Sr Manager, Portfolio & Program Management

Comcast • Philadelphia, PA

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About The Position

The Senior Manager, Portfolio & Program Management plays a critical leadership and ownership role within Comcast’s Integrated Supply Chain Organization (ISCO), driving enterprise-level strategy, execution, and value realization across a portfolio of transformation initiatives and talent development programs. This role is accountable for setting the vision, governance, and outcomes for cross-functional Program and Project Management efforts, as well as early career and employee development strategies. Reporting to the Director of Supply Chain Strategy & Transformation, the Senior Manager owns the end-to-end strategy, design, and execution of the Comcast Supply Chain Internship and Rotational Development Programs, while also serving as a strategic leader across a broader portfolio of high-impact initiatives. These initiatives are focused on building organizational capability, enabling operational excellence, and advancing large-scale change across the Supply Chain. This role requires a seasoned strategist with strong execution rigor who can operate with a high degree of autonomy, influence senior leaders, and translate strategy into measurable business outcomes. The ideal candidate brings a strong point of view on transformation and talent development, thrives in ambiguity, and demonstrates the ability to lead through complexity while developing scalable, sustainable solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• 7–10+ years of experience in portfolio management, program management, supply chain, strategy, transformation, or talent development roles.
• Demonstrated experience owning and leading large, complex portfolios or enterprise programs with executive visibility.
• Strong strategic orientation with the ability to translate vision into actionable plans and sustained execution.
• Proven ability to influence and partner with senior leaders across functions in a matrixed environment.
• Excellent executive communication, storytelling, and facilitation skills.
• Deep understanding of supply chain operations, organizational design, and change management principles.
• Advanced proficiency in program and portfolio management tools (e.g., Smartsheet, MS Project), data analytics, and the MS Office Suite.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Workday, applicant tracking systems, learning platforms, or survey tools strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategic direction, governance model, and execution of a portfolio of transformation initiatives across the Supply Chain organization.
• Define success metrics, value realization targets, and long-term roadmaps aligned to Supply Chain and enterprise priorities.
• Develop and oversee integrated, multi-year program plans, including timelines, dependencies, resource strategies, and investment trade-offs.
• Establish and continuously evolve portfolio management frameworks, standards, and dashboards to provide executive-level visibility into progress, risks, and outcomes.
• Proactively identify and resolve cross-program risks, interdependencies, and capacity constraints.
• Serve as a thought leader in program delivery excellence, driving continuous improvement through data, retrospectives, and best-practice adoption.
• Own and set the long-term strategy for the Supply Chain Internship and Rotational Development Programs, ensuring alignment with future capability and leadership needs.
• Act as the primary business owner for program design, governance, and outcomes, with accountability for participant success and organizational impact.
• Partner closely with University Relations, Talent, and Supply Chain leadership to shape workforce planning, talent pipelines, and succession strategies.
• Oversee all aspects of program execution, including rotation strategy, curriculum architecture, performance frameworks, and post-program placement outcomes.
• Continuously evolve program design through innovation, benchmarking, and stakeholder feedback to ensure Comcast remains competitive in attracting and developing top early career talent.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior Supply Chain leaders on portfolio prioritization, program performance, and talent strategy.
• Lead executive steering committees and decision forums, framing complex issues and recommendations clearly for senior audiences.
• Drive alignment across cross-functional partners by influencing without authority and balancing competing priorities.
• Develop and execute executive-level communication strategies that clearly articulate progress, impact, and strategic value.
• Partner with Learning & Development leaders to architect leadership, functional, and experiential learning strategies embedded within early career programs.
• Ensure early career and rotational programs are fully integrated with broader employee development, capability-building, and leadership pipelines.
• Identify and scale opportunities for shared learning, best practices, and talent mobility across Comcast’s broader talent ecosystem.
• Provide strategic oversight of program operations, including budgets, vendor partnerships, relocation strategy, and logistics at scale.
• Ensure programs are operationally resilient, scalable, and consistently executed across cycles and cohorts.
• Leverage advanced analytics and insights to inform strategic decisions, measure ROI, and continuously evolve program effectiveness.
• Anticipate future operational needs and proactively design solutions to support growth and complexity.
• Oversees the implementation of deployment readiness program for regional rollouts, including communications, UAT and training support for call centers.
• Defines quality gates to ensure market readiness is in line with deployment milestones.
• Develops and defines methods and procedures for end users to address deploying technology and operational process changes.
• Ensures operational plans are in line with business objectives.
• Reviews and updates Training Strategy to meet region specific needs.
• Defines a training plan to ensure business continuity.
• Reviews UAT testing strategy and updates to meet regional differences.
• Supports UAT readiness through the management of the market Readiness checklist.
• Creates UAT test plan, test cases and scripts.
• Manages testing environment requests to include test accounts and required test data.
• Provides centralized defect management for on-site UAT and live trials, maintains the defect and issues log and conducts daily defect reviews.
• Prepares and communicates daily testing status and defect reports.
• Manages daily testing status and defect tracking.
• Initiates metrics baseline and ongoing collection process in region.
• Escalates project issues and risks as appropriate.
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance.
• Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) and overtime as necessary.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
• Employees at all levels are expected to:
• Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
• Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
• Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
• Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
• Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company - by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
• Drive results and growth.
• Support a culture of inclusion in how you work and lead.
• Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

Benefits

• We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most.
• That's why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality—to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life.
• Please visit the benefits summary on our careers site for more details.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern