GBS Portfolio Senior Manager & PMO Lead

 

Dentsply Sirona is the world’s largest manufacturer of professional dental products and technologies, with a 130-year history of innovation and service to the dental industry and patients worldwide. Dentsply Sirona develops, manufactures, and markets a comprehensive solutions offering including dental and oral health products as well as other consumable medical devices under a strong portfolio of world class brands. Dentsply Sirona’s products provide innovative, high-quality and effective solutions to advance patient care and deliver better and safer dentistry. Dentsply Sirona’s global headquarters is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company’s shares are listed in the United States on NASDAQ under the symbol XRAY.

 

Bringing out the best in people

 

As advanced as dentistry is today, we are dedicated to making it even better. Our people have a passion for innovation and are committed to applying it to improve dental care. We live and breathe high performance, working as one global team, bringing out the best in each other for the benefit of dental patients, and the professionals who serve them. If you want to grow and develop as a part of a team that is shaping an industry, then we’re looking for the best to join us.

 

Working at Dentsply Sirona you are able to:

 

Develop faster - with our commitment to the best professional development.

 

Perform better - as part of a high-performance, empowering culture.

 

Shape an industry - with a market leader that continues to drive innovation.

 

Make a difference -by helping improve oral health worldwide.  

 

 

The GBS Portfolio Senior Manager & PMO Lead, reporting to the Senior Director of Global Business Services (GBS), is a senior, enterprise-facing leadership role responsible for shaping and operationalizing portfolio strategy, governance, and execution standards for the Global Business Services (GBS) transformation portfolio at Dentsply Sirona.

This role acts as a recognized expert and trusted advisor to GBS and enterprise leadership, anticipating business challenges, informing portfolio strategy, and driving complex, cross-functional transformation initiatives with material enterprise impact.

The Portfolio Senior Manager operates with significant independence and senior-level judgment within a defined strategic framework, leads through influence rather than authority, and plays a critical role in advancing the maturity, credibility, and strategic impact of the GBS operating model globally.

 

Key Responsibilities

1. Portfolio Governance & Strategic Alignment

• Lead the end-to-end governance and execution of the GBS transformation portfolio, ensuring alignment with the GBS vision, enterprise priorities, and S/4HANA roadmap.
• Define, implement, and continuously evolve portfolio governance frameworks and execution standards, including intake, prioritization, business case review, and steering routines, in alignment with GBS leadership direction.
• Maintain enterprise-level visibility into portfolio health, including timelines, interdependencies, risks, and financial and operational impacts.
• Anticipate portfolio-level challenges and dependencies, translating them into data-driven insights and recommendations for GBS leadership.
• Develop and enhance PMO standards, methodologies, tools, and templates to strengthen delivery discipline and consistency across GBS.

 

2. Program & Project Oversight

• Oversee complex, cross-functional programs and initiatives spanning Finance, Procurement, Customer Service, HR, Operations, and IT.
• Provide senior-level guidance, problem-solving, and escalation support to program and project managers, particularly for complex or high-risk initiatives.
• Partner with Global Process Owners (GPOs) on stabilization, transition readiness, operating model refinement, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure project charters, KPIs, benefits, and success criteria are clearly defined, measurable, and consistently applied.
• Provide hands-on project management support as needed during critical phases or escalations.

 

3. Executive Reporting & Stakeholder Engagement

• Serve as a key advisor to the Senior Director, GBS and the GBS Leadership Team, providing portfolio-level insight, analysis, and recommendations.
• Prepare executive dashboards, leadership presentations, and po