Deputy Director, Portfolio Product Management, CSPO

Job Summary

Manage a portfolio of IT projects as products for space planning, infrastructure, and enterprise application integration, ensuring alignment with business strategy,accelerated solution delivery, optimal resource utilization, and successfulexecution across initiatives. Drive cross-functional technology programs that enable scalable digital workplace solutions, integrated platforms, and rapid business value realization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and drive the portfolio of IT projects, managing them as products from strategy through delivery and operational adoption.
• Lead application integration initiatives across enterprise platforms, infrastructure systems, workplace technologies, and business applications to ensure seamless interoperability and data flow.
• Prioritize initiatives based on business impact, strategic value, cost, risk, technical dependencies, and organizational capacity.
• Oversee planning, budgeting, execution, integration, and performance tracking across multiple concurrent projects and product streams.
• Drive accelerated development and delivery practices through Agile, DevOps, automation, CI/CD, and iterative release methodologies.
• Collaborate closely with IT, real estate, design, engineering, operations, finance, vendors, and external partners to deliver integrated technology solutions.
• Establish governance frameworks, KPIs, portfolio reporting, and integration standards to monitor portfolio health and delivery outcomes.
• Identify risks, interdependencies, integration challenges, and process improvement opportunities across systems and projects.
• Champion continuous improvement of portfolio management processes, delivery frameworks, integration capabilities, tools, and standards.
• Support digital transformation initiatives by enabling scalable, cloud-enabled, and API-driven technology ecosystems where applicable.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Architecture, Construction Management, or related field.
• 5–10 years of experience managing portfolios of IT projects or products, ideally in infrastructure, workplace technology, space planning, or enterprise systems environments.
• Strong understanding of IT infrastructure, enterprise applications, systems integration, capital projects, and workplace strategy.
• Experience delivering application integration initiatives involving APIs, middleware, SaaS platforms, cloud services, or enterprise workflow systems is highly preferred.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery methodologies, accelerated development practices, DevOps, automation, and modern project delivery frameworks.
• Proven ability to manage complex, multi-project portfolios with cross-functional and technical dependencies.
• Excellent stakeholder management, vendor coordination, communication, and executive reporting skills.
• Proficiency in portfolio and project management tools, reporting dashboards, and data-driven decision-making approaches.

SuccessMetrics:

• On-time and on-budget portfolio and integration delivery
• Accelerated deployment cycles and improved project delivery efficiency
• Optimized resource allocation, operational scalability, and ROI
• Successful integration and interoperability across enterprise systems
• High stakeholder satisfaction, business alignment, and adoption
• Effective risk management, governance compliance, and operational efficiency