Technology Portfolio & Capacity Planning Manager
Location: Nashville Metro (North)
Work Setting: On-site (100%)
Employment Type: Full-Time
About the Opportunity
The Intersect Group is partnering with a large, technology-driven organization that relies on strategic planning, disciplined portfolio management, and data-informed decision-making to deliver critical business initiatives. The organization is committed to operational excellence, continuous improvement, and ensuring technology investments align with long-term business goals.
This is an opportunity to join a collaborative environment where visibility, influence, and impact extend across technology leadership, portfolio governance, workforce planning, and enterprise project delivery.
Role Summary
We are seeking an experienced Technology Portfolio & Capacity Planning Manager to own and optimize the organization's technology planning platform, resource planning processes, and capacity management practices. This role plays a critical part in helping technology leaders make informed decisions regarding resource allocation, project prioritization, investment planning, and roadmap execution.
The successful candidate will serve as the primary owner of portfolio planning data, workflows, reporting, and forecasting capabilities. Working closely with technology leaders, project teams, and resource managers, this individual will drive platform adoption, maintain data integrity, develop actionable insights, and establish scalable planning processes that improve visibility into demand, capacity, utilization, and portfolio performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Administer and enhance the organization's portfolio and resource planning platform, including workflows, access controls, data structures, and user experience.
- Maintain accurate technology demand, project, roadmap, resource, and capacity data to support enterprise planning activities.
- Develop and deliver dashboards, reports, forecasts, and planning metrics for technology leadership.
- Build and manage rolling demand-capacity forecasts to support hiring, contractor utilization, and workforce planning decisions.
- Partner with technology leaders and resource managers to facilitate consistent capacity planning and portfolio prioritization processes.
- Lead platform training, user enablement, and change management initiatives to increase adoption and planning maturity.
- Monitor data quality, governance compliance, and forecasting accuracy while driving continuous process improvement.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for platform-related questions, issue resolution, and planning process guidance.
Key Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in technology planning, portfolio management, resource capacity planning, PMO, or a related discipline.
- Hands-on experience with a PPM, portfolio planning, resource management, or work management platform; Planview experience strongly preferred.
- Proven experience supporting technology demand management, resource forecasting, capacity planning, portfolio prioritization, and roadmap management.
- Strong reporting and analytics capabilities with experience building dashboards, forecasting models, and decision-support reporting.
- Knowledge of data governance, workflow design, security administration, access management, and process improvement methodologies.
- Ability to translate utilization, demand, capacity, and project portfolio data into actionable business insights and recommendations.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Information Technology, Project Management, or a related field; equivalent experience will also be considered.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and cross-functional leadership skills with the ability to influence decision-makers at multiple levels.
Why Join This Opportunity?
- Play a highly visible role influencing technology investment and workforce planning decisions.
- Partner directly with technology and business leaders on strategic initiatives.
- Help shape portfolio governance, forecasting, and resource planning capabilities across the organization.
- Drive meaningful improvements in planning maturity, operational efficiency, and decision-making.
- Join a collaborative team focused on continuous improvement and long-term growth.
Apply Today
If you have a strong background in technology portfolio management, capacity planning, resource forecasting, and Planview or similar PPM platforms, we encourage you to apply. Submit your resume and contact information to The Intersect Group for immediate consideration and the opportunity to help drive strategic technology planning and portfolio success.
