Enterprise PMO Portfolio Manager

Regions Bank•Atlanta, GA

6d•$147,178 - $195,920•Onsite

About The Position

At Regions, the Enterprise PMO Portfolio Manager serves in a critical leadership role within the Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO), governing the enterprise portfolio of strategic initiatives and investments. The role oversees business, operational, regulatory, risk, and technology initiatives, ensuring investments align with enterprise strategy, organizational capacity, and expected business outcomes. It partners closely with executive leadership on prioritization, investment governance, resource planning, benefits realization, and portfolio performance management. The position establishes portfolio governance standards and frameworks, creates integrated roadmaps and executive reporting, leads demand management and capacity planning, and manages portfolio-level risks, resource conflicts, competing priorities, and cross-functional dependencies. It also assesses organizational change impacts, supports adoption readiness and sequencing decisions, improves portfolio management and value realization practices, and ensures compliance with organizational policies, regulatory requirements, risk management standards, cybersecurity expectations, and industry best practices. The position is incentive eligible and exempt from timekeeping requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act, so it is not eligible for overtime pay.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Information Technology, Organizational Leadership, Project Management, or a related field and ten years of experience in portfolio management, strategic planning, program management, business transformation, or a related discipline; or a bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field and eight years of directly related experience at a top-tier consulting firm; or a high school diploma or GED and fourteen years of relevant experience.
Three years of experience leading teams and/or managing portfolio, program, or project management professionals.
Experience supporting enterprise governance forums and executive-level decision-making.
Experience with portfolio financial management, investment analysis, and budget forecasting.
Experience working in large, matrixed organizations with complex portfolios and competing priorities.
Ability to align organizations, drive strategic execution, and lead enterprise change.
Ability to create and deliver influential executive-level communications.
Ability to engage, influence, and build relationships with executive stakeholders.
Ability to facilitate executive governance forums and investment decision-making discussions.
Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, highly matrixed environment.
Ability to think strategically and translate business objectives into actionable portfolio and project plans.
Deep understanding of enterprise portfolio, program, and project management methodologies.
Expertise in portfolio prioritization, capacity planning, and demand management.
Proficiency with portfolio and work management tools such as Clarity, Planview, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, Jira, or equivalent.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
Strong emotional intelligence, collaboration, interpersonal, leadership, coaching, and team-development skills.
Strong risk management and governance expertise.
Strong understanding of benefits realization, value management, organizational change management, adoption principles, and strategic planning and execution frameworks.
Understanding of and ability to interpret applicable rules, regulations, and industry guidance.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA), Finance, Organizational Leadership, Information Technology, or a related field.
Applicable change management certifications, such as Prosci or Certified Change Management Professional (CCMP).
Applicable project management certifications, such as PMP, CSM, PMI-ACP, PgMP, PfMP, SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), or SAFe Agilist.
Experience establishing or transforming enterprise portfolio management capabilities, governance frameworks, and operating models.
Experience supporting business transformation, strategic execution, or organizational change initiatives.

Responsibilities

Lead enterprise portfolio management activities, including demand intake, initiative evaluation, prioritization, governance, resource planning, and portfolio optimization.
Monitor project health and delivery practices, providing strategic direction, challenges, and corrective recommendations to support successful outcomes.
Partner with business and technology leaders to align strategic initiatives and investments with organizational objectives, priorities, and available resources.
Facilitate investment governance and recommend initiative prioritization, funding allocation, sequencing, and investment decisions.
Establish and maintain portfolio governance standards, methodologies, performance measures, reporting frameworks, and decision-making processes.
Develop and maintain integrated portfolio roadmaps showing strategic initiatives, milestones, dependencies, investment performance, and expected outcomes.
Lead enterprise demand management and capacity planning to balance resource availability with organizational priorities and investment needs.
Assess and manage portfolio-level risks, resource conflicts, competing priorities, and cross-functional dependencies that may affect strategic objectives.
Facilitate portfolio governance reviews and executive discussions with analysis, recommendations, and visibility into portfolio health and performance.
Produce executive-level reporting, dashboards, and analytics to support decision-making, strategic planning, and investment oversight.
Assess organizational change impacts across initiatives and support sequencing, prioritization, and adoption-readiness decisions.
Drive continuous improvement of portfolio management practices, governance processes, performance measurement frameworks, and value realization methodologies.
Ensure compliance with organizational policies, regulatory requirements, risk management standards, cybersecurity expectations, and industry best practices.