AVP, Portfolio & Program Management Office

## AVP, Portfolio & Program Management Office Apply locations:
Newport Beach CA-700time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R17415
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* Job Description:

** Providing for loved ones, planning rewarding retirements, saving enough for whatever lies ahead – our policyholders count on us to be there when it matters most. It’s a big ask, but it’s one that we have the power to deliver when we work together. We collaborate and innovate – pushing one another to transform not just Pacific Life, but the entire industry for the better.

Why? Because it’s the right thing to do. Pacific Life is more than a job, it’s a career with purpose. It’s a career where you have the support, balance, and resources to make a positive impact on the future – including your own.

We’re actively seeking a talented Assistant Vice President, Portfolio & Program Management Office to join our Strategic Management & Services team in Newport Beach, California. This role follows a hybrid schedule of four days in the office. If you are not currently located near our office, we offer comprehensive relocation assistance. As Assistant Vice President, Portfolio & Program Management Office (PPMO), you will lead the Consumer Markets Division’s (CMD) Portfolio and Program Management Office and play a critical role in translating strategy into disciplined execution and measurable business outcomes.

You will oversee a complex portfolio spanning strategic transformation, business-critical initiatives, AI-enabled programs, and ongoing investments that support the strength and evolution of Pacific Life’s life insurance and annuity businesses.

This is an opportunity to lead at the center of one of Pacific Life’s most established and consequential businesses. The PPMO is where the division’s strategic priorities become actionable programs, where investments are prioritized and resourced, and where diverse teams come together to deliver meaningful outcomes for customers and distribution partners. As a member of the Strategic Management & Services leadership team, you will serve as a trusted advisor to senior business and technology leaders, bring transparency to complex decisions, and help shape how Pacific Life operates in an increasingly connected enterprise environment.

You will lead an established organization of approximately 35 portfolio, program, project, and agile professionals, including five to six direct reports, while building the capabilities required to support the division’s future growth and transformation.
** How you’ll help move us forward:
*** Lead the Consumer Markets Division’s portfolio management and PPMO function, ensuring strategic investments, transformation initiatives, and business-critical programs align with divisional priorities and measurable business outcomes.
* Establish and continuously strengthen portfolio planning, prioritization, capacity management, resource allocation, investment governance, and benefits realization practices.
* Oversee delivery of the division’s most complex, high-impact programs, including multiyear transformation initiatives supporting underwriting and new business, operations, sales, and distribution capabilities.
* Provide senior leaders with clear portfolio insights, risk transparency, decision support, and executive-level reporting that improve alignment, accountability, and predictability.
* Partner across the Consumer Markets Division, Pacific Life Technology, People Experience, Finance, Risk, and other enterprise functions to resolve barriers, align priorities, and accelerate business outcomes.
* Balance strategic transformation with the business-critical work required to support existing customers, distribution partners, products, and operations.
* Lead governance…