Portfolio Operations Manager

Overview

Placement Type:
Temporary

Salary: $ Hourly

Employment Type:

W2

Start Date:

Aug 13, 2026

Aquent Talent is thrilled to partner with a leading financial services institution dedicated to helping individuals and organizations achieve their financial goals through innovative solutions and a commitment to client success. This organization is at the forefront of driving financial well‑being, continuously evolving its strategies to meet the dynamic needs of a diverse client base. As an Aquent talent, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of how this institution manages its strategic initiatives and delivers value, directly impacting critical business outcomes and enhancing operational excellence.

Are you a visionary leader with a passion for optimizing strategic execution and fostering agile transformation? We are seeking an exceptional individual to join our client's dynamic team, where you will be instrumental in elevating their strategic portfolio management capabilities. This is an incredible opportunity to make a tangible impact, guiding teams to deliver exceptional value, streamline processes, and drive continuous improvement across critical initiatives.

Your expertise will directly influence how strategic objectives are translated into actionable plans, ensuring alignment and accelerating the realization of benefits for our clients and stakeholders.

In this impactful role, you will champion the adoption of Lean-Agile principles and enhance the operational efficiency of strategic portfolios. You will collaborate closely with business and technology partners, providing thought leadership and practical guidance to optimize how value is defined, measured, and delivered. Your contributions will directly influence strategic decision-making, improve project predictability, and foster a culture of continuous improvement and data-driven insights.

• Support and operationalize enterprise benefits realization frameworks, including tracking, validation, and reporting, to ensure consistent and accurate value measurement.
• Partner with business and technology teams to define clear value hypotheses, key performance indicators (KPIs), and outcome measures that align with strategic goals.
• Execute robust value measurement processes, connecting delivery outputs directly to tangible business outcomes.
• Ensure the consistency and integrity of value data across various enterprise tools.
• Execute and continuously improve Lean-Agile portfolio workflows, encompassing intake, demand management, prioritization support, and execution tracking.
• Maintain and enhance portfolio operating practices, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and templates, serving as a subject matter expert for process adoption.
• Facilitate and enable effective prioritization processes by preparing insightful data, analytics, and trade-off scenarios for informed decision‑making.
• Assist teams in defining and refining Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) that are directly tied to strategic themes.
• Translate high‑level portfolio strategy into execution‑ready artifacts and measurable metrics.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive dashboards and reporting artifacts that illustrate value realization, delivery performance, and progress against strategic objectives.
• Provide data‑driven insights to governance forums and leadership reviews, enabling strategic decision‑making.
• Collaborate with data teams to ensure reporting accuracy and adherence to established standards.
• Contribute to the design and refinement of end‑to‑end portfolio processes, identifying inefficiencies and recommending improvements in workflow design, tool experience, and data capture.
• Drive continuous improvement through effective feedback loops and performance metrics.
• Support the rollout of new portfolio practices through the creation of training materials, role‑based guidance, job aids, and playbooks.
• Assist in establishing Communities of Practice (CoP) and adoption mechanisms to foster a culture of shared learning and continuous growth.
• Collaborate effectively with Portfolio Governance teams to enable informed decision‑making.

• 5‑8+ years of experience in…