Director of PMO Governance & Operations

Introduction

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

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.

The Director of PMO Governance & Operations is accountable for establishing, leading and continuously evolving ADUSA's enterprise portfolio governance and portfolio management capability. This role owns the strategic operating model, governance framework, portfolio management processes, portfolio management office (PMO) standards, methodologies, tooling strategy, and operating rhythms that enable effective prioritization, investment decision-marking, planning, execution, and value realization across ADUSA's strategic business initiatives and transformation portfolio.

Working in close partnership with Executive Leadership, Finance, Technology, Strategy and other key business functions, this role serves as the steward of ADUSA's enterprise portfolio governance and transformation management capabilities and drives continuous maturity of enterprise portfolio management practices.

The Director leads the development and maturation of ADUSA's Portfolio Management Office and Community of Practice, establishing enterprise-wide standards, capabilities, and ways of working that improve organizational effectiveness and delivery performance. Through governance leadership, executive reporting, portfolio insights, and strategic advisory support, this role directly influences enterprise investment decisions and contributes to successful execution of ADUSA's most critical business and transformation priorities.

Our flexible/ hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Our core office locations include Salisbury, NC, Quincy, MA, Carlisle, PA, and Scarborough, ME.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

• Establish, lead and continuously evolve ADUSA's enterprise business portfolio governance operating model, including governance forums, decision rights, portfolio standards, operating mechanisms, and executive performance management processes that enable effective strategy execution enterprise strategy.
• Lead enterprise business portfolio planning prioritization, closely interfacing with investment governance and strategic resource allocation processes, ensuring organizational investments are aligned to enterprise strategy, value realization objectives and execution capacity.
• Own the enterprise cross-functional intake, chartering, prioritization, and stage-gate governance framework utilized across strategic initiatives and transformation programs.
• Own enterprise portfolio performance management and executive decision-support capabilities, providing strategic insights, risk analysis, portfolio health assessments, and recommendations utilized by the U.S. Leadership Team and Global leadership stakeholders.
• Own the enterprise framework for cross-functional dependency, sequencing, and portfolio risk management across the strategic portfolio and interface with portfolios in Technology, Finance, and other key business functions.
• Establish enterprise business portfolio capacity, interdependencies, demand, and resource visibility processes that support leadership investment, prioritization, and execution decisions.
• Own business portfolio management tooling strategy, portfolio data governance, reporting standards, and partner on portfolio management technology roadmaps to ensure consistency, transparency, and scalability.
• Establish and continuously evolve portfolio management methodologies, governance standards, operating procedures, and enterprise ways of working across business and technology portfolios.
• Establish and lead the cross functional PMO / TMO Community of Practice, defining enterprise standards,…