MANAGER, BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION STRATEGY & PORTFOLIO GOVERNANCE Information Technology Full-time Job

The Manager, Business Transformation Strategy & Portfolio Governance is the strategic right hand to the Executive Director, Business Transformation. This role acts as the connective tissue between strategy, finance, governance, and delivery, standing up a single, enterprise-wide system that links priorities to investments, execution, and measurable outcomes.

 

If you’re energized by building structure where it doesn’t yet exist, enjoy operating at the intersection of business and technology, and can translate strategy into executable, governed portfolios—this is a rare opportunity to leave a lasting mark.

  

The Role

Reporting to the Executive Director, Business Transformation, this role is integral to the achievement of company objectives, and you contribute value through key areas of oversight such as:

 

IT Strategy & Strategic Portfolio Planning

• Leading the 12-year capital refresh plan for core platforms and assets, integrating lifecycle timing, obsolescence risk, and sustainability considerations connecting the long-term forecasts to annual capital and operating budget cycles
• Orchestrating annual and in-year quarterly fiscal planning (capex/opex) for IT, aligning to enterprise strategy, business-architecture roadmaps, and regulatory obligations;
• Maintaining portfolio level investments and scenario analyses with recommendations on trade-offs that maximise ROI, resilience across people, technology, and governance priorities;

 

Centralized Intake & Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Delivery Support

• Designing and implementing the enterprise IT intake process for all new initiatives including triage, sizing, dependency checks, architecture fit, benefits framing, and business readiness;
• Chairing the intake/PPM working forum - drive funding releases working with Finance based on stage-gate evidence, risk appetite, and benefits defined;
• Working with Executive Director, Business Transformation, Portfolio Leaders and Transformation Management Office on the IT governance framework (roles, artefacts, cadences, KPIs), ensuring proportional standards and consistent controls across programs and projects;

 

Enterprise Liaison & Investment Case Quality

• Partnering with business unit stakeholders to shape value-focused funding cases, embedding outcome metrics, cost and schedule delivery, change readiness, and benefits ownership;
• Coordinating IT department-level requests and resource allocations, resolving cross-portfolio conflicts through data-driven prioritisation and capacity views;
• Ensuring enterprise business cases traceability to strategy and capability uplifts as defined;

 

Portfolio Reporting, Forecasting & Performance

• Building an integrated reporting backbone which could include monthly portfolio forecasts (cost, schedule, benefits), KPI scorecards, risk and capacity heatmaps, and Class A executive packs, Board-level materials;
• Maintaining live dashboards (e.g., Power BI) with clear data lineage - standardise definitions for status, risk, benefits, and financials to support project-based decisions;
• Publishing performance management insights and actions by running quarterly portfolio reviews to re-balance investments as appropriate;

 

People Leadership

• Leading, coaching, and developing 2–3 Analysts and others as required to establish career paths and a culture of transparency, curiosity, and disciplined execution;
• Championing integrated planning with Architecture, Finance, and PPM Delivery functions - embed continuous learning and project lifecycle;

 

What you bring to the team

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Information Systems, Engineering, or related discipline; MBA or relevant master’s degree is an asset
• Professional credentials preferred: PPM/PMI/ CBAP or equivalent, SAFe LPM/Lean Portfolio; familiarity with ITIL is an asset
• 10+ years of experience across portfolio management, strategy, or PMO/TMO leadership with significant exposure to capital planning and enterprise budgeting; including track record building intake/governance from the ground up
• Demonstrated success producing executive level reports and Board packs and driving cross-functional prioritisation in a regulated, asset-intensive or public-service context
• Comfortable operating at the intersection of strategy, architecture, finance, and delivery, with a pragmatic approach to proportional controls

 

Join us!

If this sounds like your next great career move, please submit your resume and cover letter by March 1, 2026 at 11:59pm.

 

Additional Information

The target salary range: $125,400 – $156,800 per annum. The starting salary is determined based on the successful candidate’s knowledge and experience, and on internal equity.

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