Hybrid Digital & IT Enterprise Portfolio Manager

at Black & Veatch

• Job title: Digital & IT Enterprise Portfolio Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Unity
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Overland Park, United States

About the role

• Enterprise Portfolio Manager at Black & Veatch ensuring alignment of investments with enterprise goals. Collaborating with technology leaders across project roadmaps and governance for optimized outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Maintain transparency by defining and communicating portfolio performance metrics and KPIs to senior leadership, ensuring accountability and actionable insights for data-driven decisions.
• Collaborate with Project Managers, Sponsors, and Stakeholders to assess and manage portfolio risks, issues, and dependencies, and design appropriate resolution and mitigation strategies.
• Oversee the BV project Demand & Supply lifecycle process, contributing to Demand quality control, influencing project management activities, and promoting an integrated approach to portfolio management for successful execution of investments.
• Build and sustain direct relationships with D&IT senior leadership, gaining insight into their visions and objectives, while leveraging the virtual account team model to foster similar engagement with business functions beyond D&IT.
• Advance project prioritization governance by deepening understanding of project value via collaboration with D&IT Business Relationship Leaders (BRLs), facilitating priority-setting sessions, and supporting alignment of project selection with company strategy.
• Support the development of functional roadmaps alongside senior leadership, identifying logical structures for project and program breakdowns, workstreams, and timelines.
• Make informed tradeoff decisions in the best interest of the portfolio, relying on comprehensive analysis and facilitating data-driven discussions with executives.
• Promote consistency and excellence in workflow execution across varying methodologies and frameworks within the portfolio.
• Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies to inform long-term strategic planning.
• Champion innovation and drive a forward-looking culture throughout the organization.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts within the PMO to elevate portfolio management practices and augment organizational value.
• Mentor and coach Project Managers and team members, fostering a high-performance culture grounded in PMO best practices and professional growth.
• Contribute to the standards used in project execution; define rituals, methods, & tools.
• Represent the PMO at executive meetings and presentations, effectively conveying portfolio status, challenges, and opportunities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in information systems, Business Administration, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 15+ years in enterprise environments, preferably within technology, with 10+ years in progressively senior roles across project, program, or portfolio leadership.
• Visionary Leadership: Influences through integrity, consistency, and inclusive collaboration—bringing clarity to complexity and unity to diverse perspectives.
• Organizational Savvy: Navigates silos with tact and diplomacy, connecting ideas and people to drive enterprise-wide cohesion.
• Strategic Communication: Tailors messaging to diverse audiences, ensuring clarity, impact, and alignment.
• Business Insight: Understands core business processes and adapts to the cultural nuances of each function to build trust and relevance.
• Technical Fluency: Partners effectively with technical teams to ensure systems are built to spec and deliver intended outcomes.
• Portfolio Strategy: Aligns portfolio vision with enterprise goals, ensuring investments deliver meaningful value.
• Market Awareness: Understands BV’s markets and the drivers behind business unit initiatives, adding context to prioritization.
• Value Realization: Measures and communicates portfolio impact, linking execution to strategic objectives.
• Innovative Mindset: Inspires creativity and progress through clear vision, structured roadmaps, and entrepreneurial energy.
• Analytical Rigor: Solves problems with precision, bringing structure and clarity to ambiguous challenges.

Benefits

• 401K match and benefits that start day 1
• Competitive compensation
• Flexible work schedules
• Paid vacation and holiday time
• Sick time
• Dependent sick time
• Company-matched 401k plan
• Adoption reimbursement
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vendor discounts
• Employment referral program
• AD&D insurance
• Pre-taxed accounts
• Voluntary legal plan
• B&V Credit Union
• Performance-based bonus program
• Empowerment to drive personal growth and the company's long-term achievements through stock ownership.