AVP, Strategy & Transformation Management

Job Posting End Date: March 14

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• Award-winning culture 

• Inclusion and diversity as a priority 

• Performance Based Incentive Plans

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• Generous PTO (including paid time to volunteer!) 

• Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution 

• Mental health support 

• Career advancement opportunities 

• Student loan repayment options 

• Tuition reimbursement

• Flexible work environments 

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General Summary:

The AVP, Strategy & Transformation Management supports the development and management of the Transformation portfolio to drive effective strategy execution. Portfolio of strategic initiatives will primarily focus on large scale, transformational opportunities that have material growth, operating efficiency or customer experience impacts in various functional areas across the enterprise.

This individual will lead partners through a consistent transformation approach and methodology that includes initiative scoping and business case development, facilitating demand management and the ongoing management of the transformation project portfolio including risk management, leadership communications and portfolio optimization.

Shares ownership with senior leadership for achieving targeted performance outcomes from portfolio of initiatives. Serves as a key leader within the Strategy & Transformation Management team, operating with a continuous improvement approach to advance team service model, drive consistency & efficiency in team processes, and remove barriers to help accelerate strategy execution.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities
 

Strategy and Business Planning

• Facilitate transformation planning process with departments by analyzing portfolio performance, defining strategic capability requirements, and aligning with defined enterprise strategic choices
• Establish clear decision-making criteria and collaborate with business leaders to design and select transformation initiatives that align to company vision, goals and success measures
• Work with partners in the business, Finance and DTO to mobilize for execution, ensuring alignment of defined scope/objectives, resource planning, budgeting, and planned portfolio deliverables, building confidence that program will deliver expected outcomes.
• Work with SteerCo and key partners to design effective communication of portfolio decisions and ongoing performance to key constituents, including senior executives and the Board of Directors.
   

Portfolio and Strategic Initiative Management

• Support the portfolio management life cycle from demand management, prioritization, and mobilization to project execution, results management and reporting
• Establish strong, effective, and collaborative partnerships with key business area leaders, initiative owners, and subject matter experts, ensuring a deep understanding of strategic direction, business operations and priorities for the organization.
• Drive effective portfolio management discipline, supporting strategic initiatives from ideation and business case development through execution
• Lead business and DTO partners through effective transformation management practices including the development of initiative roadmaps that outline clear measurable milestones for decision-making, delivery and adoption to realize value
• Synthesize and analyze significant amounts of information to assess initiative performance and develop recommendations
• Drive continuous improvement in transformation governance and portfolio management approaches, enhancing methodology and tools, templates and proce