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Business/Job Title: Director/Sr. Director, Portfolio Management

Position Summary

The Director of Portfolio Management is responsible for leading, managing and governing our portfolio of strategic technology initiatives. In this position, you will work cross functionally with other leaders to develop and implement a comprehensive portfolio strategy aligned with the organizations business objectives, establish, and maintain processes relevant to the portfolio management function, and support leading our funding and investment governance process. The processes and tools you contribute to establishing will enable data-driven decision making to optimize business outcomes. You will also lead Portfolio team members to achieve Portfolio and organizational goals and monitor the delivery of a portfolio of Opportunities and Epics to ensure optimal portfolio performance while meeting established schedules.

What Youll Do

Contribute to leading, defining and operationalizing the portfolio management function within F5 Technology Services

Lead and mentor a team of Portfolio managers and coordinators, providing guidance and support in achieving organizational goals

Foster a collaborative and high-performance culture with the Portfolio Management team.

Develop and implement a comprehensive portfolio strategy align with the organizations business objectives.

Define and prioritize technology initiatives based on strategic goals and resource capacity.

Engage and align department leaders involved in or impacted by the ongoing planning, scoping, estimating, prioritizing, and funding of work that aligns with F5s strategic priorities

Align the organization on a standard intake and portfolio planning and management process

Lead portfolio governance across the entire IT portfolio to provide to enable effective forecasting, spend decision making, and measurement

Optimize resource allocation and utilization and collaborate with department leaders to identify skill gaps and plans for resource development or recruitment.

Manage the flow of opportunity and epics at the portfolio level (i.e., make the portfolio visible, help identify bottlenecks, and minimize WIP)

Create accountability and ownership amongst the teams to shape and deliver value to the organization, including identifying risks associated with work and working with teams to implement mitigation strategies as needed.

Collect, review, and report portfolio-level metrics to TS Leadership

Facilitate portfolio-level ceremonies (Monthly Portfolio Sync, Quarterly Strategic Portfolio Review) and provide regular updates on project status, milestones, and key performance indicators.

Contribute information and insights to the standard budgeting process to meet financial targets and expectations.

Drive continuous improvement at the program and portfolio level and promote agility, while balancing the need for predictability and accountability

Foster effective communication and collaboration with stakeholders at all levels.

Lead / participate in status presentations to senior leadersh