Technical Portfolio Manager - Principal 2

Portfolio Leadership & Planning

Lead the planning, structuring, and onboarding of large-scale technical portfolios encompassing multiple complex, interdependent initiatives.
Translate high-level strategic objectives into structured portfolio roadmaps, governance frameworks, and delivery plans.
Continuously evaluate portfolio health, prioritization, and alignment with evolving business and technology strategy.

Financial Oversight & Reporting

Provide oversight, guidance, and quality assurance for portfolio-level financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
Ensure accurate, timely, and executive-ready financial communication and reporting across all portfolio initiatives.
Partner with finance and business stakeholders to align resource allocation with portfolio priorities.

Governance & Cross-Organizational Collaboration

Work closely with leaders of Project and Program Management Centers of Excellence (CoEs) to shape and enforce best practices, standards, and methodologies.
Serve as a key liaison between technical delivery teams, business stakeholders, and executive leadership.
Facilitate cross-functional alignment on priorities, dependencies, and resource conflicts across multiple business areas.

Risk & Dependency Management

Identify, assess, and manage complex risks, issues, and dependencies spanning multiple initiatives and business units.
Develop mitigation strategies and escalation paths for high-impact or ambiguous problems, applying innovative and strategic solutions.
Proactively monitor cross-portfolio dependencies to prevent downstream delivery or financial impacts.

Mentorship & Capability Building

Establish and lead formal mentorship relationships with project and program managers across multiple organizations.
Coach and develop talent, sharing portfolio management best practices and technical domain expertise.
Lead initiatives to elevate the overall quality of work and raise the capability of the broader PM/PgM community.

Technical & Domain Expertise

Apply deep, cross-domain technical knowledge to guide decision-making on complex, ambiguous problems.
Integrate knowledge across multiple technical disciplines and specialties to deliver sound, well-reasoned portfolio outcomes.
Stay current on emerging technologies, methodologies, and industry trends relevant to the managed portfolios.

What You’ll Need to Be Successful

• Experience 5 – 7 years of progressive experience in portfolio, program, or project management, including managing large-scale, complex, and cross-organizational technical portfolios.
• Demonstrated experience with portfolio financial management, including budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting at scale.
• Proven track record of successfully leading multiple concurrent, high-complexity initiatives to completion.
• Subject matter expert with a demonstrated ability to master and operate across multiple technical business domains.
• Advanced knowledge of portfolio management methodologies, frameworks, and industry best practices (e.g., PMI, SAFe, Agile/Scrum, hybrid delivery models).
• Working knowledge of relevant technical infrastructure, systems, or platforms applicable to the organization's portfolio.
• Strong mentorship, coaching, and leadership capabilities with demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders across organizational boundaries without direct authority.
• Excellent executive communication skills, with the ability to distill complex financial and technical information for senior leadership audiences.
• Prominent ability to operate independently against broad, objective-based assignments with minimal direction.
• Strong problem-solving skills, capable of addressing complex and ambiguous challenges with innovative or strategic solutions.

Preferred Credentials

• PMP, PgMP, PfMP, or equivalent portfolio/program management certification preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical, business, or management discipline; advanced degree a plus.

What You’ll Need to Be Successful (continued)

• May require a background check due to job duties requiring routine access to DIRECTV and DIRECTV customer’s proprietary data.
• Qualified applicants with arrest and conviction will be considered for employment in accordance with local ordinances and state law.
• This is a remote position that can be located anywhere in the United States, with the exception of Alaska.

What You’ll Need to Be Successful (continued)

• Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
• Please note that the salary ranges reflect base salary only and do not include bonus or benefits - when you consider all of these together, it represents a pretty impressive total compensation package.