Position Overview

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success. As a Portfolio Manager II within PNC's Technology organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA; Chicago, IL or New York, NY.

The Portfolio Manager II is responsible for leading a strategic portfolio of enterprise technology initiatives focused on enabling a secure, resilient, and scalable path to production. This role oversees a portfolio spanning cloud transformation, data center modernization, migration programs, hosting services, and production readiness initiatives. The Portfolio Manager II partners with senior technology and business leaders to drive execution, governance, risk management, and delivery excellence across complex programs that support enterprise resiliency and innovation objectives.

This role will play a critical role in advancing cloud and AI-enabled capabilities while ensuring strong governance, cybersecurity, risk management, and operational resilience practices are embedded throughout the portfolio lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a portfolio of strategic technology initiatives focused on:

  • Cloud transformation and hosting solutions
  • Data center modernization
  • Enterprise migration programs
  • Production readiness and path-to-production processes
  • Resiliency and business continuity initiatives

• Establish portfolio governance, reporting, and execution frameworks to ensure alignment with organizational objectives, budgets, timelines, and risk requirements.

• Drive delivery excellence across complex programs, ensuring successful implementation of technology solutions that improve reliability, scalability, security, and customer experience.

• Partner with technology, infrastructure, cybersecurity, architecture, and business stakeholders to prioritize investments and optimize portfolio outcomes.

• Develop and maintain portfolio metrics, executive reporting, and performance dashboards to support strategic decision-making.

• Lead financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and resource management activities across the portfolio.

• Identify, assess, and mitigate portfolio-level risks, dependencies, and issues while promoting proactive risk management practices.

• Enable the extraction and utilization of well-curated enterprise data to support analytics, AI-driven capabilities, and data-informed decision making.

• Ensure solutions adhere to best-in-class security standards and regulatory requirements while supporting enterprise resiliency objectives.

• Support emerging AI initiatives by establishing strong governance, controls, and risk management practices that protect the organization while enabling innovation.

• Foster collaboration across cross-functional teams to accelerate delivery and improve business and technology outcomes.

Key Skills & Qualifications:

• Portfolio, program, or project management experience leading large-scale technology initiatives.

• Experience managing enterprise technology portfolios involving cloud platforms, infrastructure modernization, data centers, migrations, or production services.

• Strong understanding of portfolio governance, risk management, financial management, and executive-level reporting.

• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives with multiple stakeholders.

• Experience driving technology transformation programs from strategy through execution and operationalization.

• Excellent communication, presentation, and influencing skills.

• Experience with enterprise resilience, operational risk management, cybersecurity, or business continuity programs.

• Knowledge of AI governance, responsible AI practices, and emerging AI risk frameworks.

• Experience supporting data strategy, large-scale data platforms, analytics, or AI-enabled solutions.

• Previous experience within highly regulated industries, including financial services.

• Experience leading financial transformation or large-scale enterprise transformation initiatives.

• Proven success navigating complex organizations and influencing senior executive stakeholders.

• Demonstrated ability to balance innovation, governance, risk management, and delivery execution in a fast-paced environment.

PNC is an in-office company that fosters a supportive culture where employees can thrive and achieve balance. We encourage candidates to connect with their recruiter and hiring manager to understand workplace expectations and ensure the role aligns with their goals.

PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

Job Description

• Manages the facilitation and coordination of all assigned portfolios. Leads complex portfolios requiring planning, oversight, and communication across multiple segments, channels, or lines of business. Typically, portfolio size may reach or exceed $70m.

• Manages the development and approval process for strategic initiative governance for assigned portfolios.

• Participates in the development and review of analysis and reporting information related to key strategic portfolio milestones.

• Oversight and accountability for the portfolio budget while working to ensure success of the portfolio.

• Coordinates across multi-disciplinary functions and manages vender relationships to ensure success of the portfolio. Coordinates with project and program managers/teams as needed.

PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:

• Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.

• Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.

Qualifications

Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills, competencies, work experience, education, and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position.

Preferred Skills

Accountability, Client Counseling, Cloud Transformation, Decision Making, Portfolio Governance, Portfolio Management, Results-Oriented, Risk Management, Strategic Planning

Competencies

Accuracy and Attention to Detail, Analytical Thinking, Consulting, Effective Communications, IT Standards, Procedures & Policies, Organizational Leadership, Problem Solving, Project Administration, Project Management

Work Experience

Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree, with 5+ years of industry-relevant experience. Specific certifications are often required. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.

Education

Bachelors

Certifications

No Required Certification(s)

Licenses

No Required License(s)

Language Assessments

No Required or Preferred Language Assessments

Pay Transparency

Base Salary: $91,000.00 – $202,800.00

Salaries may vary based on geographic location, market data and on individual skills, experience, and education. This role is incentive eligible with the payment based upon company, business and/or individual performance.

Application Window

Generally, this opening is expected to be posted for two business days from 08/26/2026, although it may be longer with business discretion.

Benefits

PNC offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time employees include: medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature), dental and vision options; employee and spouse/child life insurance; short and long-term disability protection; 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account; back-up child/elder care; adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement; educational assistance, including select programs fully paid; a robust wellness program with financial incentives.

In addition, PNC generally provides the following paid time off, depending on your eligibility: maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays each year; 9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law; between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service.

To learn more about these and other programs, including benefits for full time and part-time employees, visit pncthrive.com.

Disability Accommodations Statement

If an accommodation is required to participate in the application process, please contact us via email at AccommodationRequest@pnc.com. Please include “accommodation request” in the subject line title and be sure to include your name, the job ID, and your preferred method of contact in the body of the email. Emails not related to accommodation requests will not receive responses. Applicants may also call 877-968-7762 and say "Workday" for accommodation assistance. All information provided will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

At PNC we foster an inclusive and accessible workplace. We provide reasonable accommodations to employment applicants and qualified individuals with a disability who need an accommodation to perform the essential functions of their positions.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

PNC provides equal employment opportunity to qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other categories protected by law.

This position is subject to the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) and, for any registered role, the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (SAFE Act) and/or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), which prohibit the hiring of individuals with certain criminal history.

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