Job Description:
As Senior Manager of Portfolio Management, you will lead Envistaâs enterprise portfolio governance function, ensuring technology and business initiatives are aligned to strategy, measurable outcomes, and financial discipline. This role sits within the IT organization and serves as the single point of accountability for managing the full portfolio of enterprise investments across Envista.
This role is also responsible for building and maturing Envistaâs portfolio governance framework, ensuring it is designed and executed in alignment with Envista Business System (EBS) principles. The Director of Portfolio Management will drive visibility, prioritization, and execution accountability across the enterprise portfolio, balancing strategic priorities while improving delivery throughput, predictability, and transparency.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
Enterprise Portfolio Strategy & Governance
- Own and continuously improve Envistaâs enterprise portfolio management framework including intake, prioritization, sequencing, and value tracking across Business and IT investments.
- Design and implement portfolio governance processes aligned with Envistaâs EBS framework, ensuring standardization, discipline, and continuous improvement in portfolio execution.
- Partner with IT and Business leaders to define and execute the annual portfolio planning cycle, aligning initiatives to enterprise strategy and financial targets.
- Lead portfolio governance cadences (e.g., portfolio review boards, strategic councils, executive steering committees) to ensure decisions are timely, well-informed, and outcome-driven.
- Establish and enforce standards for portfolio classification, prioritization scoring, stage gates, and delivery readiness.
Demand Management & Prioritization
- Build and lead a consistent demand intake and prioritization process across Envista.
- Drive structured decision-making for tradeoffs between competing initiatives including capacity constraints, funding boundaries, and enterprise dependencies.
- Ensure appropriate governance rigor exists before initiatives enter active execution.
Value Management & Financial Stewardship
- Establish portfolio-level tracking including budget burn, forecast accuracy, benefits realization (hard/soft), schedule health, and risk exposure.
- Ensure investment proposals include clear business cases, assumptions, and measurable outcomes.
- Partner with Finance to improve forecasting quality and spend transparency across cost centers and programs.
- Identify portfolio optimization opportunities to reduce waste, avoid duplication, and reprioritize underperforming investments.
Executive Reporting & Insights
- Deliver executive-ready portfolio dashboards and narratives highlighting priorities, outcomes, risks, dependencies, and decision needs.
- Convert complex portfolio data into clear insights for CIO staff meetings, business operating reviews, and enterprise leadership updates.
- Maintain Envistaâs portfolio âsingle source of truthâ for roadmaps, investment status, and delivery performance.
Operating Model Enablement & Continuous Improvement
- Drive continuous improvement of portfolio maturity, governance effectiveness, and decision velocity across the enterprise leveraging EBS continuous improvement practices.
- Partner with PMO, Architecture, Security, Infrastructure, and Application teams to strengthen portfolio throughput and predictability.
- Promote standard tools, templates, and reporting approaches to improve transparency and consistency.
People Leadership
- Build, mentor, and inspire a team of portfolio analysts/managers, setting clear performance expectations and development paths.
- Create a high-accountability culture focused on partnership, transparency, and enterprise-first prioritization.
Job Requirements:
Job Requirements:
- Bachelorâs Degree or higher in business, technology, finance, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in portfolio management, program management, IT governance, or enterprise transformation.
- 5+ years of leadership experience managing teams and/or enterprise-wide governance functions.
- Demonstrated experience managing portfolios that include both Business-sponsored and IT-sponsored investments.
- Experience establishing governance frameworks and operating cadences, ideally within an enterprise operating system (e.g., EBS, DBS, lean governance models).
- Strong financial acumen: comfortable with forecasting, business case validation, and investment optimization.
- Strong executive communication skills and ability to influence senior leaders in a matrixed environment.
- Experience building executive dashboards and portfolio reporting (Power BI/Tableau/Excel + strong storytelling).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in regulated industries (medical devices, healthcare, life sciences, or similarly complex environments).
- Familiarity with Jira as an enterprise portfolio management and intake tool.
- Ability to convey complex portfolio information clearly and persuasively to both IT and Business audiences.
- Proven change leader capable of building governance that increases speed and confidence, not bureaucracy.
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, high-pressure environments and navigating competing priorities.
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Target Market Salary Range:
Actual compensation packages take into account a wide range of factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to geographic location; skill sets; relevant education and certifications; depth of experience; performance; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed reasonable estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. Â At Envista, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The total compensation package for this position may also include an annual performance bonus, medical/dental/vision benefits, 401K match, and/or other applicable compensation plans.
$135,400 - $203,200
Operating Company:
Corporate
Envista is a global leader in the dental industry, uniting more than 30 trusted brandsâincluding DEXIS, Kerr, Nobel Biocare, and Ormcoâunder one mission: partnering with dental professionals to improve patientsâ lives. With a heritage of category-defining innovation, our brands have shaped modern dentistry: Nobel Biocare introduced the first dental implant, Ormco is a pioneer in both traditional and digital orthodontics, DEXIS has long been at the forefront of 2D, 3D and intraoral imaging, and Kerr has supported clinicians for over 135 years. Our high-performing culture is underpinned by our CIRCLe Values and the Envista Business System. Guided by these, we deliver a comprehensive portfolio of technologies, consumables, and services that empower clinicians to provide confident, efficient careâtoday and for the future. Learn more at http://envistaco.com.
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