Director IT Portfolio Management

Position Title: Director IT Portfolio Management (M4)

For more than three decades, Crown Castle has led the way in shared communications infrastructure, delivering profitable solutions by connecting communities, businesses, and people, and enabling each to thrive with reliable access to voice and data in more places, faster than ever before. When you join Crown Castle, you become part of a dynamic team of passionate and collaborative professionals engaging in complex challenges and contributing to projects that shape the future of life and work.
ABOUT THE ROLE
As the Director, IT Portfolio Management, you will be responsible for overseeing the full lifecycle of technology initiatives to ensure they align with strategic business objectives and deliver measurable value. This role focuses on portfolio strategy, prioritization, governance, performance optimization, and enterprise‑level decision enablement.

You and your team will oversee a holistic portfolio of programs, projects, and transformation initiatives, providing visibility, governance, and insight to ensure the organization is investing in the right work—not just executing efficiently. Operating as a strategic advisor to senior leadership, this role plays a critical part in shaping strategy execution across the digital and technology landscape.

WHAT YOU WILL DO 

• Define and maintain the enterprise IT portfolio strategy and roadmap aligned to corporate objectives.
• Ensure portfolio investments maximize business value, support transformation goals, and advance long‑term technology strategy.
• Serve as the primary liaison between executive sponsors, business leaders, and technology teams.
• Oversee intake, prioritization, and approval processes for new and ongoing initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, enterprise architecture standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Define and maintain portfolio-level metrics, dashboards, and executive reporting to track progress, benefits realization, risks, and dependencies
• Implement risk mitigation plans and ensure transparent escalation for high‑impact issues.
• Lead and coach a team on portfolio management best practices, strategic thinking and leadership to cultivate an accountability-driven culture.
• Lead IT vendor and asset optimization strategies to maximize value, manage spend, and improve operational efficiency
• Drive continuous improvement of portfolio management, PMO processes, and governance maturity.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED 

Education/Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or related field required
• Master’s degree or MBA preferred
• Certifications such as PfMP, PMP, PgMP, ITIL, or Agile preferred

Experience & Skills:

• 10+ years of experience in IT portfolio management, transformation leadership, or technology operations required
• Proven experience leading large, complex, multi-year transformation and portfolio initiatives
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, software delivery, sourcing, and IT financial management
• Demonstrated success leading and scaling teams in a matrixed enterprise environment
• Exceptional strategic, analytical, and executive communication skills

Where You Will Work
This role falls into our hybrid work model, which is 1-day work from home (typically Friday but may vary depending on the position) and 4-days in the office to optimize collaboration, relationship building and key stakeholder engagement, and may require some travel as needed.

YOUR COMPANY BENEFITS
At Crown Castle, we do our best to ensure you have access to the resources you need to live a healthy and happy life no matter where you are in life. Our benefits are built around your individual needs, covering physical, mental, and financial health and designed to enhance your quality of life.
We are proud to offer a full suite of health and wealth benefits for you and your loved ones. Below are a few of the key highlights of the many benefits we provide.

• Comprehensive healthcare plans with highly company subsidized premiums and up to $2,000 annual company contribution to your Health Savings Account (HSA base plan for employee and dependents).
• Market-leading 401(k) plan, which includes up to 10% company contributions through our 5% match and 5% profit sharing program (based on employee contributions).
• New-child leave up to 8 weeks of 100% paid leave upon birth or legal adoption of a new child. Birth mothers are eligible for up to 8 weeks of additional 100% paid medical leave.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 per year of eligible tuition and fees.
• Crown Castle scholarship program awarding up to $10,000 per recipient each year for eligible dependent children of employees and interns.
• Matching charitable contributions to qualified charitable organizations of up to $1,000 per year per teammate.
• Generous paid time-off for eligible full-time employees (minimum 18 days per year based on years of service).
• 10 company holidays plus 2 floating holiday.
• All offices provide free beverages and snacks.

Compensation
The salary range offered for this position is $171060 - $235200 annually. A candidate's offer is determined by various factors including but not limited to, depth of experience, role-related knowledge and skills, relevant education or training, internal alignment, and work location. Depending on the position offered, the compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of a discretionary annual cash bonus or commissions, and equity incentives.
Additional Information
If you are interested in joining our team, please visit the Crown Castle careers site to apply. We do not accept resumes from agencies, headhunters, or other third-party suppliers who have not signed a formal agreement with us. This position will remain posted until filled.