Senior Manager - IT Agile Portfolio Mgmt - Enterprise & Corporate Solutions

Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which also includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands – Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Ahold Delhaize USA associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.

Quincy, MA

Ahold Delhaize USA

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Full Time

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Overview: This role is responsible for managing and delivering the annual investment portfolio for IT. They will also be responsible for delivering a portfolio of projects and programs working with the solution delivery/engineering teams. They lead a team of internal and external Project/Program managers and scrum masters to provide project delivery and execution by leveraging the processes, technology, tooling, and governance needed to achieve quality deliveries and attain business value.<br /><br /><strong>Our flexible/hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Our core office locations include Salisbury, NC; Quincy, MA; and Chicago, IL. </strong><br /><br /><strong>Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.</strong>
Responsibilities: <ul> <li>Effectively plan, organize, and direct the completion of large, complex portfolio of projects while managing risks and issues to minimize scope, budget, and schedule impacts</li> <li>Act as single point of contact for managing a portfolio of projects working with the solution delivery Vice Presidents: building synergies between unrelated/related projects or programs, aligning strategic business objectives, increasing business value through people management, change control, risk management, and resource management</li> <li>Anticipate and aggressively remove obstacles that slow down progress, escalate and mitigate risks/issues to multiple levels of management, including executive leadership teams across the organization</li> <li>Partner with solution delivery/engineering teams to drive program planning and delivery for both waterfall and agile projects</li> <li>Ensure compliance to project delivery methods, tools, framework, and IT controls.</li> <li>Partner with the IT Budget Management team to actively manage and deliver the financial commitments for an investment portfolio of $40-$60M. Partner with finance, project teams, and value stream owners to ensure all financial cadences (e.g., quarterly budgeting cycles, month-end closings, etc...) are supported by and aligned to portfolio financials</li> <li>Partner with the IT Release Management function to identify interdependencies and risks across the IT project portfolio.</li> <li>Create and maintain portfolio resource plans (in coordination with resource managers) that account for all resource capacity and utilization across the IT function while informing internal capitalization projections</li> <li>Manage supplier performance to ensure that contractual agreements are met</li> <li>Key partner for change management to support building an organizational readiness and change management plans to successfully execute new initiatives</li> <li>Monitor portfolio health through OKRs and portfolio metrics and financial status against relevant constraints, including strategic investment guidance, portfolio budgets vendor contracts, and operating budgets.</li> <li>Apply concepts of Lean Portfolio Management, driving a focus on driving the delivery of value to customers through the creation of products and solutions</li> <li>PMO Maturity, Process &amp; Tools: <ul> <li>Execute upon and contribute to process improvements and best practices across PMO to support delivery excellence</li> <li>Actively drive the transformation of waterfall projects to agile</li> <li>Support the agile/scrum teams to effectively follow agile methodology</li> </ul> </li> <li>Lead and inspire IT teams in project &amp; program management to develop and establish a high performing, service driven culture committed to failing fast, leaning out waste, and delivering business value</li> <li>Ensure operational stability of a 24/7/365 grocery retail environment by providing PMO support to the planned and unplanned deployments which may require support during off-hours, weekends, and holidays.</li> </ul>
Requirements: <ul> <li>Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in relevant professional field of study.</li> <li>Masters Degree in Computer Science or Technical field and Masters Degree in Technology and/or Business related field; equivalent trainings/certifications/experience equivalency will be considered</li> <li>8 or more years of equivalent experience in</li> <li>relevant job or field of technology, at varying levels of project/program management.</li> <li>5 or more years of equivalent experience in an advanced role or technical capacity, leading teams directly or indirectly.</li> <li>5 or more years experience directly responsible for guiding, training or onboarding team members in relevant technologies, capabilities or skills.</li> <li>Project management certification a plus, but not required. Emphasis is on demonstrated use of PMP, Scrum, Agile, etc.</li> <li>Working knowledge of agile methodology and agile tools (Jira)</li> <li>Thorough understanding of enterprise software development lifecycle; ability to adjust and apply this knowledge in a dynamic environment using agile methodologies</li> <li>Bring a data-driven approach to decision making, both in day-to-day activities and when helping others make strategic trade-offs</li> <li>Self-starter with the ability to lead teams through ambiguity to solve problems and drive results</li> <li>Strong organizational, communication, interpersonal, relationship-building skills conducive to collaboration; able to work well in a cross-functional environment</li> <li>Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a history of hands-on, detail orientated</li> <li>Ability to establish credibility and rapport with senior executives and technical and non-technical team members alike</li> <li>Financial Acumen <ul> <li>Interpreting and applying understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions</li> <li>Understands the meaning and implications of key financial indicators</li> <li>Uses financial analysis to generate, evaluate, and act on strategic options and opportunities</li> </ul> </li> <li>Communicates Effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications (verbal and written) that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences</li> <li>Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives</li> </ul> Preferred Qualifications:<br /> <ul> <li>Post graduate degree advanced training and or certifications in relevant field/s of study preferred.</li> <li>5 or more years experience in Agile teams and Product/Platform based operating model.</li> <li>5 or more years experience in leading teams or advancing technical capability in teams.</li> <li>Experience in retail or grocery preferred. 3+ years as a Scrum Master</li> <li>Experience with lean portfolio management</li> <li>Experience with transforming from waterfall to SAFe</li> <li>SAFe certification</li> <li>Proficiency working in and managing agile, SAFe, scrum teams (scrum of scrums), lean teams</li> <li>Experience delivering projects in retail industry.</li> </ul> <br />ME/NC/PA/SC Salary Range: $120,960-181,440<br />IL/MA/MD Salary Range: $139,120&ndash; 208,680<br />