On the management level much of the concern will be on your leadership skills and how you handle projects and the team(s) working on them. So to answer your question personal programming projects are still relevant, but interviewers will also be concerned with the business and leadership side of things.
I'm also having the same dilemma since I'll be attending an interview tomorrow for a tech lead position and the job post was specific about the functional/business responsibilities.
BTW If you're looking for a place to store your portfolio (or resume, however you want to call it) properly, here's my project just for that:
http://www.cvstash.com
It works because that's what I used that resulted in the call, which, in turn, resulted in tomorrow's interview.
I'm also having the same dilemma since I'll be attending an interview tomorrow for a tech lead position and the job post was specific about the functional/business responsibilities.
BTW If you're looking for a place to store your portfolio (or resume, however you want to call it) properly, here's my project just for that: http://www.cvstash.com It works because that's what I used that resulted in the call, which, in turn, resulted in tomorrow's interview.