Director, IS Strategic Portfolio Delivery

Texas Children's Medical Center•Houston, TX

About The Position

At Texas Children’s, our mission starts with our people. Guided by our HEART values—Humility, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Trust—we strive to create a workplace where teammates feel valued, supported, and empowered to do their best work every day. The Director, Strategic IS Project Management Office (PMO) is a senior leader responsible for driving the successful execution of complex, high-impact technology, digital transformation and business enablement initiatives. This leader oversees strategic portfolio management, enterprise program governance and project delivery while partnering with executive, clinical, operational and technology leaders to ensure investments align with organizational priorities and deliver measurable value. The Director will champion a modern, data-driven PMO, leveraging artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, automation and portfolio intelligence to enhance delivery performance, executive visibility and decision-making. The ideal leader brings strong healthcare experience, strategic thinking, executive presence and the ability to influence across a complex, matrixed organization while leading transformational change.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.
At least 10 years of progressive experience in program management, portfolio management, PMO leadership, information technology, healthcare operations, digital transformation, or a related area.
At least 5 years of experience leading large-scale enterprise programs and portfolios within complex healthcare environments.
Demonstrated experience leading large teams and building high-performing PMO organizations.
Proven experience overseeing complex, enterprise-level technology or digital transformation initiatives.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Information Systems, or a related field.
Experience within a large academic health system or integrated healthcare organization.
Professional certification such as PMP, PgMP, PfMP, PMI-ACP/Agile, LSSC Lean Six Sigma, or Prosci Change Management.
A Master’s degree may substitute for up to two years of the required information/computer technology experience.

Responsibilities

Lead the Strategic IS PMO, providing portfolio governance, prioritization, resource optimization, and execution oversight for enterprise-wide technology and digital transformation initiatives.
Partner with executive leadership to establish and maintain a transparent process for evaluating, prioritizing, and governing strategic investments.
Ensure alignment between organizational strategy, digital transformation objectives, and project portfolio decisions.
Develop and maintain multi-year roadmaps supporting clinical, operational, research, digital health, AI, data, cybersecurity, and infrastructure initiatives.
Drive portfolio performance management through measurable outcomes, value realization, and executive reporting.
Facilitate organizational project governance processes.
Establish and maintain enterprise project, program, and portfolio management standards, methodologies, and governance frameworks.
Oversee execution of complex, cross-functional initiatives involving clinical, operational, financial, and technology stakeholders.
Ensure initiatives are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned with strategic objectives while maintaining quality and risk controls.
Champion agile, hybrid, and traditional delivery methodologies as appropriate.
Monitor portfolio health and proactively address risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and escalation issues.
Serve as a strategic leader in advancing digital transformation across the organization.
Partner with business, clinical, and technology leaders to identify opportunities to improve patient, provider, researcher, and employee experiences through technology-enabled innovation.
Facilitate adoption of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, automation, advanced analytics, and digital health capabilities.
Ensure transformation initiatives align with organizational goals, operational readiness, and change management best practices.
Foster a culture focused on innovation, continuous improvement, and organizational agility.
Leverage artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, automation, and modern portfolio management tools to improve PMO efficiency, decision-making, forecasting accuracy, and executive visibility across the project portfolio.
Establish a data-driven PMO operating model that utilizes real-time dashboards, predictive analytics, and performance metrics to proactively identify project risks, resource constraints, schedule impacts, and emerging dependencies.
Develop executive-level reporting capabilities that provide clear, actionable insights regarding project health, portfolio performance, milestone attainment, budget adherence, benefit realization, and strategic alignment.
Utilize AI-enabled tools and data analytics to automate status reporting, portfolio monitoring, issue management, and governance processes, reducing administrative burden while increasing transparency and responsiveness.
Define and implement quantifiable measures that demonstrate project outcomes, operational improvements, financial impact, adoption rates, productivity gains, risk reduction, and organizational value creation.
Establish a robust benefits realization framework that measures expected versus realized value and ensures strategic investments deliver measurable business, clinical, operational, research, and financial outcomes.
Create executive escalation frameworks and portfolio intelligence capabilities that enable proactive intervention and rapid decision-making when projects face scope, budget, timeline, resource, technical, operational, or organizational risks.
Partner with Data & Analytics, Clinical Informatics, Operational Leadership, and Executive Sponsors to ensure project and portfolio decisions are informed by trusted data, measurable outcomes, and enterprise strategic priorities.
Build trusted partnerships with executive leadership, clinical leaders, operational leaders, physicians, researchers, and technology teams.
Present portfolio status, value realization metrics, investment recommendations, and risk assessments to executive governance committees.
Influence decision-making and drive alignment across competing priorities within large, complex organizational structures.
Facilitate executive-level discussions regarding strategic direction, resource allocation, and organizational readiness.
Lead organizational change strategies that support successful adoption of transformational initiatives.
Promote stakeholder engagement, communication planning, training strategies, and operational readiness assessments.
Ensure sustainable implementation and successful realization of business outcomes.
Lead managers, senior project managers, program managers, portfolio managers, analysts, and other PMO professionals.
Build and develop high-performing leadership teams across project management office functions.
Establish workforce strategies aligned with organizational project growth and evolution.
Foster PMO excellence, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Drive leadership development, succession planning, and organizational capability growth.
Lead organizational transformation initiatives that improve efficiency, service quality, and employee engagement.