Enterprise Technology Portfolio Senior Manager (REMOTE)

202402098

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Overview**

As the Senior Manager of Enterprise Technology Portfolio, you will lead a matrixed team of portfolio managers to define, shape, and execute against Dick’s Technology Portfolio Management vision.

To be successful in this role, you will need depth of experience leading a technology portfolio for a large-scale consumer goods or retail corporation. You excel at defining strategic vision and equally balancing that with a lean towards action and results. You are a mastermind at collaborating, working through, and activating others against a common goal. With a Technology organization undergoing exciting transformation in our ways of working, this role requires that you are comfortable navigating ambiguity, meeting others where they are, and inspiring and pacing diverse teams through impactful change.

In this role, you will shape a newly formed team of portfolio managers to create, instill, and support planning, insights, financial, and dependency management practices. As a Portfolio leader, you understand that your role is to unite and bring others together against a common vision and you are comfortable and effective in delivering results that require cross-functional partnership, often including Finance, Product Management, HR, and Engineering to name a few.

As we build momentum and undertake significant progress in the year ahead, the ideal candidate is a deep subject matter expertise in Portfolio Lifecycle, Planning Methodologies, Technology Business Metrics, Financial Portfolio Reporting, Technology Dependency Management that supports Platform-based Architecture, Risk Management, Product Management & Agile Practices. In this role, you are able to seamlessly connect the perspective of scrum teams through Program offenses and culminate it into a holistic Portfolio view.

As the leader of the Enterprise Technology Portfolio, you are accountable for executive level communication, engagement, and the facilitation of critical decision making needed to ensure successful delivery of Portfolio commitments. You balance confidence with humility and can effectively focus and activate senior leaders against the most critical work.

At a minimum, you should be experienced in the following capabilities to thrive in this role:

• Leadership and Direction: Identify and communicate the actions needed to implement Portfolio strategy within Technology; explain the relationship to the broader organization's mission, vision and values; motivate people to commit to these and to doing extraordinary things to achieve Portfolio goals.
• Digital Vision and Strategy: Contribute to the development of the digital roadmap and key strategic enablers, designing the workflow and Portfolio lifecycle that allow new applications, products, and services to be rolled out quickly while ensuring that legacy applications and technology operations are maintained at optimal levels.
• Portfolio Management: Initiate and lead the governance and delivery of portfolio outcomes, using appropriate portfolio management methodologies to give assurance that intended outcomes are identified and achieved.
• Portfolio Planning: Manage the production of portfolio plans, ensuring that all activities are identified, are appropriately organized and resourced to deliver portfolio objectives, and comply with the organization's portfolio management framework.
• Portfolio Risk and Issue Management: Manage identification of risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints appropriately at the portfolio level. Where risks or issues threaten delivery of the portfolio, drive alignment and decisions in support of defined recovery plans.
• Portfolio Assurance: Ensure portfolio-level independent assurance reviews are conducted, taking appropriate action to resolve issues and ensure high-quality delivery. Foster a business culture which places value on the principles that underlie portfolio assurance.
• Reporting and Review: Establish a model and execute the delivery of regular Portfolio insights to understand Technology business health and inform needed investments and continuous improvement focus areas.
• Stakeholder Management: Oversee the development and implementation of stakeholder engagement strategies and plans across portfolios to identify relevant stakeholders, create mutually supportive working relationships, and ensure that each stakeholder has an appropriate share of voice in portfolio discussions.
• Transformational Change Management: Act as a transformational change agent for Portfolio Management, ensuring integration with other disciplines/functions; build management commitment and use structured change management methodologies to drive acceptance of change and to embed desired culture and behaviors.
• Resource Management: Ensure that all programs and initiatives are appropriately prioritized and resourced to deliver their immediate and long-term objectives and that these resources are utilized effectively.
• Budgeting: Drive, develop and/or deliver budget plans with guidance from senior teammates.
• Organizational Capability Building: Evaluate the capabilities of staff within Portfolio Management to identify gaps and prioritize development activities. Implement the organization's formal development frameworks across the Portfolio Management team. Coach and mentor others to support the development of the organization's talent pool.
• Information and Business Advice: Manage and report on the performance of a substantial, diverse team; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports or portfolio team members and hold them accountable for achieving these; take appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of team / personal objectives.
• Performance Management: Manage and report on the performance of a substantial, diverse team; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports or matrixed team members and hold them accountable for achieving these; take appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of team / personal objectives

This is a fully remote position.

This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship. **

Qualifications**

• Master's Degree or equivalent level preferred
• General Experience: Wide and deep experience providing Portfolio Management competence (10+ years preferred)
• Managerial Experience: Experience in defining strategy in order to set and deliver objectives across 5+ year horizon

Targeted Pay Range: $95,200 - $158,800. This is part of a competitive total rewards package that could include other components such as: incentive, equity and benefits. Individual pay is determined by a number of factors including experience, location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. We review all teammate pay regularly to ensure competitive and equitable pay. We also offer a generous suite of benefits. To learn more, visit www.benefityourliferesources.com.

• Master's Degree or equivalent level preferred
• General Experience: Wide and deep experience providing Portfolio Management competence (10+ years preferred)
• Managerial Experience: Experience in defining strategy in order to set and deliver objectives across 5+ year horizon