Director, IT - PMO
- Pay
- $166,400 – $216,850 per year
- Location
- Milwaukee, WI
- Listed
- 20 days ago
What We Offer
- At Rehlko, our Total Rewards programs are designed to accelerate growth, energize performance, and support a culture of inclusion at every stage of life and work.
- We offer total rewards that are easily understood, recognize results, enable career mobility, and reflect our commitment to valuing diverse needs in a fast-moving world.
- We provide:
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Work-life flexibility
- Recognition and rewards
- Development and career opportunities
- A safe and inclusive workplace
Why You Will Love this Job
The Director - IT, Portfolio & PMO Management leads the enterprise IT portfolio management and PMO disciplines and team, translating business strategy into an executable, governed, and value-driven portfolio. The role enables transparent investment decisions, validates value delivery, manages portfolio-level dependencies and capacity, improves predictable delivery across projects, programs, and products, and leads executive portfolio reviews with decision-quality insight on priorities, funding, risks, benefits, and outcomes.
Portfolio Strategy, Intake and Prioritization
- Lead IT portfolio, strategy, intake, sequencing and prioritization aligned with business and technology objectives
- Apply consistent criteria for strategic value, urgency, risk, cost, dependencies and capacity
- Maintain a transparent portfolio view and recommend investment, trade-off and sequencing decisions
- Partner with business and technology leaders to strengthen proposal, ownership, outcomes and readiness
Executive Governance and Decision Support
- Lead executive portfolio reviews, recommendations, escalation and decision follow through
- Establish governance, decision rights, stage gates, accountability and escalation paths
- Provide clear reporting on portfolio health, value, financials, capacity, risks and required decisions
- Tailor governance to initiate size, complexity, risk and deliver approach
Financial Management and Value Realization
- Lead portfolio planning, forecasting, investment scenarios and capital & operating expense oversight with Finance
- Establish standards for business cases, total cost of ownership, benefits and value validation
- Challenge investment assumptions and provide transparency into forecast and actual spend
- Track adoption, outcomes and realized value with benefit owners, addressing gaps as needed
Resource and Demand Management
- Align portfolio demand with capacity, skills, sourcing options and delivery constraints
- Identify resource bottlenecks and recommend sequencing, staffing, sourcing or scope trade-offs in alignment with the respective resource managers.
- Improve visibility into workforce and partner allocation while maintaining functional accountability
Delivery Standards and Portfolio Assurance
- Establish fit-for-purpose standards and tools across predictive, Agile, hybrid, product and vendor-led delivery
- Monitor portfolio health, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues and recovery plans
- Define intervention thresholds and lead recovery planning for initiatives outside tolerance
- Integrate architecture, cybersecurity, privacy, compliance, data, change, procurement and operational readiness into governance
PMO Leadership and Continuous Improvement
- Lead and develop portfolio, program, project, business analysts, Agile and change professionals
- Establish clear roles, career paths, standards and accountability
- Simplify governance, automate reporting, improve data quality and reduce administrative burden
- Promote disciplined execution, constructive challenge and strong stakeholder partnerships
Performance Outcomes
- Enable timely executive decisions supported by reliable data and clear recommendations
- Aling portfolio commitments with funding, capacity, dependencies and risk tolerance
- Ensure investments have accountable sponsors, measurable outcomes, credible plans and validated benefits
- Improve delivery predictability, risk transparency, reporting quality and PMO responsiveness
- Build a high- performing PMO team with consistent standards and clear accountability
- Maintain more than 90% of the portfolio in green status monthly and achieve a Net Promoter Score above 25% on project delivery.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, business administration or related field or equivalent relevant experience
- 12+ years of progressive experience in technology portfolio, program, project or PMO leadership, including leading an IT PMO function in a global organization with more than $2 billion in revenue
- Demonstrated experience with executive governance, investment prioritization, portfolio financial management, resource and demand planning, delivery assurance and value realization
- Experience establishing or materially improving portfolio governance, benefits realization, delivery tooling or PMO operating models
- Experience leading and developing multidisciplinary delivery professionals and influencing senior stakeholders across business and technology functions
- Experience in a complex, multi-functional environment with significant transformation and merger and acquisition activity
- Strong executive communication, facilitation, analysis, conflict resolution and decision-framing skills with the ability to convert complex portfolio data into clear choices
- Experience with portfolio and project management platforms, financial planning tools and executive dashboards with a commitment to data quality and automation
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in business, technology or a related field
- PMP, PgMP, PfMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe or a comparable portfolio, program, project or agile certifications
Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the futur e.
Pay and benefits
The Salary range for this position is $166,400.00-$216,850.00.The specific Salary rate offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate's experience, their education, and the work location.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
It is the policy of Rehlko to comply with all applicable provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and corresponding national, state, local, or other applicable laws. Rehlko will not discriminate against any qualified associate or applicant with respect to any terms, privileges, or conditions of employment because of a person's physical or mental disability. If you have a disability and require an accommodation in the application process or during the course of employment, please contact.
Why Work at Rehlko
Our work is guided by our purpose: creating an energy-resilient world for a better future. This purpose embodies the legacy we bring, with more than 100 years as the global leader in energy resilience, delivering solutions critical to sustain and improve life.
Our teams have the opportunity to provide a critical resource - energy - that ensures safety, security, and independence for people around the world. Our team members are focused on pushing boundaries, continuing to innovate in an ever-changing landscape, and keeping up with the pace required to create solutions for today's world demands.
Our product range includes engines, generators, power conversion, UPS systems, EV components and electrification solutions, microgrid controls and management, and clean energy solutions that serve a broad spectrum of OEM, residential, industrial, and commercial customers. At Rehlko, you have the freedom to identify, create, and deliver solutions - large and small - that help people and communities thrive in the moments that matter.
At Rehlko, our team members are the essential energy that powers our organization's success. We are committed to fostering a safe and sustainable work environment where safety is everyone's responsibility. We empower every team member to actively participate in our Zero Is Possible safety culture by encouraging open communication, proactively reporting hazards, following protocols, and suggesting improvements. Join us in creating an energy resilient world for a better future!
About Us
Rehlko proudly offers a rich history steeped in creativity and commitment to our associates and communities, along with competitive benefits and compensation. Our Purpose-Creating an energy resilient world for a better future-and Values: Curiosity, Trust, Pace, and Excellence, are important cultural components that shape the way we work and relate to one another.
In addition to the investment in your development, Rehlko offers a benefits package including a competitive salary, health, vision, dental, 401(k) with Rehlko matching, and more!?
Our Values
- Curiosity - Seek, learn, share
- Trust - Go farther together
- Pace - Focus to go faster
- Excellence - Find the win every day
Equal opportunity and legal notices
Rehlko is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination and will make decisions regarding employment opportunities, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination, without regard to race, creed, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, genetic information, age, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, caste, mental or physical disability, marital or familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, political belief or affiliation, union membership status, military status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national, state, local, or other applicable laws.
Rehlko will provide a reasonable accommodation to associates or applicants with disabilities, in accordance with applicable laws. Rehlko is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
From Rehlko's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 21, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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