Director of Strategic Portfolio Management and PMO

About the role

General Purpose And Scope Of Position The Director of Strategic Portfolio Management & PMO leads the Office of Information Technology project portfolio and directly manages select high-priority technology projects and programs. This working director partners with the CIO, OIT leaders, and project teams to align initiatives with institutional priorities, establish clear priorities, improve delivery, manage cross-team dependencies, and provide leadership with timely visibility into progress, risks, resource needs, and upcoming decisions. The Director will build a collaborative, service-oriented PMO while remaining actively engaged in project planning and execution. Supervision Received: Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer (CIO). Supervision Given: This position currently has no direct reports. Provides leadership through influence, facilitation, project direction, and portfolio governance.

Responsibilities

• Step into complex or at-risk projects when additional structure, coordination, or leadership is needed.
• Facilitate project teams, steering committees, and cross-functional working groups to move work from planning through implementation and transition.
• Develop and manage project charters, scope, schedules, budgets, resource plans, risks, issues, decisions, and stakeholder communications for assigned initiatives.
• Directly lead select high-priority, enterprise technology projects and programs sponsored by the CIO.
• Lead and maintain the OIT portfolio of strategic initiatives and major projects.
• Establish a consistent process for project intake, evaluation, prioritization, sequencing, and review.
• Partner with OIT leadership to align technology work with institutional priorities and available capacity.
• Develop and maintain an OIT roadmap showing major initiatives, milestones, dependencies, and resource needs.
• Create concise portfolio dashboards and executive reporting on progress, risks, decisions, and capacity.
• Identify cross-team dependencies, competing priorities, and barriers that require leadership action.
• Establish practical project management standards, tools, templates, and expectations.
• Coach and support project sponsors, project managers, and delivery teams in planning and execution.
• Facilitate portfolio reviews and ensure decisions, owners, and follow-up actions are clear.
• Build and continuously improve a trusted, service-oriented PMO function.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Pay

HIRING RANGE: $85,000 - $95,000