Transformation Portfolio and Governance Manager

HP•Houston, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Transformation Portfolio & Governance Manager will enable Global Revenue Operations to manage its transformation portfolio as one integrated system. This role will manage portfolio visibility, governance, prioritization, change control, and value realization disciplines across initiatives across and incorporating GRO. Reporting to the Senior Director of GRO Transformation, this individual contributor will partner with transformation program leaders, functional business owners, Finance, Enterprise Operations, Digital, solution architecture, data and insights, and management of change teams. The role will translate strategic priorities and planning commitments into an integrated portfolio of roadmap, decision-ready insights, and clear accountability.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business, strategy, finance, operations, engineering, information systems, or equivalent practical experience; advanced degree is a plus.
Typically 10+ years of relevant experience in enterprise transformation, portfolio management, strategy and operations, business planning, PMO, consulting, or a related discipline.
Demonstrated experience managing a complex portfolio across multiple functions, regions, or business units.
Experience with strategic planning, investment governance, financial interlocks, benefits realization, executive reviews, and formal change control.
Experience operating as a senior individual contributor who influences leaders and teams without direct authority.
Enterprise portfolio management, governance design, prioritization, and scenario planning.
Strong business and financial acumen, including investment cases, benefits, savings, productivity, and value-realization concepts.
Ability to translate ambiguous strategic direction into a structured operating model, roadmap, and decision process.
Advanced analytical skills with the ability to synthesize complex information into concise executive insights.
Executive communication, facilitation, storytelling, and decision-framing skills.
Cross-functional influence, conflict resolution, negotiation, and stakeholder management in a global matrix.
Working knowledge of transformation delivery, program management, management of change, process architecture, data governance, and technology dependencies.
High judgment, learning agility, resilience, and comfort operating in ambiguity.

Nice To Haves

Project Management Professional (PMP)
Advance Experience with enterprise portfolio tools such as Smartsheet, Power BI, or comparable platforms is preferred.

Responsibilities

Own and maintain the authoritative inventory of GRO transformation initiatives, including objectives, scope, owners, milestones, dependencies, investment, risks, outcomes, and benefit commitments.
Design and run the portfolio governance cadence, including intake, qualification, prioritization, portfolio health reviews, executive decision forums, annual refreshes, and formal closeout.
Partner with Senior Director of Transformation & GRO teams to execute the tactical execution of the transformation of portfolio planning for LTP, including investment planning, scoping, workforce/capacity planning, and related portfolio planning processes.
Establish a formal portfolio change-control process for scope, funding, timing, ownership, KPI, workforce, savings, and value-realization changes.
Create integrated roadmaps and dependency views that expose overlaps, sequencing conflicts, capacity constraints, boundary gaps, and opportunities for consolidation or synergy.
Develop executive scorecards and portfolio narratives that clearly communicate health, business outcomes, decisions required, risks, trade-offs, and corrective actions.
Partner with program managers to communicate Value Realization, including but not limited to: benefit baselines, track realized value, and connect delivered capabilities to revenue, margin, cash, productivity, experience, adoption, or risk outcomes.
Own the portfolio-level communication rhythm for GRO Transformation, including weekly program updates, executive-ready summaries, leadership intervention items, roadmap updates, achievements, next steps, and decision-required messaging.
Translate complex transformation activity into a clear, audience-specific narrative for senior leaders, program teams, functions, and impacted stakeholder groups, ensuring the story connects strategy, portfolio priorities, change impacts, adoption, and measurable outcomes.
Partner with MOC, program managers, functional owners, and communication leads to ensure program communications are coordinated, persona-based, and delivered through the right existing forums, channels, and stakeholder routines.
Maintain a clear communication operating model, including stakeholder maps, forum cadence, ownership of messages, review and approval paths, communication risks, and handoffs between portfolio governance, program execution, and MOC delivery.
Ensure major portfolio changes, delays, descopes, launches, leadership decisions, and role or operating-model impacts are communicated with the right timing, confidentiality, and stakeholder sensitivity to avoid surprises or misalignment.
Partner with GTM data & insights to Improve portfolio data quality and reporting discipline, using approved enterprise tools as appropriate, while reducing fragmented offline reporting.
Create/influence reusable portfolio playbooks, standards, templates, decision criteria, and self-service guidance that increase consistency across GRO transformation programs.
Facilitate difficult prioritization and trade-off discussions with objective data, sound judgment, and a focus on enterprise outcomes.
Continuously mature the portfolio operating model based on lessons learned, leadership feedback, and changing business priorities.

Benefits

Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Long term/short term disability insurance
Employee assistance program
Flexible spending account
Life insurance
Generous time off policies, including; 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
11 paid holidays
Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave