Senior Program Manager Digitalization

The purpose of this role is to serve as the central interface between commercial stakeholders and Global IT providing end-to-end governance of the digitalization portfolio by aligning demand priorities stakeholders budgets timelines and cross-program dependencies to ensure initiatives deliver the organizations digitalization strategy within agreed scope and budget.

• Single point of contact. Own the business - IT relationship end-to-end for all digitalization initiatives across the commercial organization and supporting digitalization strategy and objectives
• Demand intake. Gather and validate business requirements through well-defined business cases understand the underlying processes and structure the information needed to prioritize initiatives based on impact benefits urgency and data process and system readiness.
• Portfolio management. Own and manage the digitalization portfolio in Jira providing a holistic view of all workstreams projects deliverables milestones risks and cross-program dependencies to support effective prioritization coordination and decision-making.
• Stakeholder management. Manage senior business and regional/functional leads; maintain a trusted relationship with Global IT translating constraints and trade-offs back into business terms.
• Rollout and adoption. Lead change and communication planning training and post-go-live adoption with regional/local stakeholders.
• Representation. Report progress blockers risks and prioritization decisions in steering committees and act as spokesperson for the group in cross-functional regional and country forums.
• Timeline & budget ownership. Own overall timeline and budget management across all commercial digitalization initiatives in the organization; track progress cost and value realization at portfolio level
• Governance & templates. Establish and maintain a governance framework program structures (steering cadence decision rights escalation paths) and standard templates (business case prioritization scoring status reporting) and performance metrics to ensure successful execution.
• Dependency alignment. Identify and manage dependencies with other larger/global programs ensuring alignment of scope timeline and resources across the digitalization portfolio.

• 8 years of experience in program project or portfolio management including responsibility for complex digitalization or technology-driven initiatives.
• Proven experience managing multiple workstreams projects deliverables milestones risks and dependencies across functions and programs.
• Strong experience using Jira to structure and manage portfolios create transparent reporting and support prioritization and decision-making.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams and coordinating business IT data and external partners in an international environment.
• Experience translating business needs into clear requirements roadmaps business cases and executable delivery plans.
• Proven ability to engage senior stakeholders facilitate governance forums resolve conflicts and communicate program status effectively.
• Practical experience with agile hybrid and traditional delivery methodologies.
• Experience managing budgets resources vendors benefits realization and organizational change is preferred.
• Bachelors degree in Business Administration Information Technology Engineering Computer Science Digital Transformation or a related field.
• A masters degree MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification is preferred.
• Relevant certifications such as PMP PRINCE2 SAFe Scrum or Jira/Atlassian are an advantage.
• Equivalent professional experience may be considered in place of formal academic qualifications.

• Best opportunities in a globally operating company valuing diversity inclusion sustainability and mutual trust
• Home office allowance
• 25 days paid annual leave
• Additional health insurance
• 102.26 EUR Food vouchers
• Public transportation card
• Multisport /Coolfitcard
• Opportunity for flexibility with a hybrid working model
• Employee Assistance Program (Mental Health Legal & Financial Counselling)
• Language training opportunity
• Brand new modern office premises in a class A Business building
• Employee referral program
• Fresh fruits in the office
• Training and mentorship programs
• Access to over 15000 LinkedIn Learning courses to assist in your development

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