Director, Portfolio Management & Project Delivery

The Director, Portfolio Management & Project Delivery is responsible for leading Inotivs technology project portfolio, project delivery capabilities, organizational change management practices, and strategic technology programs. The Director leads a team of project and portfolio management professionals while personally serving as Program Manager for the organizations most critical cross-functional technology and business transformation initiatives, including ERP Optimization and other enterprise strategic priorities.

The Director is accountable for the successful delivery of both technology programs and projects across the IT portfolio, while also providing program management leadership for selected strategic business initiatives that require enterprise-wide coordination, governance, and change management. This role serves as a key partner to business and IT leaders, providing governance, visibility, and leadership to ensure successful execution and realization of business outcomes. Additionally, the Director is responsible for building organizational project delivery capabilities, maturing portfolio management practices, and developing a high-performing team.

Team Management
Build a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and service excellence.
Provide coaching, mentoring, and development opportunities to help team members reach their full potential.
Establish clear goals, priorities, and performance expectations.
Manage team capacity and workload to optimize project delivery and portfolio management activities.
Conduct performance reviews and talent development planning in alignment with company processes.
Program Management Leadership
Serve as Program Manager for strategic, enterprise-wide technology and business transformation initiatives, including the ERP Optimization Program.
Develop and manage integrated program plans, roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, budgets, resource plans, and risk mitigation strategies.
Establish program governance structures, steering committees, decision-making forums, and executive reporting processes.
Drive resolution of program issues, risks, resource conflicts, and cross-functional dependencies.
Serve as the escalation point for major project and program issues requiring executive intervention or decision-making.
Project Delivery Excellence, Methodology, and Governance
Own the IT portfolio governance framework, including project intake, prioritization, approval, and investment decision processes.
Provide oversight for successful delivery of the IT project portfolio, ensuring adherence to governance standards and delivery methodologies.
Establish and continuously improve project, portfolio, and change management processes, standards, tools, and best practices.
Drive accountability for scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk management, and business outcomes.
Resource & Capacity Management
Establish and drive enterprise IT resource planning and capacity management processes.
Partner with IT leaders to forecast resource needs and identify potential delivery constraints.
Provide visibility into organizational capacity, demand forecasts, staffing requirements, and project investment trade-offs.
Financial Management & Benefits Realization
Oversee portfolio-level financial management, including project budgets and forecasts.
Establish and maintain benefits realization processes to measure business outcomes and value delivery.
Organizational Change Management
Establish organizational change management standards and practices for enterprise technology initiatives.
Ensure stakeholder engagement, communications, training, adoption, and business readiness activities are embedded within programs and projects as applicable.
Lead efforts to improve user adoption and value realization for technology and business transformations.
Partner with business leaders to support successful organizational transitions and sustained outcomes.
Drive change management maturity and capability development across IT and the business.
Develop dashboards, portfolio reporting, and performance metrics.
Provide regular updates to leadership regarding project health, resource allocation, financial performance, risks, and business outcomes.
Establish key performance indicators to measure portfolio effectiveness, delivery performance, and value realization.
Adhere to all company policies, procedures, and safety requirements.
Bachelors degree in Information Technology, Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related field required.

10+ years of progressive experience in project management, program management, portfolio management, PMO leadership, or IT transformation leadership.
~ Proven success leading enterprise-scale technology and business transformation initiatives.
~ Experience managing enterprise project portfolios, governance processes, and investment prioritization.
~ Experience leading ERP implementations, ERP optimization initiatives, or large-scale enterprise technology programs.
~ Experience with project financial management, benefits realization, capacity planning, and organizational change management.
~ Experience implementing and improving project management methodologies, governance frameworks, and delivery tools.

PMP (Project Management Professional) or PgMP (Program Management Professional)
Prosci Change Management Certification
Agile, Scrum, or SAFe certifications
Extended computer and display screen equipment usage

~ High emotional intelligence (EQ)

~ Organizational change management expertise

~ Relationship building and stakeholder management

~ Customer-focused and service-oriented mindset

~ Data-driven decision making

~ At Inotiv, our work helps advance the development of new medicines and therapies that can improve peoples lives. As a leading global contract research organization (CRO), we partner with researchers to tackle complex scientific challenges, drive innovation, and help build a healthier, safer world. Benefits include health and dental coverage, short- and long-term disability, paid time off, paid parental leave, 401K, and more!
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