Lean Portfolio Manager
About The Position
The Lean Portfolio Manager leads portfolio strategy, governance, and execution across Product Infrastructure. Working with Product Management, Engineering, Operations, Finance, and executive leadership, the role aligns enterprise initiatives and product-development investments with corporate priorities and measurable business outcomes. Serving as a trusted advisor to Product Infrastructure leadership, the Lean Portfolio Manager drives governance, prioritization, investment decisions, and coordinated delivery across programs and product lines. The position provides portfolio-level visibility, risk management, resource alignment, and executive communications, while supporting strategic initiatives from concept through launch. By centralizing portfolio governance, prioritization, risk and dependency management, executive reporting, and continuous improvement, the role supports product managers’ focus on product strategy, customer needs, and roadmap decisions, and improves leadership decision support and execution consistency. This is a fully remote position within the United States.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in Portfolio Management, Program Management, Product Management, Business Operations, or Strategy.
- Demonstrated experience managing large-scale, enterprise-level portfolios and cross-functional initiatives.
- Strong financial acumen, including experience coordinating investment inputs, validating assumptions and financial impacts with cross-functional partners, and translating analysis into executive recommendations.
- Experience enabling executive leadership teams through strategic planning, portfolio governance, executive reporting, decision support, and portfolio operating rhythms.
- Proven ability to influence senior leaders and drive alignment without direct organizational authority.
- Expertise in portfolio management methodologies, governance frameworks, and strategic planning.
- Exceptional communication, presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical judgment and ability to translate complex information into executive-ready insights.
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with detailed execution oversight.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in telecommunications, technology, infrastructure, SaaS, networking, or related industries.
- Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP), PMP, Agile, Lean Six Sigma, or equivalent certifications.
- Experience supporting business-case governance, coordinating financial inputs, and partnering with Finance and Product Management on investment analysis.
- Knowledge of product lifecycle management and NPI governance.
- Experience with Power BI, Clarity PPM, JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint, Visio, Microsoft Copilot, and executive reporting tools.
- Executive presentation development and storytelling expertise.
- Organizational change management and operational transformation experience.
Responsibilities
- Lead enterprise portfolio planning, prioritization, and governance across Product Infrastructure.
- Establish and manage portfolio roadmaps aligned with long-term business and product strategy.
- Facilitate executive decision-making through portfolio reviews, investment recommendations, and strategic trade-off analysis.
- Develop portfolio health metrics, KPI dashboards, and executive reporting structures.
- Coordinate business-case inputs, risk assessments, and executive recommendations with Product, Finance, Engineering, Network, and Operations; validate assumptions, financial impacts, and decision requirements.
- Lead NPI governance and coordinate development execution across each gate and other required decision points.
- Monitor benefits realization and performance against approved business cases.
- Provide portfolio-level oversight for complex, enterprise-wide programs involving multiple organizations and stakeholders.
- Partner with Product Managers across Product Infrastructure on portfolio governance, prioritization, dependency management, risk visibility, and executive coordination.
- Identify dependencies, risks, constraints, and resource requirements across initiatives.
- Establish repeatable portfolio management practices, governance frameworks, and operating rhythms.
- Drive continuous improvement to reduce cycle times, increase transparency, and improve execution effectiveness.
- Develop standards, templates, processes, and methodologies that support product and portfolio management maturity.
- Create and deliver executive briefings, leadership presentations, portfolio reviews, and strategic updates.
- Support strategic planning, organizational alignment, portfolio operating rhythms, and executive decision support for Product Infrastructure leadership.
- Prepare executive-level materials for executive leadership, SteerCo, Board, and operating reviews.
Benefits
- Comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, and Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks supporting physical, mental, emotional, and financial wellbeing.
- Bonus structure may include short-term incentives, long-term incentives, and/or sales compensation.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
