Senior Portfolio Manager

Role Overview

• Acts as Project Manager or Program Lead on high‑complexity, high‑value projects while engaging directly with clients to establish trust, credibility, and long‑term relationships through delivery excellence
• Applies strong technical understanding to support sound project decision‑making and client confidence, and ensures successful performance across scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk
• Maintains a meaningful level of chargeable work aligned with market expectations and the active project pipeline
• Establishes and leads program management capability across Brazil while overseeing related projects where coordination, interdependencies, and strategic alignment are critical
• Maintains a high‑level view of the Brazil project portfolio to support alignment with business priorities and effective resource utilization
• Provides consolidated visibility into delivery performance, risks, dependencies, financial health, and value realization, enabling informed leadership decision‑making without imposing overly centralized or rigid control
• Provides senior leadership and coaching to Project Managers across Brazil, particularly in São Paulo, strengthening client‑focused project delivery and building sustainable management capability
• Develops leadership judgment, commercial awareness, and accountability through direct engagement, mentoring, and example, fostering a culture of pragmatic excellence and ownership
• Coordinates effectively with technical discipline leaders, subconsultants, and external partners across projects to ensure alignment and collaboration
• Ensures seamless integration of multidisciplinary services across the portfolio, supporting consistent delivery and quality outcomes
• Represents the portfolio in internal leadership reviews and governance forums, providing clear insight into performance, risks, and strategic considerations
• Defines and implements practical, scalable project management frameworks that support both internal efficiency and client‑facing delivery needs
• Establishes consistent approaches to reporting, planning, and risk management while ensuring processes remain fit‑for‑purpose, adaptable, and supportive of delivery excellence rather than rigid methodology compliance
• Provides functional and performance oversight of Program Managers and Project Managers. May have direct supervisory responsibility depending on organizational structure

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, planning, or a related infrastructure discipline
• 15 or more years of experience in infrastructure delivery, including programs and/or portfolios of complex projects
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent projects or programs with P&L responsibility
• Strong background in ports, maritime, transportation, coastal, or water infrastructure projects

Benefits

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.