AI Portfolio Manager

Overview This role will play a central role in managing and advancing the organization's enterprise AI portfolio. Reporting to the Director, AI Transformation, this role will establish the management discipline, reporting, performance visibility, and value realization practices needed to effectively govern a growing portfolio of AI initiatives. Works across business, technology, finance, and functional teams to maintain a comprehensive view of AI initiatives from ideation through implementation and value realization. The role will be responsible for portfolio tracking, prioritization support, executive reporting, ROI and benefits aggregation, and portfolio-level insights that help leadership make informed investment and resource decisions. Brings strong portfolio management, financial analysis, executive communication, and cross-functional coordination capabilities and will help mature the organization's approach to managing AI as an enterprise investment portfolio. What We Provide Referral bonus opportunities Generous paid time off (PTO), starting at 30 days of paid time off and 9 company holidays Health insurance plan for you and your loved ones, Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability Employer-matched retirement saving funds Personal and financial wellness programs Pre-tax flexible spending accounts (FSAs) for healthcare and dependent care Generous tuition reimbursement for qualifying degrees Opportunities for professional growth and career advancement Internal mobility, generous tuition reimbursement, CEU credits, and advancement opportunities What You Will Do Manage the intake and initial evaluation of new AI use cases by reviewing submitted business AI briefs, meeting with requestors to clarify business needs, expected value, scope, and readiness, and partnering with AI Delivery team to assess feasibility, delivery capacity, and appropriate next steps. Maintain the enterprise portfolio of AI initiatives, including use cases in discovery, experiment, pilot, scale stage gates, and their value realization. Establish and maintain portfolio-level standards for initiative status, milestones, timelines, dependencies, risks, value measures, and reporting. Partner with business owners and project teams to ensure portfolio data and KPIs are accurate, current, and decision-ready. Identify portfolio-wide risks, dependencies, resource constraints, duplicative investments, and opportunities for reuse or scale. Support prioritization of AI initiatives using strategic alignment, business value, feasibility, implementation readiness, risk, and capacity considerations. Help evolve portfolio management processes as the organization's AI capabilities and operating model mature. Develop and maintain an enterprise view of projected and realized value across the AI portfolio. Partner with Strategic Finance, business owners, and initiative leads to define appropriate financial and non-financial value measures for AI use cases. Track business cases, expected benefits, realized benefits, implementation costs, productivity improvements, cost avoidance, revenue impact, quality outcomes, and other relevant measures. Partner with AI project business owners to collect performance & KPI updates and track realized ROI against original business case assumptions and targets. Establish consistent methodologies for calculating and reporting AI ROI and value realization in partnership with Strategic Finance. Identify gaps between projected and realized benefits and work with initiative owners to understand drivers and corrective actions. Produce portfolio-level analyses that inform investment decisions and demonstrate the business impact of the enterprise AI strategy. Lead the aggregation and preparation of recurring AI portfolio updates for executive leadership. Synthesize updates across a large and diverse portfolio of AI initiatives into concise, decision-oriented reporting. Develop dashboards, scorecards, portfolio views, and executive materials showing progress, value, risks, priorities, and decisions required. Translate complex project information into clear narratives and insights for senior leaders. Identify trends across the portfolio and proactively surface areas requiring leadership attention. Partner with the Director, AI Transformation and governance stakeholders to ensure portfolio management is integrated with AI intake, governance, prioritization, and delivery processes. Support business owners in understanding enterprise AI ways of working, portfolio expectations, milestones, timelines and reporting requirements. Help define stage gates, portfolio metrics, reporting standards, and other management practices that improve transparency and accountability. Ensure portfolio information supports AI governance, investment planning, resource allocation, and operating-model decisions. Build strong working relationships with business leaders, Finance, Technology, HR, Compliance, Legal, Information Security, Clinical Quality, and other enterprise stakeholders. Partner with AI capability leads and initiative owners to gather inputs, resolve reporting gaps, and provide a holistic view of portfolio health. Facilitate portfolio reviews and working sessions as needed to drive decisions and accountability. Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned. Qualifications Education: Bachelor's Degree in business, finance, strategy, technology, healthcare administration, or a related field required Work Experience: Demonstrated experience managing or reporting on a portfolio of complex, cross-functional initiatives. required Strong financial and analytical skills, including experience developing business cases, ROI analyses, benefits tracking, or investment reporting. required Strong project and program management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders simultaneously. required Exceptional executive communication skills, including experience developing materials for senior leadership. required Advanced proficiency in Excel, ChatGPT for Excel, Claude, PowerPoint, dashboards, portfolio-management tools, or equivalent analytical and reporting platforms. required Ability to synthesize large amounts of information into concise insights, recommendations, and management actions. required Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work across business and functional teams without direct authority. required Relevant advanced degree in business administration, finance, business analytics, strategy, healthcare administration or a related field is a plus. preferred Experience supporting AI, digital transformation, automation, technology transformation, or innovation portfolios. preferred Experience in healthcare or another highly regulated environment. preferred Experience developing enterprise portfolio-management frameworks, governance structures, or benefits-realization methodologies. preferred Familiarity with AI use cases, generative AI, AI-enabled workflow transformation, and emerging AI operating models. preferred Experience with enterprise project, portfolio, workflow, or governance platforms. preferred 5+ years of experience in portfolio management, strategy, transformation, program management, finance, consulting, or a related discipline. required Pay Range USD $137,800.00 - USD $183,800.00 /Yr. 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