Thought Leadership Portfolio Delivery Lead

PMI

. Run the Thought Leadership department’s production process from initiation through publication across research, content, and engagement .

Posted 9/18/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive project and program management expertise, with a strong focus on content production, stakeholder management, and risk assessment. Proven ability to coordinate multiple initiatives in complex environments while maintaining schedules and accountability.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Project ManagementContent Production ManagementPMP CertificationRisk AssessmentStakeholder Management

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Hard Skills

Project Charter DevelopmentSchedule BuildingRisk and Issue Log ManagementContent ManagementEditorial Management

Soft Skills

Strong Facilitation SkillsExcellent CommunicationHighly OrganizedDetail-OrientedAbility to Hold Contributors Accountable

Tools & Technologies

Monday.comAsanaSmartsheet

Certifications & Qualifications

PMPPgMPPfMP

Industry Keywords

Thought LeadershipResearch ProductionContent ProductionMatrixed OrganizationsGlobal Organizations

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PMP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Run the Thought Leadership department’s production process from initiation through publication across research, content, and engagement
Stand up project documents and build and maintain schedules
Run project team meetings
Hold the portfolio to its commitments
Ensure work lands on time and to standard
Provide leadership with an accurate view of every initiative’s status
Coordinate contributors across every Thought Leadership function without direct management authority
Surface risks early enough to enable action
Maintain a predictable operating rhythm across the portfolio

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree required (business, project management, communications, or related field)
7+ years of experience in project or program management, running multiple concurrent initiatives
Demonstrated experience managing content, editorial, research, or campaign production from initiation through publication
Demonstrated experience holding delivery accountability across contributors the role does not manage
Experience developing project charters, schedules, and risk and issue logs as standard practice
Hands-on experience administering project management platforms (e.g. Monday.com, Asana, Smartsheet)
PMP, PgMP, and/or PfMP certification preferred
Experience working in complex, matrixed, or global organizations
Familiarity with thought leadership, research, or content production environments strongly preferred
Strong project and program management discipline, applied consistently rather than selectively
Ability to build schedules from realistic effort assumptions and defend them under pressure
Ability to hold contributors to commitments without positional authority
Early escalation instinct — surfacing risk rather than absorbing it
Strong facilitation skills, including running working sessions to clear decisions and actions
Sound judgement on sequencing and trade-offs when initiatives compete for the same capacity
Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills
Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the discipline to keep records accurate over time
Comfort working at pace across many concurrent initiatives
Fluent in English (PMI’s business language)