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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Director, IT Strategy & Portfolio - **Company:** Philip Morris International Inc. - **Location:** Stamford, CT, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $250,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Issue Tracking Systems, IT Management - **Published:** August 16, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.jofdav.com/jobs/59263297-director-it-strategy-portfolio ## About the Role * 10+ years of experience in managerial roles leading strategy, portfolio, and large-scale initiatives; strong preference for candidates with a strategic consulting background. * Master's degree or MBA or equivalent experience. * Deep experience in IT strategy, digital or technology portfolio, program, and investment management within complex, multinational environments. * Proven ability to influence, partner with, and challenge senior leaders across business, finance, and technology. * Strong financial and business insight, including reason development, benefits tracking, portfolio trade-off decisions, and advanced analytical and numerical problem-solving skills. * Demonstrated track record of delivering top-end strategic problem solving and large transformation or enterprise-wide programs. * Strong capability managing portfolio-level risks, dependencies, and performance metrics across multiple initiatives. * Legally authorized to work in the U.S. ## Description As Senior Manager, IT Portfolio, you are a key leader within PMI Tech, responsible for governing IT demand and the END-to-end portfolio lifecycle to ensure technology investments are aligned with PMI US business priorities and digital strategy. Your Day to Day: * Own and drive PMI Tech US demand and portfolio management processes from ideation through delivery and benefits realization, ensuring investments improve strategic and financial value. * Partner closely with PMI Tech leaders, business functions, finance, and strategy teams to build, govern, and continuously optimize the IT investment portfolio. * Evaluate, challenge, and prioritize investment requests; balancing strategic alignment, value creation, risk, dependencies, and resource constraints. * Prepare portfolio insights, recommendations, and decision materials for Digital Investment Committees and senior IT leadership forums. * Lead portfolio performance management, including value realization, cost, risk, dependency, and issue tracking across major programs and initiatives. * Support annual and quarterly IT strategy reviews, lead planning processes across platforms, and ensure alignment with regions and global headquarters. * Lead selected cross-functional critical initiatives and continuous improvement efforts, developing tools, processes, and governance frameworks to increase transparency, quality of execution, and business impact. * Support the "run the business" activities of PMI Tech, including coordination of strategy sub-streams, preparation of leadership meetings, and follow-up on key actions. ## Related Videos - [Recruiting in 2025: Will AI Help or Take Over?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1301-recruiting-in-2025-will-ai-help-or-take-over) - [Your Manager Doesn’t Come with a User Manual (But You Can Totally Write One)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1495-your-manager-doesn-t-come-with-a-user-manual-but-you-can-totally-write-one) - [Hiring Technical Leaders: Promote from Within or Go External?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100167-hiring-technical-leaders-promote-from-within-or-go-external) - [Engineering/Manager Pendulum: Generating compound interest on your career](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100348-engineering-manager-pendulum-generating-compound-interest-on-your-career) - [Decode Your People: Using PCM to Build High-Performance Teams](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100194-decode-your-people-using-pcm-to-build-high-performance-teams) - [7 tips for releasing on a Friday afternoon: YouTrack to the rescue](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/204-7-tips-for-releasing-on-a-friday-afternoon-youtrack-to-the-rescue) ## Related Articles - [Best Companies to Work For in Berlin: Top 14 Companies in 2023 ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/188-best-companies-to-work-for-in-berlin-top-14-companies-in-2023) - [Best Companies to work for in London: Top 25 Companies in 2023](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/187-best-companies-to-work-for-in-london-top-25-companies-in-2023) - [From developer to manager – what does it take to become an engineering manager?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/42-from-developer-to-manager-what-does-it-take-to-become-an-engineering-manager) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Best Companies to Work For in Paris: Top 25 Companies in 2023 ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/190-best-companies-to-work-for-in-paris-top-25-companies-in-2023) - [System change: restart as developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/39-system-change-restart-as-developer)