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Digital & IT Enterprise Portfolio Manager

Date: Nov 19, 2025

Location:

Overland Park, KS, US Cary, NC, US

Company: Black & Veatch Family of Companies

Together, we own our company, our future, and our shared success.

As an employee-owned company, our people _are_ Black & Veatch. We put them at the center of everything we do and empower them to grow, explore new possibilities and use their diverse talents and perspectives to solve humanity's biggest challenges in an ever-evolving world. With over 100 years of innovation in sustainable infrastructure and our expertise in engineering, procurement, consulting and construction, together we are building a world of difference.

**Company :** Black & Veatch Corporation

**Req Id :** 112200

**Opportunity Type :** Staff

**Relocation eligible :** No

**Full time/Part time :** Full-Time

**Project Only Hire :** No

**Visa Sponsorship Available:** No

Why Black and Veatch

Black & Veatch allows you to lend your talent and perspective to humanity’s biggest challenges in a flexible environment where you are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities. We offer competitive compensation; 401K match and benefits that start day 1.

Our hybrid environment allows you to balance your work and personal life. At Black & Veatch, you own your career with purpose and meaning. You are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities at every step of your career journey. Bring your big ideas knowing you are safe to be who you are and speak up with concerns or questions and put your diverse talents and perspectives to use.

The Opportunity

The **Enterprise Portfolio Manager** is a strategic partner to business and D&IT leaders, driving clarity and execution across portfolio roadmaps and project plans. This role ensures that PMO-enabled project investments are aligned with enterprise goals, delivering measurable value through disciplined oversight and governance. As the primary liaison for sponsors of technology initiatives, the Portfolio Manager helps shape functional road maps, orchestrating resources, timing, and synergies to optimize outcomes and elevate strategic performance.

The Team

**Black & Veatch’s Business Enablement** consists of critical groups that help enable the organizations people, projects, and businesses to be as successful as possible. Functions in this group include Digital & Information Technology, Global Finance, Global Human Resources, Legal, Risk Management, and Government Affairs and Real Estate and Building Services.

Key Responsibilities

+ Maintain transparency by defining and communicating portfolio performance metrics and KPIs to senior leadership, ensuring accountability and actionable insights for data-driven decisions.

+ Collaborate with Project Managers, Sponsors, and Stakeholders to assess and manage portfolio risks, issues, and dependencies, and design appropriate resolution and mitigation strategies.

+ Oversee the BV project Demand & Supply lifecycle process, contributing to Demand quality control, influencing project management activities, and promoting an integrated approach to portfolio management for successful execution of investments.

+ Build and sustain direct relationships with D&IT senior leadership, gaining insight into their visions and objectives, while leveraging the virtual account team model to foster similar engagement with business functions beyond D&IT.

+ Advance project prioritization governance by deepening understanding of project value via collaboration with D&IT Business Relationship Leaders (BRLs), facilitating priority-setting sessions, and supporting alignment of project selection with company strategy.

+ Support the development of functional roadmaps alongside senior leadership, identifying logical structures for project and program breakdowns, workstreams, and timelines.

+ Make informed tradeoff decisions in the best interest of the portfolio, relying on comprehensive analysis and facilitating data-driven discussions with executives.

+ Promote consistency and excellence in workflow execution across varying methodologies and frameworks within the portfolio.

+ Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies to inform long-term strategic planning.

+ Champion innovation and drive a forward-looking culture throughout the organization.

+ Lead continuous improvement efforts within the PMO to elevate portfolio management practices and augment organizational value.

+ Mentor and coach Project Managers and team members, fostering a high-performance culture grounded in PMO best practices and professional growth.

+ Contribute to the standards used in project execution; define rituals, methods, & tools.

+ Represent the PMO at executive meetings and presentations, effectively conveying portfolio status, challenges, and opportunities.

Preferred Qualifications

+ Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in information systems, Business Administration, or related field, or equivalent experience.

+ 15+ years in enterprise environments, preferably within technology, with 10+ years in progressively senior roles across project, program, or portfolio leadership.

+ **Visionary Leadership:**  Influences through integrity, consistency, and inclusive collaboration—bringing clarity to complexity and unity to diverse perspectives.

+ **Organizational Savvy:**  Navigates silos with tact and diplomacy, connecting ideas and people to drive enterprise-wide cohesion.

+ **Strategic Communication: ** Tailors messaging to diverse audiences, ensuring clarity, impact, and alignment.

+ **Business Insight: ** Understands core business processes and adapts to the cultural nuances of each function to build trust and relevance.

+ **Technical Fluency:**  Partners effectively with technical teams to ensure systems are built to spec and deliver intended outcomes.

+ **Portfolio Strategy:**  Aligns portfolio vision with enterprise goals, ensuring investments deliver meaningful value.

+ **Market Awareness: ** Understands BV’s markets and the drivers behind business unit initiatives, adding context to prioritization.

+ **Value Realization:**  Measures and communicates portfolio impact, linking execution to strategic objectives.

+ **Innovative Mindset:**  Inspires creativity and progress through clear vision, structured roadmaps, and entrepreneurial energy.

+ **Analytical Rigor:**  Solves problems with precision, bringing structure and clarity to ambiguous challenges.

Minimum Qualifications

+  A bachelor’s or master’s degree in information systems, Business Administration, or related field, or equivalent experience.

+ 15+ years in enterprise environments, preferably within technology, with 10+ years in progressively senior roles across project, program, or portfolio leadership.

All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Work Environment/Physical Demands

Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance and work assignments.

Salary Plan

ITS: Information Technology Service

Job Grade

019

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Black & Veatch is committed to being an employer of choice by creating a valuable work experience that keeps our people engaged, productive, safe and healthy.

Our comprehensive benefits portfolio is a key component of this commitment and offers an array of health care benefits including but not limited to medical, dental and vision insurances along with disability and a robust wellness program.

To support a healthy work-life balance, we offer flexible work schedules, paid vacation and holiday time, sick time, and dependent sick time.

A variety of additional benefits are available to our professionals, including a company-matched 401k plan, adoption reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, vendor discounts, an employment referral program, AD&D insurance, pre-taxed accounts, voluntary legal plan and the B&V Credit Union. Professionals may also be eligible for a performance-based bonus program.

We are proud to be a 100 percent ESOP-owned company. As employee-owners, our professionals are empowered to drive not only their personal growth, but the company's long-term achievements - and they share in the financial rewards of the success through stock ownership.

By valuing diverse voices and perspectives, we cultivate an authentically inclusive environment for professionals and are able to provide innovative and effective solutions for clients.

BVH, Inc., its subsidiaries and its affiliated companies, complies with all Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) laws and regulations. Black & Veatch does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender Identity and expression, disability, veteran status, pregnancy status or other status protected by law.

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