Senior Vice President, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Enablement
Ashburn, IL - USA
Job Summary
Who You Are:
QTS is scaling at speed and the complexity and interdependence of enterprise initiatives are rising. TheSenior Vice President Enterprise Enablement will build from a near blank slate the enterprise capability for transformational change by designing launching and owning the delivery and adoption model that defines how initiatives are triaged prioritized governed enabled and adopted.You enjoy leading and developinga high performing team ofprogramandchangeprofessionalssetstandards and expectationscoachandallocateresources andbuildcapabilities to deliveroutcomes atscale.
The Impact You Will Have:
Servingas the central coordination point for transformationandpartnering with senior leaders and cross functional teams you willalign initiatives with strategy capacitytechnologyand decision timelines.In this role you will have the opportunity to partner withbusiness process owners IT and other departments to align initiatives with enterprise priorities.The mandate is to create a single transformation engine that chooses what matters most sequences it intelligently and sustains adoption to deliver measurablevalue atscale.
What You Will Do:
Develop and implement a robust operating model providinga structured framework for coordinating cross functional initiativesthatemphasizestheadvancementof technology
Lead the designoperation of and own the continuous evolution ofthe enterprise delivery and enablement model ensuring initiatives are evaluated governed sequenced and supported consistently across thegrowing and scalingorganization
Define andmaintainstandard governance practices and delivery artifacts to ensure initiatives are executed with discipline transparency and consistency
Establish and lead communication plans and teams to drive properdecisionmakingescalation paths accountability timeliness and resolution
Manage the intake and prioritization process across programs including oversight of inventoryand projectsestablishstandardized enterprise scoring criteria value risk capacity compliance andoperatea clear approval workflow
Operate the enterprise initiative portfolio providing visibility into priorities dependencies risks capacity and sequencing
Establish enterprise standards and governance for initiative delivery and change enablement accountable for consistent adoption planning execution and readiness across initiatives
Establish deploy and enforcestandardized project management practices to ensure efficient tracking of benefits dependencies and progress
Communicate train and embed new Enterprise Transformation processes across functions ensuring alignment to governance expectations
Establish clear adoption readiness criteria and ensure initiatives meet readiness thresholds prior to major milestones and go live
Lead the enterprise changemanagement andenablement capability through management of a team of Change Partners ensuring initiatives have clear adoption strategies stakeholder engagement training and readiness plans
Deploy transformation dashboards to track progress dependencies KPIs risks and value realization in a centralizedsingle sourceof truth
Establish and run enterprise level operating and executive review cadences that surface progress risks dependencies and adoption readiness for leadership decision making
Launch monthly operational reviews and quarterly executive reviews with standard agendas and escalation paths
Ability to travel on average 25% of the time building in-personconnectionsand developing strong relationships with stakeholders
What You Will Need to be Successful:
Bachelors degree in business administration Management Information Systems or related field orpreviousequivalent experience
Fifteen or more yearsof experience leading enterprise level delivery transformation or enablement efforts across multiple business functions
Sevenor moreyears of people leadership experience building and developing high performing teams
Experience operating portfolio-level intake prioritization and governance processes
Experienceoperatingwith a strong executive presence with the ability to influence and align senior leaders without direct authority
TheSkillstoGet You There:
Experience in the real estate development industry is preferred particularly within large scale capital intensive ormulti-marketenvironments.
Proven leadership in enterprise change enablement and driving adoption of cross functional initiatives
Comfortoperatingin ambiguity withdemonstratedability to build structure frameworks and operating models from scratch reflecting that Enterprise Transformation is a new capability
Demonstrated experience designing implementing and scaling enterprise delivery or operating models
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive complex initiatives to successful completion
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About Company
QTS Realty Trust, LLC is a leading provider of data center solutions across a diverse footprint spanning more than 9 million square feet of owned mega scale data center space within North America and Europe. Through it's software-defined technology platform, QTS is able to deliver sec ... View more