Manager, Portfolio Management

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

In this role you will manage high performing teams accountable for delivering complex business and technical portfolio and program solutions. You will provide operational and tactical support to deliver on enterprise strategies; ensuring initiative/program benefits achieve business objectives; aligning portfolio and program deliverables to enterprise goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or advanced degree (where required)
• 8+ years of experience in related field
• In lieu of degree, 10+ years of experience in related field
• Enterprise Development
• Leadership
• Portfolio Management
• Process Improvements
• Resource Allocation
• Risk Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Strategic Planning
• Team Management
• Waterfall Model

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated success leading teams and influencing outcomes in highly cross‑functional, matrixed enterprise environments
• Strong portfolio analytics and reporting acumen, with the ability to guide interpretation of trends and insights for executive decision‑making
• Solid financial oversight skills, including the ability to review and synthesize portfolio financials, budgets, and cost‑benefit analyses

Responsibilities

• Provide focused leadership for the portfolio support team, driving coordination, responsiveness, consistency, and continuous capability development across portfolios
• Ensure enterprise portfolios are strategically aligned, financially optimized, effectively sequenced, and predictably planned for delivery
• Support enterprise‑level portfolio reporting and analysis, ensuring financial performance, trends, risks, and capacity indicators are synthesized into clear, decision-ready insights that inform executive decision‑making
• Establish and evolve portfolio management standards, frameworks, and operating rhythms to ensure consistent planning, reporting, and execution across programs and initiatives
• Oversee funding, capacity, and demand analysis and the development of scenarios to support enterprise portfolio sequencing, rebalancing decisions, and mandate absorption
• Lead portfolio oversight in a highly matrixed environment, anticipating shifts in enterprise priorities, guiding adjustments to sequencing and plans, and ensuring appropriate performance metrics are defined and used
• Develop relationships with executive leadership, business stakeholders, and key delivery partners managing stakeholder expectations and ensuring programs/initiatives remain aligned to business strategies
• Align leadership and processes across the enterprise and facilitate issue resolution
• Develop portfolio/program level roadmaps and strategies; identify and communicate enterprise level dependencies, risks/issues, and sequencing parameters
• Guide the effective use of portfolio tools, data, and methodologies to maximize portfolio visibility, data quality, and insight generation, while driving continuous improvement of portfolio management practices

Benefits

• Annual Incentive Bonus
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• competitive health benefits and wellness programs

What This Job Offers

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