Lead Director - Portfolio and Program Delivery

Job Listing ID:

4493366

Job Title:

Lead Director -

Portfolio and Program Delivery Application Deadline:

Open Until Filled

Job Location:

Salem

Date Posted:

05/16/2026

Hours Worked Per Week:

Not Provided Shift:

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Either Full or Part Time, more than 6 months You may contact this employer directly. (Obtain the contact information to print or add to your jobs.)

Job Summary:

We're building a world of health around every individual - shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health, you'll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger - helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time. Role Overview We are seeking an accomplished IT leader to serve as Director, IT Portfolio & Program Delivery. This is a high-impact leadership position responsible for overseeing a diverse, strategically important portfolio of technology initiatives and ensuring the highest standards of delivery, governance, and organizational alignment. In this role, you will lead and support multiple, concurrent programs totaling 500,000+ hours of work and representing $40M of annual investment. You will be responsible for connecting business strategy to execution, creating structure and predictability in how work gets done, and ensuring that program outcomes translate into tangible value for the enterprise. Success in this role requires a rare combination of portfolio thinking, hands-on program delivery expertise, and strong stakeholder leadership across technology and business partners. Key Responsibilities Own and manage a portfolio of multiple, concurrent programs totaling 500,000+ hours of effort and $40M in annual investment, ensuring alignment to enterprise and business-unit strategies. Translate high-level strategic objectives and roadmaps into actionable, executable portfolio and program plans, including program charters, sequencing, prioritization, and delivery approaches. Design and build portfolio governance structures from the ground up, establishing frameworks, processes, and operating cadences that enable scalable, consistent, and transparent program delivery. Partner with technology and business leaders to define success criteria, expected outcomes, and value realization plans for major programs in the portfolio. Continuously assess portfolio health, balancing risk, capacity, dependencies, and value delivered; recommend adjustments to scope, sequencing, or resourcing as needed. Program Leadership and Delivery Excellence Lead, monitor, and support delivery managers and program teams to achieve portfolio and program goals-providing guidance, feedback, coaching, and accountability. Step in directly to manage complex or high-profile programs or projects when needed, ensuring successful delivery from initiation through closure, including planning, execution, and transition to run. Ensure that all programs in the portfolio operate with clear plans, defined deliverables, and measurable outcomes; establish expectations for planning horizons, milestone management, and risk mitigation. Promote disciplined execution practices across teams, including effective backlog management, dependency management, and change control. Governance, Process, and Standards Establish, refine, and maintain program and portfolio governance frameworks, including roles, decision rights, approval thresholds, reporting cadence, and escalation protocols. Standardize core program and project management practices across teams, with clear templates and expectations for status reporting, RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) tracking, and stakeholder communication. Drive adoption of consistent metrics and KPIs to track progress, quality, financial performance, and value realization across the portfolio. Partner with central PMO, Product, Business and Technology stakeholders to align on methodologies, ...

Job Classification:

Computer and Information Systems Managers Access our statewide or regional occupation report for more information about wages, employment outlooks, skills, training programs, related occupations, and more. Compensation

Salary:

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Experience Required:

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Education Required:

None

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