery, finance, investment planning, business operations, or related disciplines.
Experience supporting portfolio governance, intake management, prioritization, resource planning, financial tracking, executive reporting, or benefits tracking.
Strong financial acumen, including budgeting, forecasting, business case development, variance management, capital planning, and cost-benefit analysis.
Strong analytical and reporting skills with the ability to assess portfolio performance, delivery health, risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and financial trends.
Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and executive presentation skills.
Ability to translate complex portfolio, financial, and delivery information into clear insights, decision points, and leadership recommendations.
Understanding of Agile and traditional delivery methodologies.
Preferred
Manufacturing or global enterprise experience.
Experience with ServiceNow SPM, Planview, Clarity, Jira Align, Microsoft Project, Power BI, Excel, or comparable portfolio, reporting, and collaboration tools.
PMP, PfMP, PgMP, SAFe, ITIL, COBIT, or equivalent portfolio, project, governance, finance, or risk management certification.
Experience supporting executive governance forums, portfolio review boards, annual planning cycles, or investment prioritization processes.
Leadership Competencies
Portfolio Governance " Strategic Prioritization " Financial Discipline " Demand and Capacity Management " Executive-Ready Communication " Data-Driven Decision Support " Cross-Functional Collaboration " Structured Problem Solving " Continuous Improvement
Success Definition
Success in this role means Digital has a trusted, transparent, and repeatable portfolio management discipline that enables leaders to understand what is being requested, what is approved, what is funded, what is at risk, what capacity is available, and what business value is being realized. The Portfolio Manager helps ensure portfolio decisions are data-driven, financially disciplined, strategically aligned, and connected to measurable outcomes.
EEO:
Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.