IT Portfolio Manager

Steampunk • McLean, VA

6d • $110,000 - $175,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Steampunk is seeking an IT Portfolio Manager to lead portfolio optimization for a large federal technology portfolio, targeting elimination of redundant investment and measurable cost avoidance and savings. This role involves conducting IT portfolio analysis, delivering optimization recommendations, and building cost impact analyses. The IT Portfolio Manager will also feed portfolio-level findings into inventory and dashboards, and document cost avoidance and savings for performance evaluation.

Requirements

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance
• Bachelor's degree
• 8+ years of IT portfolio management or technology investment analysis experience
• Demonstrated ability to build audit-ready cost analyses distinguishing cost savings from cost avoidance
• Strong financial/cost analysis skills
• Experience with IT investment/portfolio management frameworks such as Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) or Technology Business Management (TBM)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present and defend cost analyses to government financial and acquisition stakeholders
• Local to Baltimore, MD metro area and willing to go on client site at least 2 days a week

Nice To Haves

• Federal environment experience, including familiarity with FITARA and related IT investment governance requirements
• Experience driving shared-services or investment-consolidation initiatives at enterprise scale
• PfMP (Portfolio Management Professional) certification

Responsibilities

• Conduct IT portfolio analysis and deliver quarterly optimization recommendations grounded in a reuse-before-buy-before-build philosophy
• Deliver the Redundant Investment Identification Report and Shared Services Adoption Roadmap against target thresholds (15+ redundant investments; 30% increase in shared-services adoption)
• Build COR-approvable Cost Impact Analyses that distinguish cost savings (retrospective, validated against actuals/budget) from cost avoidance (prospective, projected), developed iteratively with financial stakeholders
• Feed portfolio-level duplication and risk findings into the program's authoritative inventory and executive dashboards
• Document and validate cost avoidance and savings supporting the program's quarterly performance evaluation

Benefits

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What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior