Vice President, Program Management & Delivery

Job Description:

VP, Program Management & Delivery

As the VP, Program Management & Delivery, you will own defining and maintaining the Asset Management Technology (AMT) strategic roadmap and delivery standards in collaboration with VP, Strategy & the Domain Delivery Managers. Your work will involve close collaboration with enterprise technology, finance and other Asset Management program management teams. You will lead a group of experienced program managers responsible for large, strategic, cross-Asset Management technology and cross-Fidelity programs.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the AM Technology strategic roadmap, integrating domain plans and providing program status updates, in collaboration with the AMT strategy team and Domain Delivery Managers
• Establish technology portfolio management standards, processes, and tooling to ensure accuracy and compliance in partnership with domain delivery managers and enterprise technology colleagues.
• Influence enterprise methodology and tooling based on delivery experience and stakeholder input.
• Design scalable governance frameworks to enforce standards to ensure AMT is consistency delivering and communicating status of the AMT Strategic Portfolio.
• Build and mentor a team of senior program managers to lead cross domain and cross BU initiatives on behalf of AMT.
• Coach the domain delivery managers on delivery excellence and best practices.

• 15+ years of delivery or project management experience handling large, complex programs alongside senior level steering committees

• 5+ years of software solution delivery experience in asset management or similar business areas
• Proficient understanding of asset management business context, rooted in customer outcomes
• Strong grasp of the software development lifecycle and experience working closely with cross-functional solution teams to deliver large scale technology initiatives
• Ability to drive and align execution of Programs with all stakeholders across Product Teams, Functions, Domains, and BUs
• Strong leadership, mentorship, and change management skills
• Ability to balance strategic and tactical priorities
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders, peers and team members, in a matrixed environment, on program management and ways of working best practices
• Proven strategic, analytical, and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify and articulate connections across separate, but related, concepts
• Proven ability to collaborate cross business units in a large financial services company on delivery related transformation and best practice programs
• Excellent communication skills, adaptable to various audiences
• Intellectual curiosity with a continuous improvement approach
• Experience encouraging delivery best practices, and supporting the overall performance and efficiency of a Program
• Experience in various roles in cross functional software solution teams and consulting is a plus