Director, Portfolio Management

Responsibilities

Portfolio Planning & Performance

• Lead portfolio planning, integrating organizational strategies, operating plans, capital requirements, and portfolio-level priorities.
• Set double-bottom-line goals and support capital allocation across portfolio organizations.
• Develop and maintain portfolio dashboards, scorecards, reporting, comparative analyses, benchmarks, and portfolio insights.
• Partner with Finance and operating leaders to connect strategy, operating plans, and resource allocation.
• Synthesize portfolio information into insights, recommendations, and decision points for leadership.

Portfolio Governance & Operating Model

• Maintain and evolve operating frameworks, decision rights, authority matrices, and playbooks.
• Coordinate portfolio governance processes and prepare materials for leadership and Board discussions.
• Simplify processes, improve decision-making, and reduce unnecessary coordination across organizations.

Cross-Portfolio Execution

• Lead or coordinate high-priority initiatives spanning multiple organizations.
• Translate portfolio priorities into workstreams, owners, milestones, dependencies, and delivery cadences.
• Surface risks and execution gaps and work with leaders to resolve them.
• Build lightweight processes that create accountability without unnecessary bureaucracy.

Leadership & Decision Support

• Serve as a strategic and operational partner to the COO and Mozilla.org leadership.
• Design and facilitate portfolio-level operating forums and working sessions.
• Build trusted relationships and influence effectively without direct authority.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in a multi-entity holding company, investment management, private equity, venture capital, or development finance organization.
• Prior portfolio-level experience in strategy, business operations, portfolio operations, strategic program management, or a related field.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including synthesizing complex information into clear recommendations and actions.
• Expertise in qualitative and quantitative metrics tracking, dashboards, and systems thinking.
• Experience leading significant cross-functional initiatives with senior stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level materials.
• Strong judgment and discretion when handling sensitive organizational and leadership topics.
• Ability to operate effectively in distributed decision-making environments with complex stakeholders.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with Board governance and capital allocation processes.
• Connection to Mozilla’s mission and interest in combining mission impact with operational and business discipline.

Compensation

• Target annual base salary: $240,000–$280,000 USD.
• Eligible for an annual bonus.