
Director of Product Operations – Portfolio Planning
RELX
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Horsham • New Jersey • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $136,100 - $252,800 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Designing and operating a disciplined Quarterly Portfolio Planning process that translates annual strategy into enforceable quarterly commitments.
- Ensuring initiatives are outcome-based and capacity-anchored, facilitating structured trade-off discussions, and driving resource allocation discipline.
- Establishing portfolio dashboards and investment transparency to support executive decision-making.
- Improving commitment reliability and reducing mid-quarter scope churn.
- Proactively surfacing cross-team dependencies and resolving escalation pathways.
- Tracking and reporting execution health metrics—including predictability, cycle time, rework, and delivery risk—and implementing lightweight but rigorous governance frameworks.
- Owning Aha (or equivalent) as the system of record for portfolio planning.
- Standardizing initiative intake, prioritization templates, and scoring frameworks.
- Partnering with Engineering leadership to align product planning with the SDLC.
- Partnering closely with Product, CTO, UX, Finance, and Commercial leadership to align investment planning with revenue targets and capacity constraints.
- Facilitating executive portfolio reviews and structured decision forums to drive alignment and transparency.
- Leading Technical Program Managers supporting cross-domain execution.
- Building a high-performance, data-driven Product Operations function and fostering a culture of accountability, clarity, and operational excellence.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in Product Operations, Portfolio Management, or Strategic Program Leadership.
- Proven experience scaling product-led organizations with multiple product lines and operating in complex, matrixed environments.
- Strong understanding of agile product development and software delivery practices.
- Demonstrated ability to implement structured prioritization frameworks and run quarterly or rolling investment reviews.
- Experience working with portfolio management tools such as Aha, Jira, or similar platforms.
- Exceptional facilitation and executive communication skills.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to translate operational data into actionable insights.
- Proven track record of driving execution discipline without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.
Benefits
- Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
- 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
- Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
- Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
- Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
- Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
- Up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice.
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Hard Skills & Tools
portfolio managementstrategic program leadershipagile product developmentsoftware delivery practicesprioritization frameworksexecution health metricsdata-driven decision makingresource allocationgovernance frameworkscommitment reliability
Soft Skills
facilitationexecutive communicationanalytical mindsetaccountabilityoperational excellencecross-team collaborationproblem-solvingleadershiptransparencystructured decision making