Sr. Manager, Strategic Portfolio Management

As Senior Manager, Strategic Portfolio Management, you will have a pivotal role that enables Johnson Controls to achieve its strategic objectives by optimizing portfolio management practices and ensuring effective governance across enterprise‑wide initiatives. You will be part of a high‑performing team responsible for aligning strategic efforts with business goals, driving continuous improvement, and embedding efficient, consistent practices throughout the organization.

This is a unique opportunity to shape and influence Johnson Controls’ strategic direction ensuring initiatives are prioritized, resourced, and executed in alignment with long‑term business outcomes. As a key leader, you will play a critical role in advancing a future‑ready portfolio strategy that strengthens organizational agility, enhances cross‑functional collaboration, and positions Johnson Controls for sustained success in the building technology industry.

How you will do it

• Alignment and Influence: Lead the Business Unit’s quarterly and annual strategic planning processes to ensure initiatives are prioritized based on strategic alignment to organizational goals.
• Strategic Roadmap and Planning: Partner with Workstream Leaders to develop and maintain comprehensive strategic roadmaps that align with company goals, market trends, and stakeholder priorities. Facilitate cross‑functional collaboration to ensure roadmaps are actionable and measurable.
• Investment Governance and Financial Planning: Provide oversight and guidance to Workstream Leaders of the Capital Appropriations Process (CARs). Assists with the annual capital plan process for the region: coordinate training; review schedule; align with Business Unit FP&A on timing; proposed investment level.
• Executive Reporting: Partner with SPM Operations to prepare executive‑level dashboards that provide a comprehensive view of portfolio performance and operational health metrics.
• Actionable Insights: Analyze data to generate actionable insights and strategic recommendations for stakeholders.
• Stakeholder Review: Lead consistent and effective communication with stakeholders to support informed strategic discussions and generate data‑driven decisions.
• Value Creation: Collaborate with Workstream Leaders to validate the impact and pressure‑test the assumptions of the business cases. Review is performed with a focus on validating that the value will have direct bottom‑line results (revenue/hard savings).
• Value Realization: Reviews actual variances to bankable plan to identify initiatives that are underperforming; work with IOs & Workstream Leaders to update forecasts and identify recovery plans for the underperforming initiatives.
• Process Improvement and Collaboration: Continuously refine portfolio management processes, tools, and methodologies to increase efficiency, transparency, and responsiveness to changing business needs.
• Practice Discipline: Work among Strategic Portfolio Managers to share best practices and foster a culture of learning.

What we look for

• Required Competencies typically acquired through a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and/or accounting or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years combined experience in project portfolio management, program management or enterprise‑level governance roles.
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate with diverse teams.
• Strong communication skills for effective interaction with senior cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• The ability to influence and drive change in the organization.
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities and a strong commitment to developing others.
• Strategic consulting skills which move beyond adherence to specific analytical tools and methodologies; the ability to “think outside the box,” generate alternative solutions for consideration, and provide comprehensive risk/benefit analysis on those alternatives.
• Project management experience and team leadership ability.

Preferred

• Project or Portfolio management certification encouraged such as PMP, Lean Portfolio Management, PRINCE2.
• Experience with Strategic Portfolio Management tools like McKinsey Wave, with the ability to leverage these tools for delivering actionable insights.