Associate Vice President, Portfolio Management – CTO Organization

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead enterprise portfolio governance for CTO-managed investments
• Define and enforce portfolio standards, intake processes, and prioritization frameworks
• Drive value-based prioritization across business outcomes and technical investments
• Oversee the end-to-end demand lifecycle including intake, evaluation, prioritization, and approval of initiatives
• Lead CTO organization capacity planning across engineering and platform teams
• Create transparency on CTO organizations staffing levels and manage approval process for CTO staffing
• Establish and monitor portfolio health metrics across financials, risks, dependencies, and delivery outcomes
• Act as the central coordination point across CTO teams
• Lead portfolio-level communication strategy for the CTO organization
• Lead and coordinate change management across the CTO portfolio
• Institutionalize Lean Portfolio Management practices
• Ensure compliance with internal policies, controls, and regulatory requirements
• Lead and mentor a team of portfolio managers and analysts
• Establish portfolio-level governance for technology sourcing and vendor management
• Drive early visibility and planning for major contract renewals

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, or related field; Master’s degree preferred
• 10+ years of technical experience and 8+ years of leadership experience
• Expertise in portfolio, program, or product management in complex enterprise environments
• Strong understanding of IT financial management, governance models, and strategic alignment
• Proven ability to drive value realization and executive-level decision-making
• Excellent communication, storytelling, and stakeholder management skills

Hard Skills

• portfolio management
• program management
• product management
• IT financial management
• governance models
• Lean Portfolio Management
• change management
• risk management
• vendor management
• capacity planning

Soft Skills

• leadership
• communication
• storytelling
• stakeholder management
• mentoring
• strategic alignment
• value realization
• decision-making
• coordination
• transparency

Certifications & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Master’s degree

Industry Keywords

• enterprise portfolio governance
• demand lifecycle
• portfolio health metrics
• internal policies
• regulatory requirements
• CTO organization
• business outcomes
• technical investments
• approval process
• contract renewals