LABUR · 2 weeks ago
IT Portfolio & Project Lead
Cambridge, MA
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level
$100/hr - $115/hrLABUR is partnering with a client to strengthen the effectiveness, alignment, and transparency of its technology investments through enhanced portfolio governance and project delivery leadership. The IT Portfolio & Project Lead will guide a domain-specific portfolio from planning through execution, ensuring that initiatives are strategically prioritized and delivered with consistency and quality.
Information TechnologySoftware
Responsibilities
Partner with IT Business Partner Leads and Expertise Area stakeholders to oversee a domain portfolio, ensuring strategic alignment, transparent status tracking, and optimal resource utilization
Facilitate planning, prioritization, and portfolio review activities, aligning initiatives with enterprise strategy, architecture direction, and capacity constraints
Support annual and quarterly investment planning by providing portfolio insights, prioritization recommendations, risk considerations, and funding analysis
Maintain comprehensive dashboard reporting to track project health, risks, value realization, financial performance, and delivery progress across the portfolio
Lead portfolio governance forums including review boards and steering committees, ensuring decisions are documented, dependencies are understood, and owners are accountable for follow-through
Identify portfolio risks, overlaps, delays, and low-value efforts; recommend optimizations and adjustments to maximize impact
Manage end-to-end delivery of assigned strategic or cross-functional projects, from initiation through deployment and closeout
Define scope, objectives, and success criteria in partnership with sponsors, platform teams, and external partners
Develop and maintain detailed project plans including schedules, budgets, resource strategies, risk registers, and change management approaches
Ensure adherence to PMO standards and governance requirements for quality, compliance, and audit readiness
Anticipate and mitigate risks and issues by driving accountability and timely resolution across internal teams and vendors
Deliver projects that meet stakeholder expectations for scope, schedule, quality, and organizational outcomes
Serve as a central liaison between IT, business stakeholders, and third-party vendors to ensure clear communication, alignment, and transparency
Partner with Platform Leads and Business Partner Leads to develop delivery roadmaps, manage dependencies, and plan resource needs
Engage implementation partners and vendors to oversee scope, delivery quality, and contractual commitments
Support the design and execution of change management and communication plans to ensure adoption of new capabilities
Contribute to the enhancement of PMO processes, tools, and methodologies including portfolio reporting, resource management, and health assessments
Coach and mentor project teams to apply consistent project management practices and delivery standards
Conduct post-implementation reviews and lessons-learned sessions to improve delivery maturity
Champion a culture of accountability, transparency, and execution excellence across the organization
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or a related field
Consulting background with demonstrated strength in strategic problem-solving and complex portfolio or project environments
Proven experience leading large, cross-functional projects within enterprise technology portfolios
Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to influence across diverse teams
Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities
Preferred
Master's degree
PMP or equivalent project management certification
Company
LABUR
LABUR is an IT company which provides domain expertise at the intersection of business initiatives and technology.
Founded in 2008
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Seth Burr
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
Recent News
Business Standard India
2025-04-06
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