Portfolio Manager

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Job Description

The Portfolio Manager leads enterprise strategic planning and portfolio management for the organization, reporting to the Deputy CFO. In this capacity, there is tight collaboration with leaders across the firm. This role uses ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM), specifically the Strategic Planning Workspace, to run the planning cadence, score and prioritize potential investments, and keep business-unit portfolios healthy and transparent. You'll facilitate decision forums and scenario planning, and coach business unit portfolio leads so data quality and governance stay tight. The mandate : raise the standard of planning rigor and visibility so leaders can consistently make faster, better, value-aligned decisions.

Responsibilities

• Run the quarterly portfolio planning cadence, tie proposals and funding decisions to strategy.
• Define and evolve scoring models, business case templates, and prioritization criteria; facilitate scoring workshops and steering forums.
• Build and maintain executive dashboards (roadmaps, capacity, cost / benefit, health / risks, benefits realization) for leadership visibility.
• Coach business-unit portfolio leads on intake, backlogs, dependencies, and data quality within ServiceNow.
• Oversee intake / triage of new demand across business units; ensure clear problem statements, value hypotheses, costs, and benefits before prioritization.
• Partner with Finance, HR, Strategic Growth Office, Firm Risk Management, and Technology to align funding models, cost tracking, and workforce planning to portfolio priorities.
• Establish governance standards (stage gates, RACI, definitions, update SLAs) and monitor adherence; remediate data quality issues.
• Track portfolio outcomes and benefits; report variances vs. plan and drive corrective actions.
• Lead change management and training to drive consistent SPM adoption across stakeholders.
• Continuously improve processes by benchmarking best practices and adopting relevant ServiceNow releases.
• Collaborate with Technology to configure / administer ServiceNow SPM (Strategic Planning Workspace + Demand, Project / Portfolio, Resource, Financials).
• Support audits / controls around investment decisions and portfolio governance.

Qualifications

We appreciate talent from all over the United States and are willing to consider candidates who may not be located near a Crowe office location for this role / opening.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. Crowe is not sponsoring for work authorization at this time.

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Crowe, 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. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $87,200.00 - $179,500.00 per year.

Crowe LLP provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Crowe will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws.