Senior Manager, Individual Dental Portfolio & PMO - Cigna Healthcare - Remote

Summary The Business Project Senior Manager, PMO & Portfolio serves as the senior leader responsible for portfolio governance, strategic initiative delivery, Agile business execution, and project management practices across the Individual Dental organization. This role oversees the portfolio intake process, prioritization framework, strategic roadmap governance, and delivery execution for initiatives supporting business growth, operational excellence, customer experience, regulatory compliance, and organizational transformation. The leader provides direction and oversight to Portfolio Management, Agile Product Management, Product Ownership, Project Management, and Epic Ownership functions, ensuring strategic initiatives are aligned to business objectives, appropriately prioritized, effectively governed, and successfully delivered. This role serves as a key partner to Operations, Technology, Product, Finance, and Executive Leadership teams to translate strategy into actionable plans and measurable business outcomes. Core Accountabilities and Responsibilities Portfolio Strategy & Governance Lead the overall portfolio management function for Individual Dental, ensuring initiatives are aligned with strategic objectives, operational priorities, and enterprise goals. Establish and maintain portfolio governance processes that support intake, evaluation, prioritization, approval, sequencing, and execution of business initiatives. Facilitate executive portfolio reviews and governance forums to provide transparency into investment decisions, delivery progress, risks, and business value realization. Drive portfolio prioritization decisions by balancing strategic alignment, business value, operational readiness, resource capacity, and organizational impact. Ensure portfolio roadmaps remain aligned with business strategies and evolving organizational priorities. PMO Leadership & Strategic Execution Lead the PMO function responsible for planning, coordinating, monitoring, and delivering strategic business initiatives. Establish project management standards, governance frameworks, methodologies, and reporting practices that improve execution consistency and delivery outcomes. Oversee project execution activities including planning, risk management, dependency management, issue resolution, business readiness, and stakeholder engagement. Ensure projects and programs are executed within established timelines, scope, quality expectations, and business objectives. Provide executive-level visibility into project performance, risks, interdependencies, and milestone achievement. Agile Product Management Leadership Provide leadership and direction for Agile Product Managers responsible for defining product vision, roadmaps, prioritization strategies, and business value delivery. Ensure business priorities are effectively translated into Agile execution plans, product backlogs, and delivery roadmaps. Partner with Technology, Product, and Operations leaders to optimize prioritization decisions and maximize business value. Establish governance and performance expectations supporting successful Agile delivery across teams and value streams. Promote Agile best practices and continuous improvement across the portfolio. Product Ownership & Delivery Management Provide oversight and leadership to Product Owners responsible for translating strategic priorities into actionable requirements, user stories, and delivery plans. Ensure effective backlog management, prioritization, sprint planning support, and stakeholder alignment activities. Drive collaboration between business stakeholders, delivery teams, and technology partners to achieve successful implementation outcomes. Support operational readiness, adoption planning, change management, and realization of business benefits. Ensure customer, operational, and business requirements are effectively represented throughout the delivery lifecycle. Epic Ownership & Business Readiness Provide leadership