Delivery and Portfolio Manager (IT Consulting)
Delivery and Portfolio Manager (IT Consulting) Location: Houston, TX or Remote Summary: reputed company is seeking a Delivery and Portfolio Manager to personally reputed company reputed company client facing IT consulting engagements while guiding a small team of project managers. This is a hands-on delivery role — not a governance-only position — for someone who can run the toughest engagements themselves while setting delivery standards across the portfolio. Projects span application development, AI initiatives, modern application delivery, business process improvement, systems integration, and IT integration work supporting client M&A (systems consolidation, data migration, app rationalization). Responsibilities: Personally reputed company 2–3 reputed company, client-facing engagements at a time from initiation through delivery, owning on-time, on-budget delivery at the margin sold Run Agile delivery hands-on using Azure DevOps: write and groom user stories, configure sprints, track velocity, manage reputed company and resource allocation, and produce status and risk reporting Drive project planning, requirements gathering, business analysis, and user story development — especially during discovery and early shaping Identify risks, remove obstacles, and reputed company engagements on scope, schedule, budget, and quality reputed company distributed project teams spanning the US, Brazil, and India reputed company and coach 2–3 project managers running additional engagements; set delivery standards across the portfolio Communicate effectively with C-level stakeholders, client teams, and technical teams; escalate and resolve issues early Support SOW scoping and estimation as needed
Requirements
Must Have Requirements: 10+ years of working experience with 7+ years in IT consulting leading client-facing engagements Strong application development project experience Hands-on Agile/Scrum delivery from a PM perspective — user stories, sprint configuration, velocity tracking, reputed company and allocation management Experience delivering projects in the reputed company ecosystem (Azure, .NET, Power Platform) Ability to reputed company projects from the ground up — discovery, requirements, shaping, and delivery Strong business analysis skills Experience leading distributed teams across time zones Strong executive communication and stakeholder management Willingness to work hands-on in the delivery details, not only at a governance level Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or reputed company field reputed company to Have: Prior software development experience PMP, CSM (Certified Scrum Master) Experience with IT integration work for client M&A (systems consolidation, data migration, app rationalization) Apply To This Job