Consulting Manager - PMO, Portfolio Governance

About Cognizant Consulting

Cognizant Consulting is more than Cognizant's consulting practice—we're a global community of 6,000+ experts dedicated to helping clients reimagine their business. Blending our deep industry and technology advisory capability, we create innovative business solutions for Fortune 500 clients. And now, we're looking for our next colleague who'll join us in shaping the future of business. Could it be you?

About the role

As a Consulting Manager – PMO, Portfolio Governance, you will make an impact by operating the portfolio management discipline that helps our client's Digital organization invest in the right initiatives, manage demand and capacity transparently, govern funding and delivery performance, and realize measurable business value from approved investments. You will be a valued member of the IT Governance / PMO & Portfolio Governance team and work collaboratively with the Director, PMO / Portfolio Governance, Finance, Enterprise Architecture, delivery teams, governance partners, and clients.

In this role, you will:

• Portfolio Planning & Investment Prioritization (30%) — Build and maintain the portfolio roadmap, initiative inventory, and planning calendar. Apply consistent prioritization criteria across strategic value, cost, risk, capacity, dependencies, and expected benefits. Prepare leadership decision materials that support transparent sequencing and trade-off discussions.

• Demand Management & Capacity Planning (20%) — Operate intake for new demand by capturing, qualifying, sizing, and staging requests through a consistent process. Produce demand and capacity views that identify resource constraints, skill gaps, timing conflicts, and delivery risks.

• Financial Governance & Forecasting (20%) — Manage portfolio budget visibility, funding requests, forecast updates, variance analysis, capital and operating expense tracking, and adherence to financial controls and approval thresholds. Partner with Finance and delivery owners to improve forecast accuracy and spend transparency.

• Portfolio Performance, Risk & Benefits Reporting (20%) — Monitor initiative health, delivery progress, financial performance, risks, issues, dependencies, and benefit realization. Prepare dashboards and executive reports that summarize portfolio performance, decisions needed, escalations, and strategic recommendations.

• Stakeholder Engagement & Continuous Improvement (10%) — Collaborate with business leaders, Finance, Enterprise Architecture, delivery teams, analysts, and governance partners to improve portfolio routines, tools, reporting standards, templates, and lessons learned. Provide guidance to portfolio analysts, project managers, and junior team members as needed.

Work model

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role's business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring a few days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey, or Querétaro. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you're engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.

What you must have to be considered

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in business, finance, information technology, project management, or a related discipline, along with 5+ years of experience in portfolio management, PMO, strategic program delivery, finance, investment planning, business operations, or related disciplines.

• Experience supporting portfolio governance, intake management, prioritization, resource planning, financial tracking, executive reporting, or benefits tracking.

• Strong financial acumen, including budgeting, forecasting, business case development, variance management, capital planning, and cost-benefit analysis.

• Strong analytical and reporting skills with the ability to assess portfolio performance, delivery health, risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and financial trends, and translate complex portfolio, financial, and delivery information into clear insights, decision points, and leadership recommendations.

• Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and executive presentation skills, along with an understanding of Agile and traditional delivery methodologies.

These will help you succeed

• Manufacturing or global enterprise experience.

• Experience with ServiceNow SPM, Planview, Clarity, Jira Align, Microsoft Project, Power BI, Excel, or comparable portfolio, reporting, and collaboration tools.

• PMP, PfMP, PgMP, SAFe, ITIL, COBIT, or equivalent portfolio, project, governance, finance, or risk management certification.

• Experience supporting executive governance forums, portfolio review boards, annual planning cycles, or investment prioritization processes.

We're excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don't hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.

À savoir avant de postuler

• Autorisation de travail: Cognizant ne prendra en considération que les candidats à ce poste qui sont légalement autorisés à travailler au Canada sans avoir besoin d'un parrainage de l'employeur, aujourd'hui ou à l'avenir.
• Mesures d’adaptation: Si vous avez un handicap qui nécessite des mesures d’adaptation raisonnable pour effectuer une recherche d’emploi ou poser une candidature, veuillez envoyer un courriel à [email protected] avec votre demande et vos coordonnées.
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• Poste à pourvoir: Sauf indication contraire, ce poste est actuellement vacant et nous cherchons à le pourvoir.
• Exigences linguistiques: Nous demandons à tous les candidats de posséder une connaissance de base de l’anglais afin de faciliter les communications internes. Pour les postes au Québec, la capacité à communiquer efficacement en anglais est requise car vous fournirez des services à et collaborerez avec des parties prenantes anglophones situées hors de la province.
• Inclusion: Cognizant est un employeur souscrivant au principe de l’égalité d’accès à l’emploi. Votre candidature et votre dossier ne seront pas examinés en fonction de la race, de la couleur, du sexe, de la religion, des croyances, de l'orientation sexuelle, de l'identité de genre, de l'origine nationale, du handicap, des renseignements génétiques, de la grossesse, du statut d'ancien combattant ou de toute autre caractéristique protégée par les lois fédérales, provinciales ou locales.

À propos de Cognizant
Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) est un AI Builder et une entreprise de services numériques (ESN) élaborant des solutions complètes d’IA maximisant les investissements pour des résultats concrets. Sa profonde expertise des métiers, des processus et des technologies lui permet d’intégrer dans les systèmes technologiques le contexte unique de chaque organisation de l’ingénierie à la production à l’échelle. Son objectif: améliorer l’efficacité des équipes, créer de la valeur et permettre aux grandes entreprises de rester performantes dans un monde qui évolue rapidement. Pour en savoir plus: cognizant.ai ou @cognizant.