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.

Acerca de Cognizant  
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) es un creador de soluciones de IA y proveedor de servicios tecnológicos que conecta la inversión en IA con el valor empresarial mediante el desarrollo de soluciones de IA full‑stack para sus clientes. Su profundo conocimiento de la industria, junto con su experiencia en procesos e ingeniería, permite incorporar el contexto único de cada organización en sistemas tecnológicos que amplifican el potencial humano, generan resultados tangibles y mantienen a las empresas a la vanguardia en un entorno en constante cambio. Más información en cognizant.ai o @cognizant.

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