Director, Portfolio Strategy & Governance

About the role

The Director, Portfolio Strategy & Governance shapes and leads the portfolio operating model for Digital Finance, creating the transparency, prioritization, governance and accountability needed to turn digital strategy into measurable business outcomes. The role owns the end-to-end portfolio strategy and governance framework across enterprise platforms, ERP stabilization, data and analytics, AI, automation, process optimization and data governance, working across Finance, technology, data and global teams. It is based in South San Francisco, CA.

Key responsibilities

• Define and evolve the Digital Finance portfolio strategy and operating model, aligned to business priorities and enterprise direction.
• Design and lead a structured intake and prioritization approach for capturing, triaging, scoring and approving opportunities, balancing value, demand, risk, dependencies and capacity.
• Own the end-to-end portfolio view, including roadmap, milestones, interdependencies, resourcing, risks, investment needs and key decisions.
• Partner with leaders to make portfolio trade-offs and focus resources on the highest-value priorities.
• Establish governance forums, portfolio reviews, intake councils, escalation pathways, decision rights and decision logs, and define portfolio and delivery standards.
• Create mechanisms for managing cross-portfolio dependencies, risks and issues, and document major changes and decisions for internal controls, compliance and audit readiness.
• Set up an outcome-based performance and value realization framework, tracking time savings, cycle time, error reduction, adoption and service levels, and monitor business cases and spend across contractors, vendors and tools.
• Serve as a strategic partner to Digital Finance and business leaders, coordinate across Finance, IT, data governance, architecture and global teams, and lead through influence in a matrixed organization.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Information Systems or a related field; MBA/MS preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in portfolio or program leadership, enterprise transformation, strategy and operations, transformation governance, enterprise PMO, finance transformation or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience building or evolving portfolio operating models, including intake, prioritization, governance forums, decision rights, capacity planning and portfolio performance management.
• Proven track record leading or governing complex portfolios spanning technology and process transformation such as enterprise platforms/ERP, data and analytics, automation, AI or operating-model change.
• Experience in complex, matrixed organizations; regulated or controlled environments with strong documentation and compliance are preferred.
• PMP, PgMP, SAFe, Prosci or equivalent portfolio/program/change certification is valued but not required.

What we offer

• Expected salary range of $160,300-$297,700, depending on experience, qualifications and location; actual pay set by the employer.
• A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and company performance.
• The position qualifies for the benefits described in the original posting.