IT Portfolio, Investment & Value Senior Manager

The IT Portfolio, Investment & Value Senior Manager is accountable for ensuring that IT demand, investments, and portfolios are governed as an integrated system, enabling fact-based decision-making and maximizing enterprise value from technology spend.

The role oversees four areas: PPM Platform Ownership - operating the enterprise PPM solutions as strategic products that enables demand intake, investment governance, portfolio optimization, and value transparency. It includes Product Ownership and R&M activities for Orchestra, Jira and Monday.com, considering that the tools used might evolve in the future Demand & Investment Governance - defining and enforcing a consistent demand qualification and investment decision process to ensure that only initiatives with clear strategic alignment and value enter the IT portfolio IT Portfolio & Value Management - actively managing the IT initiative portfolio to optimize value delivery, capacity utilization, risk exposure, and benefits realization. Group Mutualization - partner with the Group CIO Office to align portfolio and investment governance processes, enable Group-level consolidation and transparency of the IT project portfolio, and actively drive synergies, standardization, and value creation across entities

Positioned within the CIO Office, the role provides leadership with clear visibility on where IT invests, why it invests, and what value is being delivered, while ensuring that governance, data, and tooling collectively support outcome-driven portfolio decisions.

The role does not own project or program execution. Instead, it ensures that delivery organizations and PMOs operate with a clear investment mandate, measurable value expectations, and reliable portfolio data, enabled by robust PPM capabilities.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

1. PPM Platform Ownership

Own the enterprise Portfolio & Project Management (PPM) platform as a strategic product, accountable for its vision, roadmap, and value delivered Ensure the PPM platform enables end-to-end portfolio capabilities, including demand intake, investment governance, portfolio optimization, and benefits tracking Oversee Product Owner for the PPM ecosystem (e.g. Orchestra, Jira, Monday.com), ensuring tools evolve in line with enterprise needs and future platform strategy Drive standardization, data quality, user adoption, and simplification across portfolios and delivery organizations Ensure effective integration of the PPM platform with financial, architecture, and delivery systems to support reliable decision-making

2. Demand & Investment Governance

Define, own, and continuously improve the enterprise IT demand management and investment governance process Establish clear demand qualification gates, including strategic alignment, value potential, architectural fit, risk, and capacity considerations Ensure value hypotheses, KPIs, and benefits realization plans are defined upfront for all initiatives entering the IT portfolio Support and orchestrate IT investment decision forums, ensuring decisions are transparent, data-driven, and consistently applied Enforce governance outcomes, ensuring that only approved, value-justified initiatives proceed into delivery

3. IT Portfolio & Value Management

Maintain an enterprise-wide view of the IT initiative and project portfolio across all domains and delivery models Monitor portfolio performance across value delivery, financials, risks, dependencies, and capacity utilization Enable portfolio-level trade-offs, including prioritization, re-scoping, deferral, acceleration, or termination of initiatives Track and report on benefits realization and outcome delivery at portfolio level, beyond project closure Provide executive-level portfolio insights and forward-looking analyses to support strategic and investment decisions

4. Group Mutualization

Actively partner with the Group CIO Office to align IT portfolio, investment, and value management processes with Group-level standards and expectations Contribute to the definition and adoption of common portfolio governance frameworks, metrics, and reporting across entities to enable consolidation and comparability Identify and promote synergies, mutualization opportunities, and best practices across portfolios, platforms, and delivery approaches Ensure timely and accurate consolidation of the local IT project and initiative portfolio for Group-level reporting, steering, and investment arbitration, With a genuine culture of reward and recognition, we want our employees to grow, develop and be part of our journey. There's no doubt that you will be compensated for your hard work and commitment so if you'd like to work for one of the top Logistics providers in the world then please do get in touch to find your next role.

Do you have experience in Waterfall?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, University degree (Bachelor or Masters) or equivalent industry experience 5 years direct work experience in managing projects or worked as PMO. Solid experience in coaching/training project managers or PMO Experience in developing and deploying best practices, policies, procedures, and processes. Strong familiarity with both waterfall and agile ways of working Ability to read communication styles of project team leads, team members, and contractors who come from a broad spectrum of disciplines. Persuasive, encouraging, and motivating. Ability to defuse tension among and between project teams, should it arise. Advanced interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills. Adept at conducting research into project-related issues and products. Must be able to learn, understand, and apply new technologies. Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment is crucial

Desirable

PRINCE2 or PMP certified Agile/Scrum certified Preferred background in logistics / supply chain, IT and or management consulting

CEVA Logistics provides global supply chain solutions to connect people, products, and providers all around the world. Present in 170+ countries and with more than 110,000 employees spread over 1,500 sites, we are proud to be a Top 5 global 3PL. We believe that our employees are the key to our success. We want to engage and empower our diverse, global team to co-create value with our customers through our solutions in contract logistics and air, ocean, ground, and finished vehicle transport. That is why CEVA Logistics offers a dynamic and exceptional work environment that fosters personal growth, innovation, and continuous improvement. DARE TO GROW! Join CEVA Logistics, and you will be part of a team that values imagination and continued learning and is committed to excellence in everything we do. Join us in our mission to shape the future of global logistics. As we continue growing at a fast pace, will you "Dare to Grow" with us?, We value your professional and personal growth. That's why we share plenty of career opportunities for you to thrive within CEVA. Join CEVA for a challenging career. As a global organization, and as part of the CMA CGM Group, diversity is critical to our business success; only when we can reflect the cultures, languages, behaviors and local knowledge of our customers, we can succeed. By employing people with different experiences and abilities, we expand our knowledge and increase our creativity and innovation. Please note: Legitimate CEVA Logistics recruitment processes include communication with candidates through recognized professional networks, such as LinkedIn or via an official company email address: firstname.lastname@cevalogistics.com. We recommend that you do not respond to unsolicited business propositions and/or offers from people with whom you are unfamiliar.   You must create an Indeed account before continuing to the company website to apply