Portfolio Management Office
Job Description:
We are seeking an Enterprise Portfolio Management Office to lead and govern the organizations strategic project and transformation portfolio. This executive role oversees enterprise-wide prioritization, investment decisions, and delivery discipline across all key initiatives. Candidates must bring strong leadership experience from insurance or financial services, with a proven record in enterprise transformation.
Key Responsibilities
Enterprise Portfolio Strategy
- Define and maintain the enterprise-level project and transformation portfolio aligned with corporate strategy.
- Evaluate and prioritize initiatives based on strategic value, ROI, customer impact, regulatory needs, and resource capacity.
Executive Governance & Decision Leadership
- Lead Enterprise Portfolio Governance forums with senior executives.
- Drive decision-making on investment allocation, project approval, priority shifts, and program continuation/termination.
- Ensure strong alignment across local and regional leadership teams.
Portfolio Performance Oversight
- Monitor enterprise portfolio health: budget, schedule, risks, interdependencies, and outcome realization.
- Provide transparent, data-driven reporting to C-level stakeholders.
- Oversee benefit realization frameworks and ensure accountability across business units.
Standards, Methodology & PMO Excellence
- Develop enterprise-wide PMO and portfolio management standards, governance frameworks, and delivery methodologies.
- Build integrated dashboards, KPIs, and reporting tools for real-time visibility.
- Mentor and uplift capability of program managers, portfolio managers, and transformation teams.
Optimization & Strategic Value Creation
- Identify underperforming or low-value initiatives and recommend optimization, pivot, or termination.
- Ensure organizational resources are allocated to the highest-value opportunities.
- Foster a culture of disciplined execution, continuous improvement, and enterprise agility.
Qualifications
- 15+ years in Transformation, PMO leadership, or Enterprise Portfolio Management in insurance or financial services.
- Strong track record influencing and partnering with C-level executives.
- Experienced in large-scale, multi-year enterprise programs (digital, operations, customer, regulatory, data/AI, core systems).
- Deep understanding of insurance or financial services operations, value chains, and governance environments.
- Strong analytical skills: ROI modeling, resource planning, risk assessment, and performance measurement.
- Executive presence with exceptional stakeholder management skills.
- Experience with Agile-at-scale or Lean Portfolio Management is a strong advantage.