Senior Technology Portfolio Manager

SWCA Environmental Consultants•Phoenix, AZ

4d•$115,690 - $159,213•Remote

About The Position

SWCA Environmental Consultants is seeking a Senior Technology Portfolio Manager – Execution to lead intake operations, portfolio planning, and execution coordination for strategic internal enterprise initiatives with significant technology components. The role translates enterprise and technology strategy into portfolio recommendations, giving leaders visibility into capacity constraints, dependencies, investment tradeoffs, and initiative sequencing. Reporting to the Director, Enterprise Technology Engagement, the position provides leadership and oversight to project managers responsible for complex enterprise initiatives and partners with business and technology leaders to maintain an integrated roadmap, support evidence-based intake and prioritization decisions, and strengthen governance practices. This is a full-time, regular, salaried/exempt position with benefits and a remote work arrangement. Depending on business needs, it may require 5–10% travel for stakeholder engagement, planning, governance meetings, and strategic initiative delivery. The expected annual pay range is $115,689.60 to $159,213.00, with actual pay varying according to experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other legally permitted factors. Eligible employees may also receive performance-based bonuses.

Requirements

At least eight years of relevant, progressively responsible experience, including experience managing others; equivalent combinations of experience, performance, training, and education are accepted.
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, Project Management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, professional development, and directly applicable experience. A bachelor’s degree is preferred; knowledge normally obtained through post-secondary education or training is expected.
Eight years of experience leading technology portfolios, programs, or projects involving multiple stakeholders, complex dependencies, and cross-functional workstreams.
Demonstrated experience managing and developing people, including coaching project managers, managing workload and performance, and building accountable execution practices.
Experience with demand intake, portfolio management, initiative prioritization, roadmap development, capacity planning, and execution governance.
Ability to evaluate resource and cost forecasts, identify and manage risks and dependencies, and communicate investment tradeoffs and business impacts.
Experience supporting strategic initiatives through Agile, hybrid, and predictive delivery methodologies, selecting an approach based on business needs and project complexity.
Strong facilitation, written communication, analytical, and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to influence outcomes across business and technology teams.
Experience collaborating with technical architects, product owners, and business leaders in a matrixed environment.
When driving is required, possession of a valid driver’s license and meeting SWCA’s driver requirements.
When travel is required, ability to obtain and maintain valid travel documents and identification for work-related travel.
Lead-level responsibility for driving compliance with safety policies and reporting requirements to support overall team safety.

Nice To Haves

Ten years of experience leading enterprise technology portfolios, programs, or strategic transformation initiatives.
PMP, PgMP, PfMP, Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or similar project, program, portfolio, or Agile delivery certification.
Experience improving portfolio management, intake processes, governance frameworks, or enterprise delivery practices.
Experience supporting enterprise transformation, organizational change management, benefits realization, or business process improvement initiatives.
Experience partnering with enterprise architecture, technology strategy, business relationship management, or technology engagement functions.
Professional services, consulting, or project-based business experience.

Responsibilities

Lead intake triage, workflow management, and decision-readiness activities in alignment with the Enterprise Technology Engagement intake and discovery framework.
Partner with Enterprise Technology Partners, product owners, and business stakeholders to gather requirements, develop business cases, define acceptance criteria, and document expected outcomes.
Maintain visibility into request status, prioritization decisions, and portfolio commitments; route routine support requests and minor enhancements to appropriate teams and owners.
Maintain and refine the integrated portfolio roadmap in alignment with enterprise and technology strategies and business outcomes.
Develop prioritization and sequencing recommendations that consider value, risk, investment assumptions, resource capacity, work-in-progress limits, and dependencies.
Assess cross-initiative dependencies and capacity constraints, and recommend starting, pausing, accelerating, or resequencing initiatives.
Update portfolio commitments and roadmap plans following approved governance and executive authorization processes.
Lead portfolio governance and execution assurance across strategic enterprise initiatives, using Agile, hybrid, or predictive delivery approaches as appropriate.
Monitor forecasts, approved budgets, resource allocation, dependencies, and execution risks; escalate material risks and facilitate recovery planning.
Coordinate initiative acceptance, operational transitions, and benefits reviews with sponsors, technical leaders, and business stakeholders.
Improve portfolio governance, visibility, decision-making, and execution outcomes without unnecessary administrative burden.
Recruit, coach, mentor, and develop project managers; establish performance expectations, accountability, and growth opportunities.
Align project manager assignments and workloads with approved priorities and sustainable delivery practices.
Strengthen project management capabilities through coaching, feedback, lessons learned, and continuous improvement.
Foster accountability, collaboration, effective communication, and execution excellence.
Oversee intake operations, portfolio integration, project manager assignments, and day-to-day people leadership within delegated authority.
Recommend portfolio priorities, sequencing strategies, and investment tradeoffs; elevate execution, dependency, capacity, and organizational readiness concerns to senior leadership.
Integrate commitments and inputs from Enterprise Technology Partners, product owners, and delivery teams to maintain alignment across the technology portfolio.