PMO Portfolio Lead

Team: Project Management

Location: Canada

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: remote

Accountabilities:

The PMO Portfolio Lead is responsible for driving portfolio-level delivery assurance, ensuring projects follow established governance standards and maintaining a proactive approach to risk management. This role requires strong collaboration with project teams, business stakeholders, and leadership to provide accurate insights and support continuous improvement.

• Ensure delivery readiness for new projects, including handoffs, onboarding activities, and governance setup.
• Own project health monitoring across an assigned portfolio, ensuring consistent reporting, visibility, and accountability.
• Identify, assess, and manage project risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies (RAID), creating mitigation strategies before challenges impact delivery.
• Monitor project financial performance, including revenue, margins, forecasting, cost risks, and value realization.
• Act as the primary escalation point for complex project challenges, ensuring timely resolution and stakeholder alignment.
• Provide clear, data-driven reporting and recommendations to leadership teams regarding portfolio performance.
• Partner with Project Managers to ensure delivery practices, methodologies, and quality standards are consistently applied.
• Support the selection, onboarding, and enablement of Project Managers within delivery teams.
• Improve delivery processes, reporting frameworks, governance practices, and forecasting accuracy.
• Build trusted relationships across delivery, account management, sales, and operational teams to improve collaboration and execution.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate brings strong experience managing complex project portfolios, excellent communication skills, and the ability to translate operational data into strategic insights. You should be comfortable working independently in a remote environment while influencing teams and stakeholders without direct authority.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Business, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience managing multi-project portfolios or complex delivery programs.
• PMP certification required.
• Proven experience coordinating across client-facing and internal stakeholder groups.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, governance frameworks, and delivery best practices.
• Ability to connect project execution, financial performance, and business value into clear reporting and recommendations.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesize insights from multiple data sources.
• Experience managing risks, dependencies, escalations, and delivery challenges in dynamic environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong facilitation abilities in virtual settings.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, global, and continuously evolving organization.
• Strong attention to detail, ownership mindset, and ability to operate as a proactive problem solver.
• Ability to influence teams, drive accountability, and improve processes without relying on formal authority.

Benefits:

• Fully remote work environment with flexibility to collaborate globally.
• Opportunity to work with distributed teams across different regions and cultures.
• Exposure to complex, high-impact projects and innovative delivery models.
• Professional growth opportunities within a fast-moving technology environment.
• Collaborative culture focused on innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Opportunity to influence portfolio strategy, governance practices, and operational excellence.