Director, Portfolio Management & Project Delivery

Location: Indianapolis, IN (Corp)

The Director, Portfolio Management & Project Delivery is responsible for leading Inotiv's technology project portfolio, project delivery capabilities, organizational change management practices, and strategic technology programs. This role ensures technology investments are prioritized, governed, and delivered in alignment with business objectives while maximizing value realization and organizational capacity.

This is a player-coach leadership role, balancing approximately 50% people leadership and operational oversight with 50% direct ownership of strategic technology programs and business initiatives. The Director leads a team of project and portfolio management professionals while personally serving as Program Manager for the organization's most critical cross-functional technology and business transformation initiatives, including ERP Optimization and other enterprise strategic priorities.

The Director is accountable for the successful delivery of both technology programs and projects across the IT portfolio, while also providing program management leadership for selected strategic business initiatives that require enterprise-wide coordination, governance, and change management. This role serves as a key partner to business and IT leaders, providing governance, visibility, and leadership to ensure successful execution and realization of business outcomes. Additionally, the Director is responsible for building organizational project delivery capabilities, maturing portfolio management practices, and developing a high-performing team.

Key Accountabilities

Team Management

• Recruit, develop, and retain high-performing talent.
• Develop and execute onboarding plans for new team members.
• Build a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and service excellence.
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and development opportunities to help team members reach their full potential.
• Establish clear goals, priorities, and performance expectations.
• Manage team capacity and workload to optimize project delivery and portfolio management activities.
• Conduct performance reviews and talent development planning in alignment with company processes.
• Develop succession plans and future leaders within the organization.

Program Management Leadership

• Serve as Program Manager for strategic, enterprise-wide technology and business transformation initiatives, including the ERP Optimization Program.
• Develop and manage integrated program plans, roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, budgets, resource plans, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Establish program governance structures, steering committees, decision-making forums, and executive reporting processes.
• Ensure alignment between program objectives, business priorities, organizational readiness, and expected business outcomes.
• Drive resolution of program issues, risks, resource conflicts, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Partner with executive sponsors and business leaders to define success metrics, measure progress, and oversee benefits realization.
• Lead program communications and stakeholder engagement activities to ensure transparency, alignment, and end user adoption.
• Ensure programs are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned to approved scope and strategic objectives.
• Serve as the escalation point for major project and program issues requiring executive intervention or decision-making.
• Project Delivery Excellence, Methodology, and Governance
• Own the IT portfolio governance framework, including project intake, prioritization, approval, and investment decision processes.
• Lead governance forums to align technology investments, resource capacity, and business priorities.
• Provide oversight for successful delivery of the IT project portfolio, ensuring adherence to governance standards and delivery methodologies.
• Establish and continuously improve project, portfolio, and change management processes, standards, tools, and best practices.
• Drive accountability for scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk management, and business outcomes.
• Develop and maintain portfolio roadmaps aligned with business and technology strategies.
• Foster a culture of execution excellence, accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement.