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Portfolio Program Manager

STERIS
Mentor, OH Full Time
POSTED ON 11/22/2025 CLOSED ON 3/2/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Portfolio Program Manager position at STERIS?

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

Position Summary

The role will report to the Reprocessing PMO Senior Director and is responsible for the Project Portfolio management and Project Management operational excellence across Reprocessing.

  • Owns the Reprocessing Project Portfolio
  • Owns the PMO Scorecard
  • Owns PMO processes, Leads PMO continuous improvement.

What You'll Do As A Portfolio Program Manager

  • Establishes the Project Portfolio Plan
  • Defines and owns the portfolio management process – intake, prioritization, optimization, governance.
  • Collaborates with Marketing team on business case justification and product roadmap alignment.
  • Develops criteria for evaluation portfolio and proposals and creates rules for making portfolio decisions
  • Plans and facilitates monthly, quarterly, annual key Portfolio status overviews and deep dive sessions, as needed.
  • Compiles and communicates portfolio information, status reports, dashboards with pertinent analytics.
  • Analyzes trends; monitors portfolio components; coordinates with project teams to identify issues, risks, and opportunities for improvement; and designs strategies to mitigate or avoid future risks within the portfolio.
  • Leverage knowledge and experience to deliver end-to-end solutions on PPM Platforms including interfacing with solution vendors
  • Leads and owns Resource Management process, including capacity planning and utilization.
  • Leads and coordinates Sponsor Gate Reviews, Project Execution Scorecard, Health Reports
  • Fosters and evangelizes adoption of new processes, frameworks, tools which improve PMO operating rhythm
  • Acts as the primary leader for PMO product development processes. Ensures strong guardrail management with effective PMO processes, and delivery of useful metrics.
  • Identifies PM best practices and standardizes operational processes across sites.
  • Defines / gathers metrics for PMO scorecard.
  • Fosters a culture of continuous improvement by evaluating project outcomes, tracking key performance indicators, identifying areas for optimization and implementing process improvements.
  • Travels up to 10%.

The Experience, Skills, And Abilities Needed

Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field is required.
  • 5 years’ experience in project portfolio management development
  • Prior knowledge with different PPM methodologies and tools
  • Demonstrated proficiency in project / program management, including ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously
  • Strong planning and organization skills required.
  • Requires knowledge of PMO metrics and analytics to enable data driven decision making.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills including timely communication, conflict resolution, assertiveness, negotiation and driving results.
  • Demonstrated ability to make sound data driven business decisions
  • Ability to communicate and collaborate within a team-based matrixed organization across all business functions, levels and cultures.
  • Excellent interpersonal and influence management skills including executive buy-in and decision making.
  • Strong attention to detail, follow-through skills and experience to check behind the scenes to ensure surprises are minimized.
  • Excellent written, oral and presentation skills at executive level.

Preferred:

  • Requires knowledge of regulatory environment.
  • Project Portfolio Management (PPM) in a medical device or a regulated industry preferred
  • Knowledge of Lean Portfolio Management
  • PMI PFMP or PMP
  • Experience successfully managing program through medical device PDP process.
  • Passion to explore / deploy Artificial Intelligence (AI) approaches to automate PM tasks.

What STERIS Offers:

We value our employees and are committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that supports your health, well-being and financial future.

Here is a brief overview of what we offer:

  • Market Competitive Pay
  • Extensive Paid Time Off and (9) added Holidays
  • Excellent Healthcare, Dental and Vision Benefits
  • Long/Short Term Disability Coverage
  • 401(k) with a company match
  • Maternity and Paternity Leave
  • Additional add-on benefits/discounts for programs such as Pet Insurance
  • Tuition Reimbursement and continued education programs
  • Excellent opportunities for advancement in a stable long-term career.

Pay rate for this opportunity is $122,187.50 - $143,750.00.This position is eligible for bonus participation.

Minimum pay rates offered will comply with county/city minimums, if higher than range listed. Pay rates are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to local labor market costs, years of relevant experience, education, professional certifications, foreign language fluency, etc.

STERIS offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits portfolio. Click here for a complete list of benefits: STERIS Benefits

Open until position is filled.

STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. WE HELP OUR CUSTOMERS CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD by providing innovative healthcare and life sciences products and services around the globe. For more information, visit www.steris.com.

If you need assistance completing the application process, please call 1 (440) 392.7047. This contact information is for accommodation inquiries only and cannot be used to check application status.

STERIS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to ensure that persons are recruited, hired, trained, transferred and promoted in all job groups regardless of race, color, religion, age, disability, national origin, citizenship status, military or veteran status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state or local law. We are not only committed to this policy by our status as a federal government contractor, but also we are strongly bound by the principle of equal employment opportunity.

The full affirmative action program, absent the data metrics required by

  • 60-741.44(k), shall be available to all employees and applicants for employment for inspection upon request. The program may be obtained at your location’s HR Office during normal business hours.

Salary : $122,188 - $143,750

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