IT Senior Manager - Portfolio Management Office

Overview

Enterprise Mobility is a leading provider of mobility solutions, owning and operating the Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car brands through its integrated global network of independent regional subsidiaries. Enterprise Mobility and its affiliates offer extensive car rental, carsharing, truck rental, fleet management, retail car sales, as well as travel management and other transportation services, to make travel easier and more convenient for customers.  

Privately held by the Taylor family of St. Louis, Enterprise Mobility together with its affiliate Enterprise Fleet Management manages a diverse fleet of 2.4 million vehicles and accounted for nearly $39 billion in revenue through a network of more than 9,500 fully-staffed neighborhood and airport rental locations in more than 90 countries and territories. 

At the center of it all, our dedicated IT teams innovate, design and develop the technology that is redefining how customers rent, buy and share vehicles from our family of brands. Here, you will be part of a diverse and talented team that creates and delivers powerful technology solutions for our customers and employees across the world with the resources and support to develop in a variety of career paths.

As an Enterprise Mobility team member, we offer an excellent package with market-competitive pay, comprehensive healthcare packages, 401k matching & profit sharing, schedule flexibility, work from home opportunities, paid time off, and organizational growth potential.

This position is eligible for a hybrid work schedule, which includes the ability to work from home, while also requiring to be in person as needed at our Lakeside and/or Clayton Corporate HQ campus locations in St. Louis, Missouri.

We are committed to a fair and transparent hiring process. Candidates should expect identity verification, video interviews, technical validation of skills, and verification of employment, education, and work authorization. Falsification of information, proxy interviewing, or misrepresentation of experience or location will result in disqualification.

Responsibilities

Technology powers nearly every aspect of how we do business. Understanding, evaluating, and prioritizing technology investments is therefore critical to advancing our business and technology strategies. The Portfolio Management Office is evolving to become an increasingly trusted strategic partner, bringing greater visibility, alignment, and discipline to how technology investments are prioritized and delivered. We are looking for a strong leader who can help advance this transformation, strengthen portfolio and project management practices, and connect investment decisions to strategic priorities and measurable outcomes.

The Global Portfolio Management Office has an exciting opportunity for an IT Senior Manager supporting our Core Business Domains, including Rental, Vehicle, Mobility, Marketing, Business Management and Administration, Risk Management, and Human Resources.

This leader will oversee project management professionals supporting these portfolios and will play an important role in strengthening portfolio governance, improving delivery consistency, and advancing project and program management practices. The role is also accountable for building and developing a high-performing team through coaching, career development, performance management, workforce planning, hiring, and recognition.

This is a highly visible and dynamic leadership position that will regularly engage with IT executives, business leaders, portfolio leaders, and stakeholders across the organization.

Qualities that will be pertinent to the success of the individual in this role are: 

• Transformational People Leadership: Lead the evolution of PMO practices while building a high-performing, inclusive, and engaged team. Translate vision into clear goals, establish meaningful expectations, and foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Strategic Partnership: Build trusted relationships with sponsors, executives, stakeholders, and delivery teams to strengthen alignment and achieve successful outcomes. Actively seek feedback, understand business needs, and connect portfolio and delivery decisions to organizational priorities.
• Portfolio and Practice Leadership: Advance PMO capabilities, processes, reporting, and standards to improve portfolio visibility, strategic alignment, delivery consistency, operational efficiency, and value realization.
• Change Leadership and Resilience: Champion change by helping teams navigate ambiguity, understand context, and adopt new priorities, processes, and ways of working. Anticipate challenges, address risks, and maintain focus on intended outcomes.
• Executive Communication and Influence: Communicate complex information with clarity, tailor messages to the audience, and influence decisions across organizational boundaries. Facilitate productive discussions and align stakeholders around priorities, tradeoffs, expectations, and outcomes.
• Governance and Decision Enablement: Lead and facilitate portfolio governance, including CRC, by partnering with executive leaders to prepare, socialize, and align on the status, health, financial performance, risks, and priorities of portfolio investments. Provide actionable portfolio insights, reinforce PMO standards, and enable informed decision-making regarding new and existing investments. Demonstrate executive presence, sound judgment, and discretion when navigating complex or sensitive discussions.

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated experience as a change leader, including guiding teams through organizational and operational change.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, interpersonal, and written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong ability to build trusted relationships and collaborate across organizational boundaries, including with peers, vendors, senior leaders, portfolio managers, and department leaders.
• Strong understanding of project, program, and portfolio management methodologies, practices, and tools.
• Strong knowledge of project and portfolio financial management, including budgeting, forecasting, and investment oversight.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively within cross-functional teams and present complex information to senior and executive audiences.
• Experience developing and delivering executive presentations, training sessions, and demonstrations.
• Demonstrated ability to establish team objectives, define approaches, delegate effectively, and evaluate results.
• Proven ability to establish high standards, reinforce accountability, and coach team members toward successful performance.
• Strong conflict-management and problem-solving skills, including the ability to address complex issues constructively and in a timely manner.
• Strong business acumen, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to quickly develop an understanding of the business and technology areas supported.
• Experience onboarding, leading, and managing contracted resources.
• Demonstrated ownership, sound judgment, professionalism, and commitment to providing high-quality service.

This position requires periodic onsite travel between our Clayton Corporate Headquarters and Lakeside campus locations in St. Louis.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans

Qualifications

Required:

• Must be presently authorized to work in the U.S. without a requirement for work authorization sponsorship by our company for this position now or in the future
• Must reside in St. Louis, Missouri, or immediate surrounding area
• Must be committed to incorporating security into all decisions and daily job responsibilities
• 8+ years of relevant experience (program / project management, governance and decision-making, business case development, budget and resource management and portfolio management) in an IT environment  
• 6+ years of experience in people leadership, to include career planning/support, training, interviewing, hiring, rewarding, disciplining, and conducting performance and salary reviews; Proven ability to grow and develop direct reports

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems, or related field preferred
• Experience leading a geographically distributed team 
• Ability to work in multiple project management methodologies including: Agile, Waterfall, Iterative and Hybrid