Digital Business Senior Portfolio Manager

We are Generac, a leading energy technology company committed to powering a smarter world.

Over the 60 plus years of Generac’s history, we’ve been dedicated to energy innovation. From creating the home standby generator market category, to our current evolution into an energy technology solutions company, we continue to push new boundaries.

In the role of Digital Business Senior Program Manager working onsite in Waukesha, Wisconsin you will be part of the Digital Business Office team. The Digital Business Senior Portfolio Manager leads and manages the portfolio of strategic change initiatives that drive organizational transformation. This role ensures that programs and projects within the portfolio align with enterprise strategy, deliver measurable business value, and enable the organization to adapt to evolving markets, technologies, and operating models.

• Drives execution of large-scale transformation initiatives spanning people, process, technology, and culture
• Partners with executive leadership to identify and balance strategic investments
• Translates executive vision and strategy into actionable portfolio roadmaps with measurable outcomes & KPIs.
• Ensures transformation goals (efficiency, digital enablement, customer experience, innovation, cost optimization) are achieved.
• Establishes governance frameworks for intake, prioritization, funding, and monitoring of digital initiatives

• Maintains oversight over planning, execution, and delivery of multiple complex digital programs within the portfolio
• Leads cross-functional teams to deliver transformation initiatives on time, within scope, and budget
• Identifies interdependence, risks, and opportunities across the portfolio, and ensures proactive resolution
• Champions agile, adaptive delivery methods to accelerate value realization

• Oversees portfolio budgets, forecasts, and financial tracking to maximize ROI on digital investments
• Collaborates with resource managers to optimize talent allocation across initiatives
• Leverages data-driven insights to track investments, value delivered and steer improvements, efficiency and scalability of the portfolio

• Partners with executive sponsors, business leaders, and program offices to align goals and priorities
• Serves as the primary point of escalation and decision support for transformation programs
• Develops executive-ready reports, dashboards, and presentations that clearly communicate progress, risks, and business impact

• Partners with business stakeholders to define, establish and track KPIs to measure business value delivery, and customer impact
• Continuously improves portfolio delivery practices and maturity
• Ensures that delivered solutions enable enterprise digital transformation goals

• Mentors and coaches program and project managers, building enterprise-wide transformation and change-delivery capability
• Introduces best practices, frameworks, and tools for enterprise portfolio management and transformation
• Fosters a culture of agility, innovation, and continuous improvement

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Information Technology, or related field

• PgMP or PMP

• 12+ years of experience in program/portfolio management, with significant experience leading enterprise-wide
• Proven track record delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives in a global or large-scale enterprise environment
• Experience in change management, organizational alignment, and value delivery measurement (OKRs, KPIs)

• Exceptional stakeholder management and executive communication skills
• Strong financial acumen with experience managing multi-million-dollar program budgets
• Deep understanding of managing digital portfolios in an agile, SAFe delivery setting

• SAFe Lean Portfolio Management

• Experience managing enterprise…