Head of Data Transformation & Portfolio Operations

Core Responsibilities

Portfolio Operations & Governance

• Lead the end-to-end enterprise portfolio operations function, ensuring visibility, prioritization, and alignment across programs, data initiatives, and transformation efforts.
• Establish and maintain portfolio governance frameworks, scorecards, and KPIs to support strategic decision-making.
• Drive cadence for portfolio planning, quarterly business reviews, dependency management, and delivery health.
• Identify and escalate delivery risks, resource gaps, and critical interdependencies across teams.

• Champion enterprise data transformation strategy and connect data initiatives to business value.
• Partner with Data, Technology, and Business leaders to ensure data programs are prioritized, sequenced, and executed effectively.
• Support alignment of architecture, analytics, engineering, and governance initiatives within the broader transformation portfolio.
• Drive communication and change adoption for data transformation across the organization.

• Analyze and optimize cross-functional processes, workflows, and operating models for speed, quality, and scalability.
• Lead process reengineering efforts to reduce operational friction and increase efficiency.
• Develop standardized playbooks, operating rhythms, and frameworks to drive consistency across teams.
• Implement metrics, automation opportunities, and insights to continuously improve operational performance.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, ensuring organizational focus, alignment, and execution discipline.
• Lead strategic planning cycles, including annual planning, KPI development, and leadership offsites.
• Prepare executive-level materials including board updates, strategy reviews, and leadership communications.
• Coordinate cross-functional alignment and ensure accountability across senior stakeholders.

• Assess organizational structure, roles, and capabilities; recommend improvements to enhance effectiveness and efficiency.
• Drive initiatives that support culture-building, leadership alignment, workforce planning, and talent development.
• Facilitate clear communication channels, decision-making structures, and cross-functional collaboration.

• Strategic thinker who can balance long-term vision with operational execution.
• Highly collaborative with strong relationship-building skills.
• Comfortable serving as a connector across business, data, and technology domains.
• Proactive, resourceful, and able to bring clarity to ambiguous situations.
• Passionate about operational excellence, continuous improvement, and driving measurable impact.

• Minimum of eight years related work experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.