Portfolio Manager

The Portfolio Manager applies advanced experience in traditional project management and Agile practices. This role will plan and execute technical initiatives, ensuring alignment across engineering, product, and business teams. The candidate will manage employees engaged in planning, directing, and coordinating activities to deliver high-impact projects on time and within scope. Essential Job Function Manange a team of individual contributors that deliver all aspects of technical projects, including scope, timelines, resources, risks, and ensuring Agile practices are applied effectively. Serve as Scrum Master for one or more teams, facilitating ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives. Partner with Product Owners to maintain groomed, prioritized backlogs and ensure readiness for development cycles. Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure technical requirements, dependencies, and deliverables are well-understood and executed. Advanced understanding of the technical flow of work, sequencing, and interdependencies to bridge requirements with execution by translating them into clear specifications, tech considerations, and delivery plans. Drive visibility and ensure staff is maintaining project plans, dashboards, and providing timely status updates. Set delivery strategy, govern, manage risks, develop mitigation plans, trade-offs across the programs by identifying risks, dependencies, and blockers early; collaborate with teams to resolve them and make recommendations where needed. Recommend process enhancements where needed and ensure team is adhering to EPMO project management standards, and processes. Support and coach teams in adopting and applying Agile best practices and capacity planning processes to drive efficiency and quality. Education / Experience Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology 7 years of project management experience delivering (Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid) technical or software development projects. 5 years of experience managing technical or software development projects and leading Lean-Agile delivery teams. 2 years of experience managing a team • Advanced knowledge of SDLC, Agile/Scrum, and project management principles. Advanced Experience with Agile tools such as JIRA, Confluence, or similar. Experience collaborating with engineering teams and translating complex technical concepts for business stakeholders. Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple initiatives. Excellent communication, facilitation, and problem-solving skills. PMP, SM, or equivalent certification preferred. Salary Range Salary Range: $121,600.00 - $182,400.00 Hourly or Salary Range will be reflected above. For a more detailed overview of Petco Total Rewards, including health and financial benefits, 401K, incentives, and PTO - see Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or any other protected classification. #J-18808-Ljbffr