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At a Glance
Compensation
$145k to $155k per year.
Employment status
Full-time, salaried, exempt.
Schedule
Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.
Location
Bernard Horwich Building, 3003 W. Touhy Ave., Chicago, IL 60645
Work arrangement
Hybrid with 2 days on site.
Travel
Some local travel required.
Union status
Not eligible for membership.
About CJE SeniorLife
CJE SeniorLife is a leading provider of services for older adults, dedicated to enhancing quality of life through compassionate care, innovation, and community engagement. Guided by our mission to support older adults in living with dignity, purpose, and connection, we provide a comprehensive range of programs and services that meet the evolving needs of the communities we serve.
What You’ll Do
- Portfolio & Intake Management
- Owns the single shared intake process for all IT work, ensuring requests are captured, triaged, and routed consistently across the Applications & Data and Infrastructure & Security pillars.
- Maintains the IT portfolio, sequencing and prioritizing work across pillars based on agency priorities, resource capacity, and risk.
- Leads requirements gathering and process design for new initiatives, translating business needs into clear, actionable project scope.
- Serves as the AI program owner, coordinating AI-related initiatives across pillars and maintaining a consistent intake and governance process for AI use cases.
- Agile & Delivery Leadership
- Leads Agile/Scrum practices across the IT department, including sprint planning, backlog management, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
- Coaches project and product teams in Agile delivery practices, removing impediments and improving team velocity and predictability.
- Establishes and maintains delivery standards, ensuring consistent practices for tracking, reporting, and closing out project work.
- Change Management
- Leads organization-wide change management for technology initiatives, developing and executing change plans that address stakeholder impact, communication, training, and adoption.
- Partners with department and pillar leads to assess organizational readiness for change and to build sponsorship and buy-in across the agency.
- Develops change management frameworks, tools, and templates for consistent use across IT projects.
- Product Management
- Applies product management discipline to CJE’s IT roadmap, defining product vision, gathering stakeholder requirements, and prioritizing features and enhancements based on business value.
- Owns and maintains the IT roadmap, balancing new development, enhancements, and technical debt across pillars.
- Defines success metrics and KPIs for major initiatives and tracks outcomes after launch.
- Team Leadership & Vendor Management
- Leads and develops the Business Enablement Partner, setting priorities and building capability for platform enablement, training, and adoption work.
- Coordinates with the Applications & Data Lead and Infrastructure & Security Lead to align cross-pillar priorities, dependencies, and timelines.
- Manages vendor relationships and contracts related to portfolio and delivery work, including scoping, negotiation, and performance oversight.
- Leads cross-pillar projects from initiation through closure, managing scope, schedule, budget, and risk.
What You’ll Bring
- Required qualifications
- At least a bachelor’s degree in business, information technology, or a related field is required; an equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
- At least 8 years of related IT experience is required, including at least 3 years in a director-level or senior leadership capacity.
- At least 4 years of experience leading Agile/Scrum practices (e.g., as a Scrum Master, Agile coach, or Agile delivery lead) is required.
- At least 4 years of experience leading organizational change management for technology or process initiatives is required.
- At least 3 years of experience in a product management or product owner capacity, including roadmap ownership, prioritization, and stakeholder management, is required.
- Preferred qualifications
- Experience in a healthcare or human services environment is a plus.
Why This Role Matters
CJE’s teams depend on technology to support older adults, and it only helps when it is chosen with care and used with confidence. This role gives the IT department one clear path for requests, a roadmap tied to agency priorities, and change support that helps colleagues adopt new tools. The result is coordinated work that reaches staff in a form they can use, and a stronger foundation for the services CJE provides.
Benefits and Support for Eligible Full-Time Employees
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Competitive pay
- Paid vacation and sick time
- Employer-provided life insurance, with optional spouse and dependent coverage
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Retirement plan
- Employee assistance program
- Employee purchase and health club discounts
- Ongoing training and professional development
Work Arrangement
- This role is a hybrid role with in-person work and remote work options. Hybrid work, if offered, is offered to provide flexibility to staff, but remote work is a privilege subject to agency policy, operational needs, and satisfactory job performance.
Ready to Make an Impact?
If this opportunity aligns with your experience and interests, we invite you to apply and learn more about joining CJE SeniorLife.
Equal Opportunity Employer
CJE SeniorLife is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes applicants of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
#CJESL11
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.
At a Glance
Compensation
$145k to $155k per year.
Employment status
Full-time, salaried, exempt.
Schedule
Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.
Location
Bernard Horwich Building, 3003 W. Touhy Ave., Chicago, IL 60645
Work arrangement
Hybrid with 2 days on site.
Travel
Some local travel required.
Union status
Not eligible for membership.
About CJE SeniorLife
CJE SeniorLife is a leading provider of services for older adults, dedicated to enhancing quality of life through compassionate care, innovation, and community engagement. Guided by our mission to support older adults in living with dignity, purpose, and connection, we provide a comprehensive range of programs and services that meet the evolving needs of the communities we serve.
What You’ll Do
- Portfolio & Intake Management
- Owns the single shared intake process for all IT work, ensuring requests are captured, triaged, and routed consistently across the Applications & Data and Infrastructure & Security pillars.
- Maintains the IT portfolio, sequencing and prioritizing work across pillars based on agency priorities, resource capacity, and risk.
- Leads requirements gathering and process design for new initiatives, translating business needs into clear, actionable project scope.
- Serves as the AI program owner, coordinating AI-related initiatives across pillars and maintaining a consistent intake and governance process for AI use cases.
- Agile & Delivery Leadership
- Leads Agile/Scrum practices across the IT department, including sprint planning, backlog management, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
- Coaches project and product teams in Agile delivery practices, removing impediments and improving team velocity and predictability.
- Establishes and maintains delivery standards, ensuring consistent practices for tracking, reporting, and closing out project work.
- Change Management
- Leads organization-wide change management for technology initiatives, developing and executing change plans that address stakeholder impact, communication, training, and adoption.
- Partners with department and pillar leads to assess organizational readiness for change and to build sponsorship and buy-in across the agency.
- Develops change management frameworks, tools, and templates for consistent use across IT projects.
- Product Management
- Applies product management discipline to CJE’s IT roadmap, defining product vision, gathering stakeholder requirements, and prioritizing features and enhancements based on business value.
- Owns and maintains the IT roadmap, balancing new development, enhancements, and technical debt across pillars.
- Defines success metrics and KPIs for major initiatives and tracks outcomes after launch.
- Team Leadership & Vendor Management
- Leads and develops the Business Enablement Partner, setting priorities and building capability for platform enablement, training, and adoption work.
- Coordinates with the Applications & Data Lead and Infrastructure & Security Lead to align cross-pillar priorities, dependencies, and timelines.
- Manages vendor relationships and contracts related to portfolio and delivery work, including scoping, negotiation, and performance oversight.
- Leads cross-pillar projects from initiation through closure, managing scope, schedule, budget, and risk.
What You’ll Bring
- Required qualifications
- At least a bachelor’s degree in business, information technology, or a related field is required; an equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
- At least 8 years of related IT experience is required, including at least 3 years in a director-level or senior leadership capacity.
- At least 4 years of experience leading Agile/Scrum practices (e.g., as a Scrum Master, Agile coach, or Agile delivery lead) is required.
- At least 4 years of experience leading organizational change management for technology or process initiatives is required.
- At least 3 years of experience in a product management or product owner capacity, including roadmap ownership, prioritization, and stakeholder management, is required.
- Preferred qualifications
- Experience in a healthcare or human services environment is a plus.
Why This Role Matters
CJE’s teams depend on technology to support older adults, and it only helps when it is chosen with care and used with confidence. This role gives the IT department one clear path for requests, a roadmap tied to agency priorities, and change support that helps colleagues adopt new tools. The result is coordinated work that reaches staff in a form they can use, and a stronger foundation for the services CJE provides.
Benefits and Support for Eligible Full-Time Employees
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Competitive pay
- Paid vacation and sick time
- Employer-provided life insurance, with optional spouse and dependent coverage
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Retirement plan
- Employee assistance program
- Employee purchase and health club discounts
- Ongoing training and professional development
Work Arrangement
- This role is a hybrid role with in-person work and remote work options. Hybrid work, if offered, is offered to provide flexibility to staff, but remote work is a privilege subject to agency policy, operational needs, and satisfactory job performance.
Ready to Make an Impact?
If this opportunity aligns with your experience and interests, we invite you to apply and learn more about joining CJE SeniorLife.
Equal Opportunity Employer
CJE SeniorLife is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes applicants of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
#CJESL11
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.
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Who's Hiring
- Truist10
- CSL1
- GSK1
- Apple1
- Inotiv1
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in portfolio delivery manager jobs.
- 7 or more years of program or portfolio management experience across multiple concurrent initiatives
- Proficiency with portfolio management platforms such as Planview, Clarity, or ServiceNow SPM
- PMP, PgMP, or MSP certification strongly preferred or required
- Demonstrated experience with agile delivery frameworks including SAFe, Scrum, or Kanban at scale
- Strong stakeholder management and executive reporting skills across cross-functional teams
- Bachelor's degree in business, computer science, engineering, or a related field required
Tips for Your Portfolio Delivery Manager Job Search
Tailor your resume to governance frameworks
Portfolio delivery managers are expected to know specific frameworks like SAFe, MSP, or MoP. Call out the frameworks you have used by name in your resume's skills section and weave them into your project summaries so recruiters can confirm fit at a glance.
Quantify portfolio scale, not just outcomes
Hiring managers want to see the size of what you have managed, number of concurrent workstreams, total budget, and team size, not just delivery outcomes. Lead each bullet with scale first so they can benchmark your experience against their own portfolio complexity.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists portfolio delivery manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings that name your industry vertical
Portfolio delivery in fintech looks very different from portfolio delivery in federal contracting or pharma. Filter openings by the industry where your experience is deepest so you can speak fluently to the domain risks, compliance constraints, and stakeholder dynamics that matter most in that sector.
Prepare a portfolio roadmap artifact for interviews
Many interview panels for this role ask you to walk through how you have built or restructured a portfolio roadmap. Bring a sanitized example that shows your prioritization logic, dependency mapping, and how you handled conflicting business priorities across programs.
Negotiate scope clarity alongside compensation
Before accepting an offer, clarify how many active programs fall under the portfolio, whether the PMO is centralized or distributed, and what authority you have over resource allocation. These structural factors affect your ability to deliver and are easier to negotiate before you sign than after you start.
Portfolio Delivery Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most portfolio delivery managers?
The most active employers for portfolio delivery managers right now are Truist, CSL, and GSK, and the most openings are in Georgia, Texas, and Virginia, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Financial services firms, large consultancies, and enterprise technology companies tend to hire most consistently for this role.
How many portfolio delivery manager jobs are remote?
About 100% of portfolio delivery manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting strong demand for distributed leadership. Roles focused on agile transformation and PMO consulting tend to offer the most location flexibility, while positions embedded in a single business unit often require on-site presence for stakeholder alignment.
How do you become a portfolio delivery manager?
Start by building several years of project and program management experience, ideally managing multiple concurrent workstreams. Earn a recognized certification such as PMP or PgMP to demonstrate formal methodology knowledge. Progress into roles with explicit portfolio scope, then develop executive communication skills and fluency with portfolio management tooling. Most people move into the title from a senior program manager or PMO lead position.
Can I get hired as a portfolio delivery manager with little experience?
Directly, it is difficult, because most job descriptions require demonstrated leadership across a portfolio of programs rather than a single project. The most practical path is to take on informal portfolio coordination responsibilities in a current program manager role, document the scope and complexity clearly on your resume, and target smaller organizations or internal PMO roles where the bar for portfolio breadth is lower than at large enterprises.
What does the portfolio delivery manager interview process look like?
Most processes run three to five rounds. An initial screen with HR or a recruiter is typically followed by a behavioral interview focused on stakeholder management and prioritization decisions. A technical or case round often asks you to walk through how you have structured a portfolio roadmap or resolved competing program priorities. Final rounds usually involve senior leadership and may include a presentation of a past portfolio or a live problem-solving exercise.
Where can I find and apply to portfolio delivery manager jobs?
You can find and apply to portfolio delivery manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find the roles that fit your experience and seniority level, then apply directly to each listing from the page.
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