EPMO Portfolio Manager

Cone Health•Greensboro, NC

35d

About The Position

The EPMO Portfolio Manager is a mid-level individual contributor role that supports the enterprise-wide portfolio intake, evaluation, and prioritization processes. The Portfolio Manager plays a key role in ensuring that project and program proposals are reviewed consistently and aligned to strategic objectives prior to advancing for governance decisions. This role collaborates closely with Finance, Strategy, IT, Operations, and other stakeholders to assess business needs, evaluate initiative readiness, and support governance forums with meaningful data and insights. The Portfolio Manager helps maintain portfolio discipline and transparency through effective intake facilitation, business case analysis, and alignment tracking.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Market Research, Math/Statistics, or related field.
5 years of experience in portfolio management, demand management, project management, or a related role in the healthcare or enterprise environment.
Demonstrated ability to evaluate initiative readiness, facilitate intake discussions, and support strategic prioritization.
Experience working cross-functionally in a matrixed organization and presenting findings to decision-makers.

Nice To Haves

Masters degree
PMP or Agile Scrum Master certification

Responsibilities

Facilitate the intake and pre-screening of new project and program requests, ensuring completeness, alignment to strategic priorities, and clarity of expected outcomes.
Collaborate with requestors to refine business cases, define value propositions, and ensure readiness for governance review.
Support the phase-gate process by coordinating inputs, advancing proposals, and capturing governance decisions.
Partner with business and clinical leaders to understand strategic goals and ensure that submitted demands reflect organizational priorities.
Build strong working relationships with sponsors and operational leads to promote transparency and alignment throughout the demand lifecycle.
Contribute to portfolio-level dashboards and reports by gathering relevant demand and prioritization data.
Track the status of proposed, in-review, and approved initiatives to support governance boards and decision-making processes. Monitor dependencies, constraints, and alignment across incoming demands.
Participate in improvement efforts to refine intake processes, templates, and evaluation criteria.
Stay informed of EPMO best practices and support enhancements in tools and methodologies to increase portfolio management maturity.
Support annual planning cycles and prioritization workshops.
Performs other duties as assigned.