IT Portfolio Management Leader

IT Portfolio Management Leader

DPR Construction is a forward‑thinking, purpose‑driven builder on a mission to be one of the Most Admired Companies by 2030. As a top‑ranked general contractor, DPR is known for tackling complex, technical projects across core markets including healthcare, life sciences, advanced technology, and commercial construction. Our culture is built on selflessness, integrity, and a shared entrepreneurial spirit, empowering employees to drive innovation and make a lasting impact.

The IT Portfolio Management Leader is a member of the Portfolio Management Office (PMO) fully dedicated to the IT Organization. This role connects DPR’s strategy to program execution to ensure alignment, prioritization, and delivery of initiatives that support company goals. The Leader collaborates with other PMO Leaders to enable enterprise‑wide transparency, integration, and effective resource allocation.

• Lead and coordinate the prioritization process for objectives and initiatives in the IT Organization
• Manage the intake of new enhancements, ideas, and initiatives, ensuring they meet initiative definitions
• Organize and lead regular meetings, ensuring alignment with the company’s Operating Framework
• Provide support to initiative leads to ensure consistent initiative management and accountability
• Support cross‑collaboration with other work groups by identifying interdependence and overlaps, and facilitating ongoing coordination to ensure proper delivery
• Onboard new team members to the PMO process

• Function as a trusted advisor to workgroup leaders, initiative leaders, and stakeholders in aligning priorities
• Foster strong relationships across work groups, PMO, and PSG (Prioritization Subgroup)
• Serve as a liaison between work groups and the leadership team sponsors, ensuring communication is clear, timely, and transparent

• In partnership with other workgroup Portfolio Managers, develop and maintain a structured framework for managing multiple initiatives, aligning them to company and workgroup strategic objectives
• In partnership with workgroup leaders, initiative leaders, and other stakeholders, define the initiative scope, goals, timeline, budget, deliverables, and success metrics
• Monitor initiative progress, close gaps, and escalate constraints or risks as necessary
• Ensure scope and deliverables are defined with support

• Collaborate with other workgroup Portfolio Managers to form a Prioritization Team responsible for coordination across work groups
• Ensure strategic integration by connecting similar and dependent initiatives across work groups
• Partner with other Portfolio Managers to maintain consistency in process across work groups (controls, governance, reporting tools, initiative intake protocols, and project management practices)
• Contribute insights, lessons learned, and continuous improvement suggestions to strengthen portfolio management practices

• Drive change management design and execution to enable adoption of new processes, systems, and initiatives
• Partner with the work groups to assess impact of implementations and assist in developing change management plans to mitigate risks
• Cultivate a culture of accountability, innovation, and collaboration within work groups

• Provide regular updates to workgroup leaders, PMO, and PSG on initiative progress, risks, and resources
• Ensure consistent communication of process and priority changes to relevant stakeholders
• Define requirements for dashboards, analytics, and reporting to enhance visibility of initiative health

• Strong background in IT Program/Portfolio management and enterprise‑wide organizational leadership
• Proven expertise developing a PMO or IT PMO organization
• Ability to lead and drive technically complex programs
• Experience working in matrixed organizations with multiple stakeholders
• Effective communication and facilitation skills, with ability to influence at all levels
• Analytical mindset with ability to establish and…