Senior Technology Portfolio Manager

About the opportunity

SWCA Environmental Consultants is seeking a Senior Technology Portfolio Manager - Execution to join our Enterprise Technology Engagement team. In this role, you will lead intake operations, portfolio planning, and execution coordination for SWCA's most strategic internal enterprise initiatives with significant technology components. You will translate enterprise and technology strategy into actionable portfolio recommendations, helping leaders make informed decisions by providing visibility into capacity constraints, dependencies, investment tradeoffs, and initiative sequencing. Reporting to the Director, Enterprise Technology Engagement, this role provides leadership and oversight to project managers responsible for the day-to-day execution of SWCA's most complex and impactful enterprise initiatives. You will partner with business and technology leaders to maintain an integrated initiative roadmap, facilitate evidence-based intake and prioritization decisions, and strengthen governance practices that improve delivery outcomes without creating unnecessary administrative burden. This role offers the opportunity to influence enterprise strategy execution, develop project management talent, and drive successful outcomes across SWCA's technology portfolio.

This is a full-time, regular (with benefits), salaried/exempt position that is distributed (=remote) based. Depending on business needs, this position may require [5-10%] travel to support stakeholder engagement, planning activities, governance meetings, and strategic initiative delivery

Application Deadline:

Please submit your application by 

About SWCA

SWCA Environmental Consultants is a 100% employee-owned environmental consulting firm providing full spectrum environmental services across the United States. Our North Star is to be the best place to work and a leader in sustainability, delivering sound science and creative solutions to complex environmental challenges.

We are guided by our core values every day. We collaborate as #OneSWCA, we are #AlwaysLearning, we #NeverSettle, and we #GiveBack to our communities. With offices nationwide, SWCA offers a collaborative, team focused environment where employees can build meaningful and long-term careers.

What you will accomplish

Intake, Business Engagement & Strategic Alignment:

• Lead intake triage, workflow management, and decision-readiness activities in alignment with the Enterprise Technology Engagement intake and discovery framework.
• Partner with Enterprise Technology Partners, product owners, and business stakeholders to gather requirements, develop business cases, define acceptance criteria, and document expected outcomes.
• Maintain clear visibility into request status, prioritization decisions, and portfolio commitments.
• Route routine support requests and minor enhancement efforts to the appropriate accountable teams and owners.

Portfolio Roadmap, Prioritization & Capacity Management:

• Maintain and continuously refine the integrated portfolio roadmap to align with enterprise and technology strategies and targeted business outcomes.
• Develop prioritization and sequencing recommendations that evaluate value, risk, investment assumptions, resource capacity, work-in-progress limits, and dependency impacts.
• Assess cross-initiative dependencies and capacity constraints to support informed portfolio decision-making.
• Present recommendations to start, pause, accelerate, or resequence initiatives based on strategic priorities and portfolio objectives.
• Update portfolio commitments and roadmap plans following approved governance and executive authorization processes

Portfolio Execution & Governance:

• Lead portfolio governance and execution assurance activities across strategic enterprise initiatives.
• Apply Agile, hybrid, or predictive delivery approaches appropriate to initiative complexity, risk profile, and business needs.
• Monitor forecasts, approved budgets, resource allocation, dependencies, and execution risks to support portfolio health and delivery success.
• Escalate material scope, schedule, readiness, or outcome risks and facilitate recovery planning with stakeholders.
• Coordinate initiative acceptance, operational transitions, and benefits reviews with sponsors, technical leaders, and business stakeholders.
• Enable effective portfolio governance that improves visibility, decision-making, and execution outcomes without creating unnecessary administrative burden

People Leadership & Capability Development:

• Recruit, coach, mentor, and develop project managers responsible for executing strategic enterprise initiatives.
• Establish clear performance expectations, role accountability, and professional growth opportunities for project management team members.
• Align project manager assignments and workloads to support approved priorities and sustainable delivery practices.
• Strengthen project management capabilities through coaching, feedback, lessons learned, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, effective communication, and execution excellence

Portfolio Leadership & Decision Support:

• Oversee intake operations, portfolio integration activities, project manager assignments, and day-to-day people leadership responsibilities within delegated authority.
• Recommend portfolio priorities, sequencing strategies, and investment tradeoffs to support achievement of business and technology objectives.
• Elevate execution, dependency, capacity, and organizational readiness concerns to senior leadership for decision-making and resolution.
• Integrate commitments and inputs from Enterprise Technology Partners, product owners, and delivery teams to maintain alignment across the technology portfolio.

Minimum Qualifications

Eight years of relevant, progressively responsible experience, including some experience managing others. Ten years of related experience is preferred; or any equivalent combination of experience, performance, training, and/or education. Knowledge normally obtained through post-secondary education or training; bachelor's degree preferred.

Experience and qualifications for success

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Project Management, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education, professional development, and directly applicable experience.
• Eight (8) years of experience leading technology portfolios, programs, or projects involving multiple stakeholders, complex dependencies, and cross-functional workstreams.
• Demonstrated experience managing and developing people, including coaching project managers, managing workload and performance, and building accountable execution practices.
• Experience with demand intake, portfolio management, initiative prioritization, roadmap development, capacity planning, and execution governance.
• Ability to evaluate resource and cost forecasts, identify and manage risks and dependencies, and communicate investment tradeoffs and business impacts.
• Experience supporting strategic initiatives through Agile, hybrid, and predictive delivery methodologies, applying the appropriate approach based on business needs and project complexity.
• Strong facilitation, written communication, analytical, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence outcomes across business and technology teams.
• Experience collaborating effectively with technical architects, product owners, and business leaders within a matrixed environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ten (10) years of experience leading enterprise technology portfolios, programs, or strategic transformation initiatives.
• PMP, PgMP, PfMP, Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or similar project, program, portfolio, or Agile delivery certification.
• Experience improving portfolio management, intake processes, governance frameworks, or enterprise delivery practices.
• Experience supporting enterprise transformation, organizational change management, benefits realization, or business process improvement initiatives.
• Experience partnering with enterprise architecture, technology strategy, business relationship management, or technology engagement functions.
• Professional services, consulting, or project-based business experience.

Other Job Conditions

When driving is required 

Applicants must possess a valid driver's license and meet SWCA's driver requirements. 

When traveling is required 

This position may require domestic travel, including travel by commercial airline. Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain all valid travel documents and identification required for work-related travel throughout the duration of employment.  

Safety Expectations 

Lead level: Drives compliance of safety policies and reporting requirements to ensure overall team safety.  

Pay Range

SWCA is committed to salary equity and transparency. The expected pay range for this US-based position is $115,689.60 to $159,213.00 per year. Actual pay may vary based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. Eligible employees may also receive performance-based bonuses.

As a 100% employee-owned company, we invest in your future. Our Total Rewards package includes an Employee Stock Ownership Plan, 401(k) with profit sharing, medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, wellness programs, and professional development opportunities.

Closing

If you need accommodation due to a disability, please contact accommodations@swca.com or call 1 480 581 5378. If you require assistance with the application process, please contact recruiting@swca.com.

Use of Technology in Hiring 

SWCA may use approved technology, including AI-assisted tools, to support parts of the application and recruiting process. All selection and hiring decisions are made by SWCA employees, and candidates are not selected or rejected by automated systems. We are committed to a fair, transparent, and human-centered hiring experience. 

Candidate Use of AI 

Candidates may use AI tools to help prepare application materials and interviews. However, all application materials, assessments, and interview responses must accurately reflect their own experience, skills, and qualifications. AI must not be used to fabricate experience, complete assessments on their behalf, or otherwise misrepresent their background or abilities. 

Equal Opportunity Employer 

SWCA Environmental Consultants is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applications from women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all employees can thrive. 

SWCA continues to invest deeply in career development programs, delivering our award-winning Career Landscape support resources to accelerate the growth of our staff. We recognize the valuable skills and experiences our internal team members bring to SWCA’s continued success. Qualified internal candidates are encouraged to apply and will be seriously considered for this position. We believe in promoting from within, where possible, providing our existing employees with compelling opportunities to advance their careers.