Portfolio Lead at Cigna
About Cigna Healthcare
Cigna Healthcare is a global health service company dedicated to transforming healthcare. With roots in the U.S. and operations in over 30 countries, we serve more than 180 million customers and patients worldwide. Ranked 13th on the Fortune 500 in 2025, Cigna is recognized as one of the most trusted and influential names in the industry.
Our mission is to improve the health, well being, and peace of mind of those we serve.
Cigna Saudi Arabia, a branch of Cigna Worldwide Insurance Company, and the first foreign company license by Insurance Authority in KSA, is committed to delivering best-in-class health solutions aligned with Vision 2030.
You’ll join a globally recognized organization where trust, clear communication, and a positive culture shape how we work. Our leaders are consistent, approachable, and supportive, helping you maintain balance while doing meaningful work.
We look for people who thrive in collaborative environments, care about meaningful change, and want to grow in a company that puts people first. At Cigna Healthcare, your work contributes to better care experiences and supports customers through important moments in their lives.
Key Responsibilities
1. Strategic Alignment & Portfolio Vision
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Maintain a clear portfolio vision aligned to business strategy, market needs, and enterprise priorities.
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Translate strategic themes into portfolio‑level priorities and ensure alignment across sponsors, ARTs, and delivery teams.
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Ensure all work entering the portfolio meets strategic relevance and clear value justification.
2. Lean Portfolio Management (LPM)
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Lead the Portfolio Kanban including intake, triage, prioritization, readiness assessments, and sequencing of work.
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Support development and review of Lean Business Cases, including problem statements, value hypotheses, dependencies, risks, and financial impacts.
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Ensure Epic Owners and business partners meet intake, refinement, and definition standards before passing items to solutioning and delivery.
3. Governance & Portfolio Operations
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Facilitate or support portfolio ceremonies: Portfolio Syncs, prioritization rounds, readiness reviews, and quarterly or PI‑aligned governance checkpoints.
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Track portfolio progress, risks, dependencies, and financial adherence across all initiatives.
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Provide structured portfolio reporting and insights to senior leadership, highlighting constraints, trade‑offs, and required decisions.
4. Intake Management & Prioritization
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Own and continuously improve the intake process to ensure submissions meet quality standards and reflect business urgency, value, and feasibility.
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Apply prioritization criteria (strategic alignment, value, risk, dependencies, capacity) to determine what moves forward.
5. Execution Oversight & Dependency Management
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Support ARTs and Epic Owners by ensuring approved portfolio items are clearly communicated, properly sequenced, and aligned prior to PI Planning.
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Monitor flow of Epics across teams and ARTs, ensuring dependencies are understood and mitigation plans exist.
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Escalate systemic risks, blockers, or resource constraints impacting delivery.
6. Metrics, Transparency & Value Realization
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Establish and track portfolio KPIs including flow metrics, delivery predictability, value delivery, cycle time, and work in process.
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Ensure each Epic has measurable success criteria and value metrics; support post‑delivery reviews and benefits realization.
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Provide data‑driven insights for strategic adjustments, capacity balancing, and investment shifts.
7. Leadership, Stakeholder Influence & Collaboration
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Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on portfolio health, strategic trade‑offs, risks, and investment recommendations.
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Build strong working relationships across business, technology, operations, finance, and transformation teams.
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Coach and support Epic Owners, PMs, Product Managers, and contributing teams in lean‑agile portfolio practices.
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Demonstrate leadership behaviours: ownership, proactive problem‑solving, influence without authority, structured communication, and high accountability.
Experience & Qualifications
Essential
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6 – 10 years of experience in strategy execution, portfolio management, program delivery, or a similar role.
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Strong knowledge of SAFe, Agile delivery, Lean Portfolio Management, and value‑stream‑based operating models.
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Demonstrated experience supporting or leading multiple, complex initiatives concurrently.
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Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, with ability to engage senior leaders.
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Proficiency in portfolio tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, reporting dashboards) and strong analytical skills.
Desirable
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SAFe certifications (LPM, Leading SAFe, SPC, or POPM), and/or PMI certifications in Portfolio and program management
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Experience in healthcare or insurance industries.
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Understanding of financial analysis, portfolio cost modelling, and investment governance.
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Ability to coach teams and influence operating model evolution.
Why Join Us
• Competitive salary with transparent reward practices
• Multicultural and hybrid working environment
• Private Medical Insurance for you and eligible dependents
• Employee Wellbeing Benefits that support physical, mental, and financial health
• Educational Development Program to support continuous learning and career growth
About The Cigna Group
Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.
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