Enterprise Project and Portfolio Officer

Job Description And Duties Centralize project governance, policies, and decision-making authority. Establish and align investments with departmental strategic priorities. Ensure consistent compliance with control agency requirements. Improve accountability, transparency, and project outcomes. Enable data-driven portfolio optimization. Oversees DIR’s entire IT project portfolio, including high-impact, mission-critical initiatives. Prioritize, approve, and recommend funding allocations across the portfolio. Develops and enforces enterprise-wide project and portfolio governance policies and standards. Executive advisory support to the CIO on strategic investment decisions and risk management. Interaction with executive leadership and control agencies. You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement . Working Conditions The incumbent performs work in an open-spaced, partitioned office environment with an assigned office in Sacramento, CA. The office is climate-controlled with natural and artificial light. The incumbent works in an office setting or remotely from home as determined in the DIR Telework policy. Special Requirements All interested applicants are required to submit the Standard State Application (STD 678) and Statement of Qualification (SOQ). Within each response, include specific information as to how your professional experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities meet the qualifications and desirable qualifications of this position. Please limit your SOQ to a maximum of 3 pages, 12 point Arial font, and 1 inch margins. The SOQ should be numbered in the same order as the Statement of Qualification and should address each of the questions. Each response should be in their own paragraph(s). Applicants who do not follow these requirements shall be disqualified from the examination. Applicants who do not provide responses to the 3 specific questions below will be disqualified. Cover letters and resumes do not take the place of the SOQ. Describe your experience, including number of years , working on a major IT portfolio, investment, or resource decision you personally led at the executive or senior management level. Identify your authority, the competing business priorities, and the data-driven criteria used to evaluate value, risk, and capacity. Detail one project you approved, changed, or discontinued, how you overcame stakeholder disagreement, the measurable outcomes, and one thing you would do differently today based on results. Please provide an example(s) of your experience. Describe your experience, including the number of years , working an enterprise-level IT governance, portfolio, or policy change you personally led or substantially revised at the executive or senior management level. Identify the problem that made the change necessary, the deficiencies in the prior policy or process, and the specific provisions you personally developed. Describe the strongest objection raised by a stakeholder, how you evaluated it, and how the final decision was reached. Please provide an example(s) of your experience. Describe your experience, including the number of years, working on a difficult cross-organizational IT matter you personally led at the executive or senior management level, in which senior stakeholders had materially conflicting priorities. Identify your authority, the competing positions (without disclosing confidential information), and what was at risk if unresolved. Describe your analysis, your recommendation to executive leadership, and the actions you took to reach a decision. Please provide an example(s) of your experience. Applicants will also be evaluated on how clearly and concisely their qualifications were presented throughout the SOQ (including grammar and punctuation). Applications received without a Statement of Qualifcations shall be rejected. Application Instructions Completed applications and all required documents must be received or postmarked by the Final Filing Date in order to be considered. Dates printed on Mobile Bar Codes, such as the Quick Response (QR) Codes available at the USPS, are not considered Postmark dates for the purpose of determining timely filing of an application. Final Filing Date: 10/21/2026 Who May Apply Individuals who are eligible to be appointed to this Career Executive Assignment (CEA) by the State of California. How To Apply Complete Application Packages (including your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) and applicable or required documents) must be submitted to apply for this Job Posting. Application Packages may be submitted electronically through your CalCareer Account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov. When submitting your application in hard copy, a completed copy of the Application Package listing must be included. If you choose to not apply electronically, a hard copy application package may be submitted through an alternative method listed below: Address for Mailing Application Packages You may submit your application and any applicable or required documents to: Department of Industrial Relations Cert Mailing Address Sacramento Attn: Human Resources/Certs Unit 1416 9th Street, 13th Floor Sacramento , CA 95814 Address for Drop-Off Application Packages You may drop off your application and any applicable or required documents at: Department of Industrial Relations Cert Drop Off Address Sacramento Examinations Unit 1416 9th Street, 13th Floor Sacramento , CA 95814 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM Required Application Package Documents The following items are required to be submitted with your application. Applicants who do not submit the required items timely may not be considered for this job: Current version of the State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678 (when not applying electronically), or the Electronic State Employment Application through your Applicant Account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov. All Experience and Education relating to the Minimum Qualifications listed on the Classification Specification should be included to demonstrate how you meet the Minimum Qualifications for the position.Resume is required and must be included.Statement of Qualifications - A Statement of Qualification is required for this job posting. All applicants must follow the guideline listed on this job posting to be accepted for evaluation. Candidates who did not follow the direction outline may be disqualified. Other - Cover Letter, required. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodations for the hiring interview process must request the necessary accommodations if scheduled for a hiring interview. The request should be made at the time of contact to schedule the interview. Questions regarding reasonable accommodations may be directed to the EEO contact listed on this job posting. Equal Opportunity Employer The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation. It is an objective of the State of California to achieve a drug-free work place. Any applicant for state employment will be expected to behave in accordance with this objective because the use of illegal drugs is inconsistent with the law of the State, the rules governing Civil Service, and the special trust placed in public servants.