Senior Manager, Portfolio Governance & Delivery

Liberty Utilities•Gainesville, GA

12h

About The Position

The Portfolio Governance & Delivery Partner manages the organization’s IT project portfolio, ensuring initiatives are prioritized, resourced, and delivered to maximize business impact. The role oversees project governance, budgeting, and resource planning; ensures regulatory compliance and alignment with enterprise priorities; and provides visibility, structure, and assurance across IT initiatives. It enables effective decision-making, tracks benefits realization, and ensures IT delivers measurable value to the business. The role leads demand intake and prioritization, maintains a formal backlog, manages portfolio delivery frameworks and business cases, and oversees resource planning, project health, financial forecasting, and performance reporting. It also supports executive decision-making through transparent reporting, works with business partners on the three-year technology capital plan, ensures vendor project-management services meet SLAs, and drives continuous improvement and project-manager development.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or equivalent experience.
10+ years of relevant experience.
2+ years of experience in a management capacity.

Nice To Haves

Program and Project Management credentials preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead intake and prioritization of IT capital project demands, ensuring alignment with business objectives and company goals.
Maintain a formal backlog of program demands awaiting a decision to proceed.
Oversee project resource planning, including capacity for internal staff and outsourced surge support.
Manage program delivery lifecycle frameworks, including intake, stage gates, and processes to track progress and objectives.
Manage business cases to ensure projects have defined, measurable benefits and a return on investment.
Monitor delivery health and resolve resource gaps or conflicts in collaboration with leadership.
Align project staffing with strategic priorities and enterprise standards.
Establish and enforce portfolio management processes, standards, and reporting discipline.
Ensure IT programs comply with regulatory reporting requirements and respond to audit or data requests.
Provide executive stakeholders with transparent reporting on delivery status, risks, and dependencies.
Oversee budget planning, cost control, and financial forecasting for IT programs and projects.
Manage the contingency fund within the IT portfolio.
Deliver the three-year technology capital plan in partnership with business partner teams.
Establish project performance reporting standards and core metrics focused on business outcomes and capital management practices.
Track, measure, and report project performance indicators and health metrics, including time tracking, monthly dashboards, and status reports.
Ensure vendors deliver project management services in accordance with SLAs.
Capture lessons learned across IT programs and incorporate them into delivery standards.
Drive continuous improvement in IT portfolio management practices.
Coach and hold project managers accountable for delivering capital technology projects that achieve business outcomes on time and within budget.
Contribute to project manager learning, development, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
Use project management tools to manage projects effectively.