Portfolio Planning & Analysis Unit Manager; SDA)

Position: Portfolio Planning & Analysis Unit Manager (SDA)
Summary

This opportunity is open to current King County employees. External applicants are not being considered. This recruitment aims to fill a Special Duty Assignment position for up to 12 months in duration.

About

The Role

The Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) is seeking an experienced and collaborative leader to serve in a Special Duty Assignment as the Portfolio Planning and Analysis Unit Manager. This position provides leadership for WTD’s centralized capital portfolio management function, helping the Division make sound, transparent, and data-informed decisions about its capital investments. The Unit Manager leads the Portfolio Planning and Analysis team, which manages WTD’s capital portfolio management framework, including project prioritization, resource planning, portfolio performance analysis and reporting, and portfolio management standards, processes, and policies.

The position also plays a key role in managing WTD’s three-tier capital governance structure, ensuring capital decisions are clearly framed, supported by appropriate information and analysis, and routed to the appropriate decision-making level based on established authorities and decision rights.

About The Team

This position follows a hybrid work model, blending remote and in-person work. The Portfolio Planning and Analysis (PPA) Unit provides leadership for WTD’s centralized capital portfolio management function, ensuring that investments are transparent, equitable, and aligned with the Division’s mission to protect public health and the environment. The Unit guides investment prioritization, resource planning, portfolio performance analysis and reporting, and the standards, processes, and policies that shape capital decision-making.

The PPA Unit manages all capital portfolio categories, including: asset management for conveyance systems, asset management for treatment plants, capacity improvements, operational enhancements, regulatory compliance (including CSO), resource recovery, resiliency, and strategic opportunities. The PPA Unit also oversees the PRISM enterprise project information system, which integrates financial, schedule, forecasting, appropriation, sustainability, compliance, and other project data to support consistent project management and portfolio oversight.

Together, these functions connect strategy, governance, data, and capital delivery, giving WTD leaders the tools to balance competing priorities and limited resources, monitor the health of the capital portfolio, and invest in the right projects and programs at the right time.

Commitment To Equity, Racial And Social Justice

King County, named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is a diverse and vibrant community that represents cultures from around the world. We prioritize equity, racial and social justice, making it a foundational and daily expectation for all employees. As a Portfolio Planning & Analysis Unit Manager, you will actively apply these principles in all aspects of your work. Learn more about our commitment at http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide strategic portfolio leadership by overseeing WTD’s centralized capital portfolio management framework, ensuring investments are transparent, equitable, and aligned with public health and environmental goals.
• Guide portfolio governance and decision-making in conjunction with WTD’s three-tier capital governance boards, framing decisions with clear analysis, and ensuring appropriate processes are applied and documented.
• Lead portfolio planning and analysis functions including project prioritization, resource planning, portfolio performance reporting, and the development of portfolio standards, processes, and policies.
• Collaborate extensively with WTD’s…