Enterprise Project and Portfolio Officer

Centralize project governance, policies, and decision-making authority.

Establish and align investments with departmental strategic priorities.

Ensure consistent compliance with control agency requirements.

Improve accountability, transparency, and project outcomes.

Enable data-driven portfolio optimization.

Oversees DIR’s entire IT project portfolio, including high-impact, mission-critical initiatives.

Prioritize, approve, and recommend funding allocations across the portfolio.

Develops and enforces enterprise-wide project and portfolio governance policies and standards.

Executive advisory support to the CIO on strategic investment decisions and risk management.

Interaction with executive leadership and control agencies.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.

The incumbent performs work in an open-spaced, partitioned office environment with an assigned office in Sacramento, CA. The office is climate-controlled with natural and artificial light. The incumbent works in an office setting or remotely from home as determined in the DIR Telework policy.

Final Filing Date: 10/21/2026

Individuals who are eligible to be appointed to this Career Executive Assignment (CEA) by the State of California.

The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.

It is an objective of the State of California to achieve a drug-free work place. Any applicant for state employment will be expected to behave in accordance with this objective because the use of illegal drugs is inconsistent with the law of the State, the rules governing Civil Service, and the special trust placed in public servants.