Enterprise PMO Portfolio Manager

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Job Description:

At Regions, the Enterprise PMO Portfolio Manager serves in a critical leadership role within the Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) and is responsible for governing the enterprise portfolio of strategic initiatives and investments. This role provides oversight across business, operational, regulatory, risk, and technology initiatives, ensuring investments are aligned to enterprise strategy, organizational capacity, and expected business outcomes. Additionally, this role partners closely with executive leadership to facilitate prioritization, investment governance, resource planning, benefits realization, and portfolio performance management.

Primary Responsibilities

Leads enterprise portfolio management activities, including demand intake, initiative evaluation, prioritization, governance, resource planning, and portfolio optimization

Monitors project health and delivery practices, offering strategic direction, challenges, and corrective recommendations to ensure successful outcomes

Partners with business and technology leaders to align strategic initiatives and investments with organizational objectives, priorities, and available resources

Facilitates investment governance processes and provides recommendations regarding initiative prioritization, funding allocation, sequencing, and investment decisions

Establishes and maintains portfolio governance standards, methodologies, performance measures, reporting frameworks, and decision-making processes

Develops and maintains integrated portfolio roadmaps that provide visibility into strategic initiatives, milestones, dependencies, investment performance, and expected outcomes

Leads enterprise demand management and capacity planning activities to balance resource availability with organizational priorities and investment needs

Assesses and manages portfolio-level risks, resource conflicts, competing priorities, and cross-functional dependencies that may impact strategic objectives

Facilitates portfolio governance reviews and executive discussions by providing analysis, recommendations, and visibility into portfolio health and performance

Produces executive-level reporting, dashboards, and analytics that support informed decision-making, strategic planning, and investment oversight

Assesses organizational change impacts across initiatives and support sequencing, prioritization, and adoption readiness decisions to maximize successful outcomes

Drives continuous improvement of portfolio management practices, governance processes, performance measurement frameworks, and value realization methodologies

Ensures compliance with organizational policies, regulatory requirements, risk management standards, cybersecurity expectations, and industry best practices

This position is exempt from timekeeping requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act and is not eligible for overtime pay.

This position is incentive eligible.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Information Technology, Organizational Leadership, Project Management, or related field and ten (10) years of experience in portfolio management, strategic planning, program management, business transformation or related discipline

Or Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting or related field and eight (8) years of directly related experience at a top tier consulting firm (e.g., McKinsey and Company, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Bain, Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Ernst and Young (EY), etc.)

Or High School Diploma or GED and fourteen (14) years of experience in portfolio management, strategic planning, program management, business transformation or related discipline

Three (3) years of experience leading teams and/or managing portfolio, program, or project management professionals

Experience supporting enterprise governance forums and executive-level decision-making

Experience with portfolio financial management, investment analysis, and budget forecasting

Experience working in large, matrixed organizations with complex portfolios and competing priorities

Preferences

Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA), Finance, Organizational Leadership, Information Technology, or related field

Applicable change management certifications (e.g., Prosci, Certified Change Management Professional (CCMP), etc.)

Applicable project management certifications (e.g., Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Project Management Institute Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), Program Management Professional (PgMP), Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP), SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), SAFe Agilist, etc.)

Experience establishing or transforming enterprise portfolio management capabilities, governance frameworks, and operating models

Experience supporting business transformation, strategic execution, or organizational change initiatives

Skills and Competencies

Ability to align organizations, drive strategic execution, and lead enterprise change

Ability to create and deliver influential executive-level communications

Ability to effectively engage, influence, and build relationships with executive stakeholders

Ability to facilitate executive governance forums and investment decision-making discussions

Ability to manage competing priorities within a fast-paced, highly matrixed environment

Ability to think strategically and translate business objectives into actionable portfolio and project plans

Deep understanding of enterprise portfolio, program, and project management methodologies

Expertise in portfolio prioritization, capacity planning, and demand management

Proficiency with portfolio and work management tools (e.g., Clarity, Planview, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, Jira, or equivalent)

Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills

Strong emotional intelligence, collaboration, and interpersonal skills

Strong leadership, coaching, and team development skills

Strong risk management and governance expertise

Strong understanding of benefits realization and value management practices

Strong understanding of organizational change management and adop