Program Manager, Intake & Portfolio ManagementNew

The opportunity

People Strategy & Enablement (PS&E) bridges the gap between strategy and impact. We create clarity and momentum for People initiatives, partnering cross-functionally to design and run scalable programs and products that improve decisions, reduce friction, and support sustainable growth.

What you'll do

  • Own and operate the POI intake process end-to-end. Manage the Jira-based: intake system, ensuring all incoming requests are triaged promptly, routed correctly, and tracked through their full lifecycle from submission to delivery.

  • Serve as the primary intake partner for People team requestors. Act as a: knowledgeable, approachable first point of contact who helps teams scope and frame requests well, setting clear expectations on timelines, effort, and likelihood of prioritization.

  • Facilitate regular intake and portfolio cadences . Set cadence for POI Intake: reviews, backlog grooming, and full roadmap reviews.

  • Identify systemic patterns and surface insights to leadership. Synthesize: trends across intake submissions to proactively flag capacity constraints, recurring themes, capability gaps, and emerging risks before they become blockers..

  • Apply strategic judgment to prioritize the POI portfolio. Evaluate incoming: tickets against People team SOKRs, the 3-Year Plan (3YP), and establish prioritization frameworks.

  • Build and maintain portfolio visibility and capacity reporting. Develop: dashboards and reporting that give POI leadership and People team stakeholders real-time insight into resource allocation, queue depth, and roadmap health. Participate in quarterly business reviews and annual planning cycles.

What they're looking for

  • + years of experience in project management, business operations, strategy,: or consulting with experience navigating complex, matrixed organizations and managing competing priorities.
  • Demonstrated experience designing, building, or significantly improving an: intake, triage, or portfolio management process for a delivery team or operations function.
  • Strong analytical and systems-thinking skills. Able to evaluate competing: requests against strategic frameworks, make well-reasoned prioritization recommendations, and communicate trade-offs clearly to senior stakeholders.
  • Proficiency in Jira or equivalent ticketing/project management tools.: Comfortable with workflow configuration, ticket lifecycle management, capacity planning, and reporting.
  • Proven experience using AI tools (LLMs, AI agents, or automation platforms): to streamline workflows, build lightweight productivity solutions, or automate repetitive operational tasks.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Able to translate: ambiguous, incomplete requests into clear, actionable project briefs and present complex portfolio data accessibly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Proven ability to manage relationships with senior stakeholders (directors,: VPs), including setting expectations, navigating pushback, and facilitating alignment conversations with confidence.
  • Comfort operating in ambiguous environments where the work is not always: well-defined. Able to independently identify the right approach and establish meaningful success metrics.