IT Portfolio & Governance Lead

The Senior IT Portfolio & Governance Lead supports the execution and continuous improvement of IT portfolio management and governance processes across the IT organization. This role coordinates demand intake, prioritization activities, portfolio reporting, and governance administration to help ensure initiatives are evaluated consistently and aligned with business priorities. The position partners with project managers, resource managers, and business stakeholders to maintain portfolio data, facilitate governance processes, and support informed decision-making.

This position partners closely with IT and business leadership, as well as project and resource managers, to ensure governance practices are applied consistently and effectively. The successful candidate brings strong business acumen, analytical thinking, and communication skills, along with deep experience in PMO and Project Portfolio Management (PPM) frameworks and tools. This role requires strong collaboration, communication, and stakeholder management skills, and a commitment to providing guidance and support to project teams while maintaining a high standard of data integrity and confidentiality.

This position is part of the IT PMO within the Digital Enablement (Office of the CIO) group and will be a Remote position located in the USA. At Cepheid, our vision is to be the leading provider of seamlessly connected diagnostic solutions.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Support and continuously improve IT portfolio governance processes, including demand intake, prioritization, portfolio reviews, reporting activities, governance administration, and evaluation of initiatives against established business priorities and capacity constraints.
• Maintain portfolio data integrity and governance visibility by supporting adherence to governance standards, preparing portfolio reports, dashboards, metrics, and analytics, and facilitating governance discussions, decision-making, and continuous improvement activities.
• Support PMO process adoption and operational excellence through continuous improvement of PMO processes, tools, operating procedures, governance practices, stakeholder engagement, and communication initiatives that promote awareness and understanding of PMO services and standards.
• Develop and maintain PMO tools, templates, and knowledge assets, including governance artifacts, demand and portfolio management templates, project lifecycle documentation, knowledge repositories, and project information used in governance reviews, while ensuring consistency and accuracy across project repositories.
• Provide guidance, training, and support to project managers, resource managers, and project teams on PMO processes, tools, templates, methodologies, portfolio management practices, and governance requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience supporting PMO operations, portfolio management, governance, demand management, or related functions, including 3-5 years of experience working with project and portfolio management methodologies.
• Experience supporting project or program delivery activities within IT organizations, including preparation of portfolio reports, governance materials, dashboards, and executive presentations.
• Strong analytical, communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to support governance processes and effectively collaborate across cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 tools, including Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams, and Copilot, to support portfolio management, reporting, and governance activities.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Supporting or leading enterprise portfolio governance forums, including demand intake reviews, prioritization sessions, and portfolio decision cadences
• Managing and maintaining governance artifacts, systems and repositories used as the system of record., Analysis Skills, Biology, Biotech and Pharmaceutical, Business Skills, Business Solutions, Career Development, Communication Skills, Continuous Improvement, Cross-Functional, Data Quality, Decision Support, Diagnostics Solutions/Software, Documentation, Establish Priorities, Healthcare, IT Governance, Investment Management, Knowledge Repositories, Leadership, Metrics, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Product Family, Microsoft SharePoint, Operational Support, Operations Management, Operations Processes, People Management, Process Improvement, Project Lifecycle, Project Portfolio Management (PPM), Project/Program Management, Reporting Dashboards, Reporting Skills, Resource Management, System Test, Systems Engineering, Training/Teaching, Work From Home

The salary range for this role is $150k - $170K. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company’s sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Cepheid, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives-and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact - innovating at the speed of life.

At Cepheid, we are passionate about improving health care through fast, accurate, molecular diagnostic systems and tests. As a member of our team, you’ll get to make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within an environment that fosters career growth and development. Our mission drives us to develop groundbreaking solutions for the world’s most complex health challenges. Together, we bring MORE change to the world.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible., Danaher is a global science & technology innovator committed to helping our customers solve complex challenges and improve quality of life worldwide. Our world class brands are leaders in some of the most demanding and attractive industries, including life sciences, medical diagnostics, dental, environmental and applied solutions. Our globally diverse team of 71,000 associates is united by a common culture and operating system, the Danaher Business System, which serves as our competitive advantage. We generated $19.9B in revenue last year. We are ranked #162 on the Fortune 500 and our stock has outperformed the S&P 500 by more than 5,200% over 25 years. At Danaher, you can build a career in a way no other company can duplicate. Our brands allow us to offer dynamic careers across multiple industries. We’re innovative, fast-paced, results-oriented, and we win. We need talented people to keep winning. Here you’ll learn how DBS is used to shape strategy, focus execution, align our people, and create value for customers and shareholders. Come join our winning team. Danaher is committed to competitive compensation that typically has key components including base salary, variable annual incentive compensation based on personal and company performance, and long-term incentive.

Company Size: 10,000 employees or more