Director Portfolio Management

Category/Area of Expertise: Strategy
Job Requisition: 470651
Address: USA-PA-Carlisle-1149 Harrisburg Pike
Store Code: Strategy - Office of CEO (5144165)

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

Position Summary:

The Portfolio Management Director exists to provide structure, transparency, and execution discipline across the critical initiative portfolio. By maintaining an integrated roadmap and monitoring interdependencies, this role ensures that initiatives progress in alignment and that risks are surfaced early with clear mitigation paths. Acting as the connective link between business leads, program ops leads, and the wider transformation management structure, the Portfolio management lead simplifies complex issues, establishes decision rights, and drives accountability. This role enables senior leadership to prioritize effectively, address root causes of delay, and achieve transformation outcomes at speed and scale.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead the team that orchestrates program management, value realization, organizational change management, and tech coordination for critical ADUSA initiatives
• Own the integrated portfolio roadmap, aligning relevant initiative sequencing, interdependencies, and milestones across business, IT, and transformation portfolios
• Operate as a liaison between business and IT leadership to align sequencing and milestone readiness
• Lead the portfolio reporting for all managed critical ADUSA initiatives across the organization and share with key stakeholders for visibility and decisions
• Guide initiative & portfolio-level issue and risk management, escalating critical blockers as needed and implementing systemic mitigation plans
• Coordinate with Strategy, Tech, HR, Communications, Training, & Finance partners on resourcing, retention, value tracking, and organizational change management tied to initiative priorities
• Set and enforce the standards for program management (e.g., methods, processes, governance, reporting standards, etc.) within the portfolio team and connected initiative teams
• Guide the overall initiative stage gate process to adjust priorities to the highest sources of value and adequately resource supported initiatives
• Collaborate with other departments and stakeholders to define critical initiative scope, goals, and deliverables to meet initiative value propositions
• Support transformation leadership in strategic communications, governance forums, and other activities necessary to enhance ADUSA's transformation management capability
• Provide direction, coaching, training and mentoring to ensure that initiatives are completed on time, within budget, and to the satisfaction of stakeholders
• Additional job duties and special projects will be assigned as needed to meet the needs of the business and support our values

• Bachelor's degree in business, operations, technology, or related field
• 7+ years of experience in program or portfolio management within enterprise-wide, with at least 3 years in a leadership role
• Proven track record of successfully managing complex projects from conception to completion
• Strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills, building and maintaining effective relationships with stakeholders
• Advanced understanding of project management methodologies and best practices
• Experience managing cross-functional teams and working in a matrixed environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to travel 25%

• Master's degree in business, operations, technology, or a related field
• Experience working in both Predictive/Waterfall and Agile/Adaptive delivery environments
• Experience in a transformation office (TMO), PMO, or enterprise strategy function
• Advanced proficiency with PowerPoint & Excel
• PMP Certification
• ProSci Certification