Sr. Portfolio Program Manager R&D

Our Mission:

6senses mission is to multiply what matters: growth retention and efficiency. We envision a future where companies teams and people reach their full potential.

Our People:

People are the heart and soul of 6sense. We serve with passion and purpose. We live by our Being 6sense values of Win as One Team Stay Curious Do The Right Thing Own the Outcome and Create Belonging. Every 6sensor plays a part in defining the future of our industry-leading technology. 6sense is a place where difference-makers roll up their sleeves take risks act with integrity and measure success by the value we create for our customers. We want 6sense to be the best chapter of your career.

About the Role :

We are seeking a Senior Portfolio Program Manager to provide standing exception-based orchestration across an assignedResearch&Development (R&D)pillar. Reporting to the Head of Program Management this individual contributor partners with Product and Engineering Pillar Leaders tomaintaina connected view of portfolio commitments dependencies risks capacity readiness and key decisions while improving delivery predictability and organizational effectiveness. Combining Agile coaching with portfolio program management the role helps teams strengthen planning discipline execution health and continuous improvement while translating team-level insights into actionable portfolio visibility and leadership decision support.

The role also serves as a champion for AI-enabled Program Management continuously identifying and introducing automation emerging technologies and workflow improvements that increase scalability operational efficiency and decision-making effectiveness. The Portfolio Program Manager coordinates synthesizes and escalates material exceptions across teams product areas pillars and functions.

Accountability for product strategy roadmap priorities customer outcomes engineering architecture technical design staffing performance management team execution Scrum practices backlog management Jira hygiene funding decisions launch approvals and risk acceptance remains with the appropriate Product Engineeringleaders. End-to-end ownership of strategic initiatives is assumed only when explicitly assigned.

Key Responsibilities :

• Partner with Product and Engineering Pillar Leaders toestablishand maintain portfolio baselines including commitments milestones dependencies ownership readiness expectations capacity assumptions and success measures.
• Maintain visibility into portfolio commitments and execution progress surfacing material variances and coordinatingappropriate change-managementactions when scope timeline resource or delivery commitments materially change.
• Establish and continuously improve portfolio metrics dashboards reporting practices automation and AI-enabled workflows that strengthen portfolio visibility decision-making execution transparency and operational efficiency.
• Identify evaluate and introduce AI automation and emerging technologies that improve Program Management effectiveness scalability decision-making and operational efficiency across the R&D pillar.
• Partner with R&D Operating System teams to improve data quality portfolio tooling process standards reporting and adoption of portfolio management practices.
• Establish andmaintainvisibility into cross-team and cross-pillar dependencies ensuring ownership impactsrequireddates and status are understood and tracked.
• Coordinate dependency management across teams and pillarsfacilitatealignment resolution discussions and escalate unresolved risks impacts and decisions through established governance forums.
• Lead portfolio reviews focused on material changes risks dependencies readiness gaps capacity conflicts and decisions requiring leadership attention.
• Facilitate scaled planning portfolio governance and synchronization forums that improve alignment transparency and execution across the pillar.
• Support quarterly planning cycles byvalidatingcommitments dependencies capacity assumptions risks and decision readiness across the pillar.
• Synthesize portfolio information into decision-ready executive insights including risks dependencies trade-offs and recommendations and ensure resulting decisions escalations and accountable follow-throughare tracked through closure.
• Coach Product and Engineering teams on Agile practices planning discipline delivery predictability flow efficiency and continuous improvement to strengthen execution effectiveness and delivery outcomes.
• Identifywork that maywarrantdedicated Strategic Initiative Program Management support and provide evidence to support coverage decisions.
• Coordinate with Strategic Initiative Program Managers to incorporate initiative health dependencies change impacts and readiness into the pillar portfolio view.

Qualifications :

• 8 years of experiencein Portfolio Management Program Management Technical Program Management Product Operations or related roles within a SaaS or technology environment.
• Experience leading Product and Engineering portfolios spanning multiple teams product areas or organizational units.
• Experience establishing and leading portfolio governance frameworks operating rhythms quarterly planning processes executive review forums and reporting mechanisms that improve visibility alignment decision-making and execution predictability.
• Demonstrated success managing portfolio risk dependencies capacity constraints competing priorities and roadmap execution at scale.
• Experiencefacilitatingexecutive leadership and cross-functional governance forums that drive alignment accountability and decision-making.
• Demonstrated success improving team effectiveness delivery predictability planning maturity flow efficiency and execution outcomes through Agile coaching facilitation and continuous improvement practices.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without formal authority navigate ambiguity clarify accountability and drive alignment decision-making and follow-through across multiple stakeholders.
• Experienceidentifying evaluating and implementing automation AI-enabled workflows and emerging technologies that improve portfolio visibility operational efficiency scalability and decision-making effectiveness.
• Strong analytical facilitation communication and stakeholder-management skills with the ability to synthesize complex information into executive-ready insights and recommendations.
• Working knowledge ofProductboard Jira Confluence dashboarding and business intelligence platforms.
• Agile coaching or Agile delivery certifications such as ICP-ACC CSP CSM PSMSAFeSPCSAFeAgilist or equivalentpracticalexperience.
• Bachelors degree or equivalent practical experience.

Success In This Role :

• Trusted portfolio visibility enables informed leadership decisions.
• Risks dependencies and changes tocommitments areidentifiedand addressed early.
• Capacity and readiness issues are surfaced before theyimpactdelivery.
• Portfolio governance drivestimelydecisions andclearaccountability.
• Strategic initiatives are integrated into a unified portfolio view.
• Teams improve commitment reliability delivery predictability and flow efficiency over time.
• Stakeholders experience greater alignment and faster decision-making with minimal reporting overhead.
• Automation and AI improve operational efficiency scalability and insight quality.

Our Benefits:

Full-time employees can take advantage of health coverage paid parental leave generous paid time-off and holidays quarterly self-care days off and stock options. Well make sure you have the equipment and support you need to work and connect with your teams at home or in one of our offices.

We have a growth mindset culture that is represented in all that we do from onboarding through to numerous learning and development initiatives including access to our LinkedIn Learning platform. Employee well-being is also top of mind for us. We host quarterly wellness education sessions to encourage self care and personal growth. From wellness days to ERG-hosted events we celebrate and energize all 6sense employees and their backgrounds.

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