Business Portfolio Lead

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The Specialty Materials segment manufactures products that provide more than 150 material formulations for glass, glass ceramics and fluoride crystals to meet demand for unique customer needs. Consequently, this segment operates in a wide variety of commercial and industrial markets that include display optics and components, semiconductor optics components, aerospace and defense, astronomy, ophthalmic products, telecommunications components and cover glass that is optimized for portable display devices.

Purpose of Position:

This position is responsible for leading integrated portfolio planning, governance, capital portfolio management, and investment planning. The role provides structure for how investments are evaluated and managed by aligning annual plans to business strategy, guiding funding recommendations and tradeoff decisions, and ensuring consistent portfolio governance.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

• Leads integrated annual portfolio planning across development, engineering, non-recurring, and capital investments to align funding needs with business priorities.
• Owns annual planning cycles and coordinates portfolio inputs, assumptions, scenarios, and leadership reviews.
• Leads the capital portfolio, including investment planning, prioritization, funding recommendations, and portfolio-level tradeoff analysis.
• Establishes and maintains portfolio governance, intake, and review processes to support consistent evaluation, approval, and oversight of investments.
• Serves as the subject matter expert for capital authorization, appropriation, and Stage Gate requirements, providing guidance and training to stakeholders.
• Facilitates portfolio health reviews and uses performance, financial, risk, and capacity insights to recommend corrective actions or mitigation plans.
• Partners with business and portfolio leaders to clarify investment priorities, resolve portfolio conflicts, and support high-quality funding decisions.
• Partners with portfolio analysts, opportunity planning resources, and technical systems resources to improve planning, governance, reporting, workflows, and portfolio management tools.

Travel Requirements:

• Up to 10% travel may be required, depending on portfolio and business needs, including domestic and international travel.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Business, Finance, Engineering, Project Management, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in portfolio management, strategic planning, capital management, financial planning, program management, or a related role.
• Proven experience leading annual planning, portfolio governance, investment prioritization, and cross-functional decision-making processes.
• Experience with capital approval processes, portfolio management systems, and financial or investment analysis.
• Strong analytical, organizational, facilitation, and communication skills with a demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and guide complex portfolio decisions.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with strategic portfolio planning, capital portfolio management, governance, and investment prioritization.
• Knowledge of capital authorization, appropriation, Stage Gate, and portfolio intake processes.
• Self-motivated, structured, and able to lead planning and governance across multiple business areas and time horizons.
• Capable of evaluating portfolio tradeoffs, identifying risks, and developing actionable funding and mitigation recommendations.
• Strong facilitation, influence, coaching, and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Proven ability to lead process improvements and drive accountability across portfolio stakeholders.
• Advanced user of Microsoft Office tools, financial reporting applications, and portfolio management systems.

This position does not support immigration sponsorship.  

The range for this position is $97,542.00 - $134,121.00 assuming full time status. Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education. 

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Corning offers you the total package.  

Your well-being is our priority. Our compensation and benefits package supports your health and wellness, financial aspirations, and career from day one.

• Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives align with key business results and ensure you are rewarded when the company performs well. When Corning wins, we all win.
• As part of our commitment to your financial well-being, we provide a 100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout your career. Combined with matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan, Corning’s total contributions to your retirement accounts can reach between 7% and 12% of your pay, depending on your age and years of service.
• Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid parental leave, family building support, fitness, company-paid life insurance, disability, disease management programs, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support you and your family.  
• Getting paid for our work is important, but feeling appreciated and recognized for those contributions motivates us much more. That’s why Corning offers a recognition program to celebrate successes and reward colleagues who make exceptional contributions. 

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Corning is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and considers requests for reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws. Individuals with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs may request reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, perform essential job functions, or access other benefits and privileges of employment. To submit a request for reasonable accommodation related to disability or religion, please contact us at  View email address on corningjobs.corning.com .