Portfolio Manager – PMO & IT Governance

Role Overview

• Monitor and steer portfolio performance across cost, value, risk, and delivery
• Ensure the completeness and currency of project and portfolio reporting
• Validate portfolio-level reporting and notify senior leadership of availability
• Present accurate views of project progress, health, risks, and ongoing challenges
• Manage portfolio and project processes to maximize throughput of selected projects
• Align and prioritize the portfolio with organizational strategic objectives
• Support prioritization based on impact, strategic value, and resource availability
• Assist business and technology leaders in articulating and shaping new project ideas (intake)
• Forecast future resource capacity and report on current resource utilization
• Identify, assess, and manage dependencies and risks across initiatives
• Coordinate mitigations and escalations, integrating impacts into portfolio decisions
• Strengthen project management standards, methodologies, and governance across the portfolio
• Establish clear processes for intake, prioritization, reporting, and evaluation
• Provide guidance and support to project managers and ensure consistent documentation and performance tracking
• Support governance for technology investments and project approvals
• Prepare portfolio reports, dashboards, and briefings for leadership decisions
• Facilitate governance meetings and ensure follow-up on decisions and actions
• Work closely with technology leaders, project managers, and business stakeholders to ensure alignment and transparency
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration between technology teams and business units
• Represent the PMO in steering committees and PMO forums; promote portfolio and project management best practices

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in project and/or portfolio management within technology/IT environments
• Demonstrated ability to manage a technology portfolio, including prioritization, dependency and risk management, and benefit/value tracking
• Strong financial and analytical skills for portfolio performance (cost, value, risk, delivery) and resource capacity planning
• Proficiency with portfolio and reporting tools (e.g., a PPM solution such as MS Project/Project Online or equivalent, ClickUp/Azure DevOps, and Power BI/Excel for dashboards)
• Solid understanding of project/portfolio governance frameworks and the ability to implement standards across teams
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills, including presenting to senior leadership
• High attention to detail with a disciplined approach to data quality and reporting accuracy
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Tech Stack

• Azure

Benefits

• 30 vacation days yearly
• Regional transportation ticket
• Cross-cultural collaboration and networking opportunities
• Work-life balance with hybrid working structure
• Once a year in-person get together with global FSC staff