The Cigna Group
healthcare
PortfolioLead
“Portfolio Lead at The Cigna Group. Skills: process management, cross-functional coordination, vendor/stakeholder management, operational metrics, resource planning, continuous improvement. Maintain a clear portfolio vision aligned to business strategy, market needs, and enterprise priorities. Translate strategic themes into portfolio‑level priorities and ensure alignment across sponsors, ARTs, and delivery teams”
What You'll Achieve.
Maintain a clear portfolio vision aligned to business strategy, market needs, and enterprise priorities; Ensure all work entering the portfolio meets strategic relevance and clear value justification; Ensure Epic Owners and business partners meet intake, refinement, and definition standards; Track portfolio progress, risks, dependencies, and financial adherence across all initiatives; Provide structured portfolio reporting and insights to senior leadership; Own and continuously improve the intake process; Apply prioritization criteria to determine what moves forward; Support ARTs and Epic Owners by ensuring approved portfolio items are clearly communicated, properly sequenced, and aligned prior to PI Planning; Monitor flow of Epics across teams and ARTs; Escalate systemic risks, blockers, or resource constraints impacting delivery; Establish and track portfolio KPIs including flow metrics, delivery predictability, value delivery, cycle time, and work in process; Ensure each Epic has measurable success criteria and value support post‑delivery reviews and benefits realization; Provide data‑driven insights for strategic adjustments, capacity balancing, and investment shifts; Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on portfolio health, strategic trade‑offs, risks, and investment recommendations; Coach and support Epic Owners, PMs, Product Managers, and contributing teams in lean‑agile portfolio practices
Industry & Context.
proactive problem-solving
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
6 - 10 years of experience in strategy execution, portfolio management, program delivery, or a similar role, knowledge of SAFe, Agile delivery, Lean Portfolio Management, and value-stream-based operating models, Demonstrated experience supporting or leading multiple, complex initiatives concurrently, Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, with ability to engage senior leaders, Proficiency in portfolio tools (e. g. , Jira, Azure DevOps, reporting dashboards) and analytical skills
Nice to Have
SAFe certifications (LPM, Leading SAFe, SPC, or POPM), and/or PMI certifications in Portfolio and program management, Experience in healthcare or insurance industries, Understanding of financial analysis, portfolio cost modelling, and investment governance, Ability to coach teams and influence operating model evolution
What You'll Do.
Maintain a clear portfolio vision aligned to business strategy
and enterprise priorities
Translate strategic themes into portfolio‑level priorities and ensure alignment across sponsors
Ensure all work entering the portfolio meets strategic relevance and clear value justification
Lead the Portfolio Kanban including intake
readiness assessments
and sequencing of work
Support development and review of Lean Business Cases
including problem statements
and financial impacts
Ensure Epic Owners and business partners meet intake
and definition standards before passing items to solutioning and delivery
Facilitate or support portfolio ceremonies: Portfolio Syncs
prioritization rounds
and quarterly or PI‑aligned governance checkpoints
Track portfolio progress
and financial adherence across all initiatives
Provide structured portfolio reporting and insights to senior leadership
highlighting constraints
and required decisions
Own and continuously improve the intake process to ensure submissions meet quality standards and reflect business urgency
Apply prioritization criteria (strategic alignment
capacity) to determine what moves forward
Support ARTs and Epic Owners by ensuring approved portfolio items are clearly communicated
and aligned prior to PI Planning
Monitor flow of Epics across teams and ARTs
ensuring dependencies are understood and mitigation plans exist
Escalate systemic risks
or resource constraints impacting delivery
Establish and track portfolio KPIs including flow metrics
delivery predictability
Ensure each Epic has measurable success criteria and value support post‑delivery reviews and benefits realization
Provide data‑driven insights for strategic adjustments
and investment shifts
Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on portfolio health
and investment recommendations
Build working relationships across business
and transformation teams
Coach and support Epic Owners
and contributing teams in lean‑agile portfolio practices
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Ensure alignment across sponsors, ARTs, and delivery teams; Ensure Epic Owners and business partners meet intake, refinement, and definition standards; Support ARTs and Epic Owners by ensuring approved portfolio items are clearly communicated, properly sequenced, and aligned prior to PI Planning; Monitor flow of Epics across teams and ARTs; Build working relationships across business, technology, operations, finance, and transformation teams; Coach and support Epic Owners, PMs, Product Managers, and contributing teams in lean‑agile portfolio practices
Communication Scope
Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, with ability to engage senior leaders; structured communication
Process & Methodology
portfolio management, program delivery, Lean Portfolio Management, SAFe, Agile delivery
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