Senior Manager Product Portfolio Management & Business Agility
About the role
Lead and oversee the product portfolio management team, driving the identification, development and delivery of end-to-end solutions that align with business objectives and strategic priorities. The Senior Manager is a people leader role, leading and overseeing portfolio management and business agility functions and leading people leaders and individual contributors. Responsible for driving the evolution of lean portfolio management, business agility, and product management practices across the organization to help realize enterprise vision and strategy.
Responsibilities
- Advance lean portfolio management practices that improve strategic sequencing, prioritization transparency, and executive decision readiness
- Lead and mature the business agility / agile coaching practice across cross-functional teams
- Drive the evolution of product management practices from project-centric toward product and business capabilities
- Partner with business, product, and technology leaders to align portfolio delivery with organizational outcomes and member value
- Mature lean portfolio management practices by strengthening portfolio governance, strategic decision enablement including trade-offs, and executive transparency
- Facilitate the transformation to agile delivery models, product management evolution to integrate business capabilities
- Serve as a strategic partner, fostering collaboration, organizational alignment, operational excellence, and continuous improvement
- Act as a key liaison between business units and technology teams, ensuring alignment of product strategy and organizational goals
Requirements
Advanced hands-on experience leading lean portfolio transformation and/or business product operating model evolution in a large enterprise environment
Expert understanding of lean portfolio management, product management, business agility, and capability-based planning practices
Proven experience leading, developing, and coaching a team of leaders and individual contributors, strengthening product management and strategic capabilities
Proven ability to translate business strategy into product strategies, roadmaps, and measurable outcomes aligned to enterprise priorities
Ability to communicate strategic direction, tradeoffs, and business impact clearly to a variety of audiences, including executive, to influence decision making
Advanced hands-on experience influencing organizational change across business and technology organizations
Experience working directly with technical teams in an agile software development environment
Demonstrated experience partnering with senior stakeholders to influence alignment, build consensus, and drive coordinated execution across business and technology teams
Advanced analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills; ability to use data and metrics to drive decisions
Experience in financial planning, resource management, and operational oversight
Track record of managing competing priorities and driving outcomes in fast paced, ambiguous, and highly matrixed environments
Knowledge of industry trends, regulatory requirements, and best practices in product and portfolio management
Knowledge of Navy Federal’s functions, philosophy, operations, and organizational objectives
Relevant certifications (eg, PMP, SAFe, Lean Portfolio Management)
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Finance, or related field (Master’s degree preferred)
Desired Qualifications
- Knowledge of Navy Federal’s functions, philosophy, operations, and organizational objectives
- Relevant certifications (eg, PMP, SAFe, Lean Portfolio Management)
About Navy Federal
Navy Federal provides much more than a job. We provide a meaningful career experience, including a culture that is energized, engaged and committed; and fierce appreciation for our teams, who are rewarded with highly competitive pay and generous benefits and perks.
We are proud to be recognized as one of the top employers in the country, including being named to Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For® 2026, Newsweek’s Most Trustworthy Companies in America 2026, and Military Times’ Best for Vets Employers 2025.
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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, sex, color, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or any other basis protected by applicable law.
Disclaimers
Navy Federal reserves the right to fill this role at a higher/lower grade level based on business need. An assessment may be required to compete for this position. Job postings are subject to close early or extend out longer than the anticipated closing date at the hiring team’s discretion based on qualified applicant volume.