Koppers Holdings

Portfolio and Value Manager

Koppers Holdings$88K — $105K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4 to 6 years experience in portfolio management or related areas
  • Bachelor’s degree in IT or Business preferred
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and collaboration tools
  • Strong analytical skills for data consolidation and trend analysis
  • Experience in preparing dashboards and executive reports
  • Ability to coordinate across diverse initiatives and teams
  • Familiarity with project governance and benefits tracking
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical and business audiences
  • Knowledge of portfolio prioritization and value management practices
  • Ability to prioritize tasks with minimal supervision
  • Minimal travel required (0% to 10%)

Responsibilities

  • Administer portfolio processes in alignment with IT PMO standards
  • Support documentation and tracking of initiative benefits
  • Collaborate with initiative owners to validate and address gaps
  • Prepare dashboards with status, risks, and value metrics
  • Coordinate governance activities such as reviews and approvals
  • Maintain various portfolio artifacts like status reports and risk registers
  • Highlight trends and issues to support timely decision-making
  • Maintain views on demand and capacity for resource planning and sequencing
  • Serve as the main coordination point for initiative owners and program managers
  • Reinforce adoption of PMO tools and practices through guidance

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams
  • Opportunity for professional growth within a structured PMO
  • Engagement with executive leadership in decision-making
  • Minimal travel required for work-life balance
  • Chance to influence portfolio governance and value tracking processes
Full Job Description

Job Responsibilities

The Portfolio & Value Manager Supports portfolio governance and value tracking by maintaining portfolio processes, performance reporting, and benefits transparency. Enables informed decision-making by providing consistent data, analysis, and coordination across initiatives, while operating under the direction of the IT project management office (PMO).

  • Administer portfolio intake, evaluation, prioritization, reporting, and governance processes in alignment with IT PMO standards.
  • Support definition, documentation, and ongoing tracking of initiative benefits and expected value realization.
  • Collaborate with initiative owners to validate inputs, identify gaps, and escalate risks or variances that may affect portfolio outcomes.
  • Prepare portfolio dashboards and reports covering initiative status, milestones, spend, risks, dependencies, capacity, demand, and value metrics.
  • Coordinate governance activities such as stage gates, portfolio reviews, approvals, change tracking, and documentation reviews.
  • Maintain portfolio artifacts, including demand lists, scoring inputs, funding views, status reports, risk registers, dependency views, and value tracking data.
  • Highlight trends, variances, and emerging issues to IT PMO leadership to support timely decisions and corrective actions.
  • Maintain portfolio-level views of demand, capacity, and cross-initiative dependencies to support sequencing and resource planning.
  • Serve as a day-to-day IT PMO coordination point for initiative owners, program managers, and functional partners.
  • Reinforce adoption of IT PMO tools, templates, cadences, and ways of working through guidance, follow-up, and consistent communication.

Qualifications

  • 4 to 6 years of experience supporting portfolio management, program management, PMO operations, business transformation, or related governance functions.
  • Bachelor’s degree in IT or Business related major preferred
  • Excellent with Microsoft Office Suite including CoPilot, Excel, SharePoint, Teams, Planner, and Visio
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to consolidate data, identify trends, and translate information into actionable insights.
  • Experience preparing dashboards, executive reporting, status summaries, or portfolio performance materials.
  • Ability to coordinate across multiple initiatives, stakeholders, and functional teams in a structured and disciplined manner.
  • Familiarity with project governance, benefits tracking, risk management, dependency management, and change control practices.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present information clearly to both business and technical audiences.
  • Knowledge of portfolio prioritization methods, benefits realization frameworks, or value management practices
  • Ability to prioritize work based on urgency with minimal supervision
  • Minimal travel (0% to 10%) required

About Koppers Holdings

Koppers is a global provider of treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals and carbon compounds. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Koppers operates in three segments: Railroad and Utility Products and Services, Carbon Materials and Chemicals, and Performance Chemicals. The company's products and services are used in a variety of industries, including railroad, specialty chemical, utility, residential lumber, agriculture, aluminum, steel, rubber, and construction.
Learn more about Koppers Holdings
Size
2,088 employees
Market Cap
$602.8 million
Industry
Net Income
$122 million
Founded
1988
5 Year Trend
+3.5%
Revenue
$1.6 billion
NASDAQ

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