MSC N6 ITGMS IT Portfolio and Governance Lead

Paragon Technology Group•Norfolk, VA

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About The Position

The IT Portfolio and Governance Lead maintains the C4/IT investment inventory and MSC N6 strategic roadmap, validating investment information, tracking policy changes, and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders. The role produces tailored roadmap views for leadership and other audiences, facilitates roadmap reviews and approvals, and prepares investment management review materials. The position analyzes programs, projects, and requirements against the roadmap; develops investment alignment criteria and recommendations; reviews portfolio financial management strategies and governance processes; and prepares justification statements and requirements packages to support resource decisions. It also develops portfolio metrics and reporting products and supports acquisition and portfolio planning with briefings, analyses, risk assessments, and stakeholder decision materials. The employer states that the solicitation does not identify a clearance level and that this should be confirmed against current Government requirements.

Requirements

Related bachelor's degree.
At least seven years of relevant experience.
Background in federal, defense, IT, or mission analysis and in portfolio, project, governance, or strategic planning work.
Excel skills.
PowerPoint skills.
PMP certification.

Nice To Haves

Prior Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, Military Sealift Command, Navy IT, C4/IT, maritime, logistics, or federal IT portfolio experience.
Experience with C4/IT systems, Navy Programs of Record, lifecycle sustainment, modernization programs, IT investment management, or enterprise IT governance.
Familiarity with SECNAVINST 5230.14, DoD/DoN portfolio management, PPBE, POM issue papers, DADMS, DITPR-DON, EMASS, PBIS-IT, or related federal IT governance systems.
Experience developing or maintaining strategic roadmaps, investment inventories, integrated master schedules, lifecycle cost estimates, fielding plans, risk management plans, or requirements packages.
Experience using SharePoint, Tableau, Dataverse, Power BI, MS Project, or similar tools for dashboards, data repositories, performance tracking, or portfolio reporting.
PMI-ACP, ITIL, DAWIA, FAC-P/PM, Lean Six Sigma, Certified Business Analysis Professional, or related certification.
Strong facilitation skills, including experience supporting working groups, IPTs, governance boards, investment reviews, and stakeholder decision meetings.
Experience preparing materials for senior leadership, portfolio managers, program managers, acquisition teams, financial management stakeholders, and technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

Maintain the C4/IT investment inventory, including current and planned investments, strategic goals, dependencies, schedules, milestones, policy drivers, and stakeholder priorities.
Update the MSC N6 strategic roadmap quarterly to reflect investment, schedule, milestone, guidance, and dependency changes.
Develop tailored roadmap views for leadership and stakeholder audiences by investment type, supporting branch, modernization area, communication system, or other portfolio category.
Coordinate with MSC N6 staff, program managers, internal departments, and external stakeholders to validate investment data and understand portfolio impacts.
Monitor DoD, DoN, and MSC policy changes that may affect investments, dependencies, roadmap priorities, or governance actions.
Facilitate roadmap reviews using document review forms, comment trackers, change request logs, decision records, and follow-up action tracking.
Schedule and support formal roadmap review meetings, obtain approval of roadmap products, and communicate approved content to stakeholders.
Prepare C4/IT investment management review agendas, minutes, briefs, and supporting analyses quarterly or as needed.
Analyze C4/IT programs, projects, and requirements against the roadmap to support prioritization and investment recommendations.
Recommend capabilities for funding and investments to continue, accelerate, modify, or suspend.
Develop investment alignment evaluation criteria based on mission need, business value, performance, risk, and expected benefits.
Review and assess portfolio financial management strategies, governance structures, policies, procedures, and processes to improve portfolio maturity.
Prepare justification statements and requirements package documentation supporting NWCF, TWCF, RDT&E, OPN, and OMN resource decisions.
Develop and maintain portfolio metrics, benchmarks, dashboards, and performance trackers for MSC leadership, portfolio managers, and program managers.
Support acquisition and portfolio planning by preparing briefing packages, white papers, analyses, risk assessments, and stakeholder decision materials.
Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to document risks, issues, decisions, proposed mitigations, and program progress.