Information Technology Enterprise Project Portfolio Manager
About the role
North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) provides vital wholesale water, wastewater and solid waste management services to more than two million people who call North Texas their home. Our culture is deeply ingrained in our core values of Integrity, Trust, Respect, Unity, Service, and Teamwork (ITRUST). Employees feel a sense of purpose and have a daily opportunity to make a positive impact on the cities we serve by helping to provide services that residents and businesses need to thrive. NTMWD offers an array of excellent benefits, including comprehensive health and wellness packages, generous paid time off, professional development opportunities, and a robust pension plan to help secure employees’ financial future.
Responsibilities
- Aligns portfolio execution with long‑term enterprise technology roadmaps and strategic initiatives.
- Manages portfolio‑level budgets, forecasts, and investment trade‑off analysis.
- Supports portfolio investment decisions through data‑driven analysis and scenario planning.
- Supports governance processes to ensure projects align with strategic objectives and funding constraints.
- Participates in and may facilitate enterprise portfolio governance forums and executive review sessions.
- Defines, updates, and enforces portfolio standards, metrics, and reporting across projects.
- Provides executive‑level reporting on project and portfolio health, risks, dependencies, and performance.
- Partners with business and IT leaders to manage dependencies and resolve conflicts across the portfolio.
- Proactively identifies and mitigates risks and issues at both project and portfolio levels.
- Manages end‑to‑end delivery of complex IT and business projects from initiation through closure.
- Applies PMI best practices to manage scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, and communications.
- Develops and maintains integrated project and portfolio plans, schedules, and financial forecasts.
- Leads cross‑functional change coordination efforts to support successful adoption of enterprise initiatives.
- Utilizes enterprise PPM tools (such as Smartsheet, Airtable, or similar platforms) to manage projects, portfolios, resources, and reporting.
- Integrates delivery data from tools such as Jira and Azure DevOps into enterprise PPM reporting.
- Serves as a system owner or power user for enterprise PPM tools.
- Mentors team members on project and portfolio management best practices.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Environmental and physical working conditions: driving a District vehicle for business is required; duties are generally performed in an office environment with sitting (up to 6 hours per day), frequent standing, walking, light to heavy lifting (up to 75 lbs.), light carrying, frequent bending and reaching, keyboarding, and telephone operation. The role may require an irregular work schedule and overtime hours, and involves manual dexterity, precision movements, continuous or repetitive arm and hand movements, grasping, occasional forceful exertion, and the ability to perceive/discriminate colors, sounds, odor, depth and visual cues.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, or a related field required.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification required.
- Seven (7) or more years of progressive project management experience required.
- Demonstrated experience managing enterprise portfolios in addition to individual projects.
- Experience managing IT, digital, or enterprise system initiatives preferred.
- Valid Texas Driver’s License required.