Director of Product Operations – Portfolio Planning

Role Overview

• Designing and operating a disciplined Quarterly Portfolio Planning process that translates annual strategy into enforceable quarterly commitments.
• Ensuring initiatives are outcome-based and capacity-anchored, facilitating structured trade-off discussions, and driving resource allocation discipline.
• Establishing portfolio dashboards and investment transparency to support executive decision-making.
• Improving commitment reliability and reducing mid-quarter scope churn.
• Proactively surfacing cross-team dependencies and resolving escalation pathways.
• Tracking and reporting execution health metrics—including predictability, cycle time, rework, and delivery risk—and implementing lightweight but rigorous governance frameworks.
• Owning Aha (or equivalent) as the system of record for portfolio planning.
• Standardizing initiative intake, prioritization templates, and scoring frameworks.
• Partnering with Engineering leadership to align product planning with the SDLC and building repeatable planning and reporting mechanisms across domains.
• Partnering closely with Product, CTO, UX, Finance, and Commercial leadership to align investment planning with revenue targets and capacity constraints.
• Facilitating executive portfolio reviews and structured decision forums to drive alignment and transparency.
• Leading Technical Program Managers supporting cross-domain execution.
• Building a high-performance, data-driven Product Operations function and fostering a culture of accountability, clarity, and operational excellence.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in Product Operations, Portfolio Management, or Strategic Program Leadership.
• Proven experience scaling product-led organizations with multiple product lines and operating in complex, matrixed environments.
• Strong understanding of agile product development and software delivery practices.
• Demonstrated ability to implement structured prioritization frameworks and run quarterly or rolling investment reviews.
• Experience working with portfolio management tools such as Aha, Jira, or similar platforms.
• Exceptional facilitation and executive communication skills, with the ability to guide structured decision-making across senior stakeholders.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to translate operational data into actionable insights.
• Proven track record of driving execution discipline without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.

Tech Stack

• SDLC

Benefits

• Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
• Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
• Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
• Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
• Up to two days of paid leave to participate in Employee Resource Groups and volunteer with your charity of choice.