Sr. Mgr IT Portfolio Governance

Flexible Work Policy: The Sr Mgr Portfolio Governance position has been segmented as Hybrid, meaning the work is a combination of onsite and virtual. This position is based out of our corporate headquarters in Rosemont, IL.RESPONSIBILITIESResponsible for the design and implementation of portfolio management governance processes through analytical methods and tactical reporting, identifying process improvement opportunities.Define and implement project management execution standards for the organization and standardize how they support portfolio governance and monitoring processes, notably in agile methodology.Review existing US Foods practices and continue to evolve our governance framework so that they are aligned with industry leading practices in managing programs and projects.Collaborate with delivery leaders to build and integrated sophisticated analytics insights into portfolio trackingDevelop and implement governance and delivery processes that clarify for all external business function teams and the Transformation Office how to work with the IT delivery teams and IT value streams.Develop and implement processes that ensure that the IT delivery teams are prioritizing work effectively and remain aligned to IT strategic initiatives.Implement demand planning process, distilling work, mapping to business strategies and goals, and presenting in a digestible format for all stakeholders.Develop project and portfolio governance metrics and feedback measurements to ensure professional delivery of projects. according to industry leading practices, standards, and methodologiesDevelop and implement outcome-based portfolio and project performance metrics and present these to the IT Leadership Team as part of the review of all major IT initiatives.Facilitate monthly IT portfolio reviews with the IT Leadership Team.Present the IT portfolio metrics and status to senior audiences across external business PMO departments and the Transformation Office.Facilitate additional portfolio governance ceremonies that support approvals, prioritization, and risk management.Facilitate the portfolio prioritization of efforts with both the IT Leadership Team and the Expanded IT Leadership Team members.Support the management, training, coaching, mentoring and performance of a group of experienced project and product leaders.Coach, mentor and train product owners, scrum masters and project managers to ensure common knowledge, skills and tools and practices are adopted, while still providing freedom for autonomy within a delivery framework (embedding agile first principles and processes within the team).Work closely with the IT Finance team to set the annual operating plan strategy, working across IT teams to consolidate bottom up and top-down enterprise plans.Facilitate monthly and annual management of forecasting across the IT delivery organization.Initiate and manage highly collaborative cross functional relationships with all functional teams to optimize shared processes and meet stakeholder requirementsProvide oversight for large complex programs with governance over workstreams to ensure quality delivery through effective methodology.Timely escalation and reporting of any portfolio, program or project issues to Executive Management and various management and risk committees.Ensure change management is well planned and executed across change initiatives.Contribute to building an IT PM COE to ensure platform available for ongoing discussionsAdvisor to ITLT on portfolio risks/opportunities and aid in the running of special assignments to continue to drive us forward.Development and oversight of our Portfolio tool (PPM,JIRA, Monday.com), aid in user adoption, and instill best practices.RELATIONSHIPSInternal:VPs within IT and occasionally VPs in business functionsDomain leading directors and product delivery leads within IT and all business functionsVPs and directors within the transformation office and within business function PMOsProgram managers, project managers, scrum masters, and product owners within all IT value streamsProject managers and project owners within the business functionsExternal:Consultants, contractors, technology vendors and staffing vendors

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONSMust possess a minimum of 8 years of experience in Project, Program and Portfolio management or governance in complex multi-functional organization using PMI best practices in traditional and agile deliveryMust possess a minimum of 3 years in a leadership roleExperience working in a PMO organization in a leadership role preferredCapable of establishing and analyzing project metrics, portfolio metrics, reporting on metrics utilizing PPM tools to Senior Leadership on Enterprise Prioritization Committee.Experience with project stage gates, and governance best practices associated with key deliverables per stagesEffective influence, negotiation, and collaboration skills, as well as communication skills to all levels of the organizationFamiliarity with portfolio financials as related to metrics of portfolio deliveryPrior experience using Agile and waterfall methodology requiredPrior experience applying proven project management methodologies to large mission critical projectsExcellent leadership skills, relationship management skills, and the ability to manage and motivate any direct and indirect reportsProven record of accomplishment leading and developing teamsComfortable managing and influencing stakeholders in a matrixed, cross functional organizationExcellent oral and written communication skillsExcellent presentation skills with the ability to conduct presentations comfortably to large groupsExperience with executive leadership communications and reportingAbility to present and train changes to operating mode to large audiences of diverse stakeholdersExperience in multi-vendor eco system with ability to manage conflicts/escalationsExperience leading complex projects and program implementations0% of mandatory travel

EDUCATIONBachelors degree or equivalent work experience requiredMasters degree or equivalent work experience preferred

CERTIFICATIONS/TRAININGScrum Master Certification and/or PMP certification preferred

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONSPrior people management experience highly preferredPPM Tool - MSFT's Project Online (PWA) or MS Project Professional desktop experience highly preferredAbility to proficiently compile, manipulate and manage large streams of complex dataPrior experience building a PMO and managing a staff in a PMO settingExperience leading associates with management experienceStrong business acumen with the ability to tie analytics insights to tangible portfolio outcomesExperience with enterprise project portfolio prioritization#LI-SK1