Delivery Governance Leader

Carrier • Palm Beach Gardens, FL

2d

About The Position

About Carrier Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow on Carrier social media at @Carrier. About this role The Delivery Governance Leader – Digital is accountable for defining, operating, and continuously evolving the enterprise-wide delivery governance model for Digital initiatives, while also serving as the Global SOX Coordination Lead for Digital and Technology delivery. This role ensures that digital programs, products, strategic initiatives (AI Roadmap, Build & Run etc.) and platforms are delivered predictably, efficiently, and in alignment with business strategy—while maintaining strong controls over scope, cost, timelines, quality, and risk. As the single point of accountability for Digital delivery governance, SOX program execution and CCM (Change Control Management), this role acts as a strategic bridge between strategy, execution, and assurance. It enables consistent, scalable delivery across the EDPS and Digital organization, while ensuring compliance with SOX controls through close partnership with Internal Audit leadership (Director level and above), PwC, Cyber Security Team and application owners across a global portfolio of 600+ applications. The role also owns Continuous Change Management (CCM) for the Digital landscape, including control execution, defect remediation, preventive maintenance, and disciplined weekly reporting—providing enterprise level visibility, risk mitigation, and audit readiness at scale. The role provides enterprise level visibility and confidence to senior leadership by embedding strong governance, audit readiness, and risk management into day-to-day delivery—ensuring that speed, agility, and innovation are balanced with disciplined controls and regulatory compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 8+ years of experience in digital, technology, or transformation delivery.
• 6+ years in portfolio, program, or PMO governance within digital environments.
• 3+ years working with agile delivery at scale.
• 3+ years of experience working with SOX execution and coordination
• Travel – upto 25% of the time for this role.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or related discipline.
• Strategic and system thinking.
• Strong analytical and data-driven mindset.
• Ability to influence without formal authority.
• Executive-level communication and storytelling.
• Risk management and conflict resolution.
• Results-oriented with a continuous improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Delivery Governance, Frameworks, and Playbooks Define, own, and continuously enhance the Digital Delivery Governance framework across agile, hybrid, and waterfall delivery models. Establish and enforce enterprise standards, policies, and guardrails for planning, execution, monitoring, and closure of digital initiatives. Ensure consistent and fit for purpose application of methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Kanban, PMI) based on initiative complexity, risk profile, and business impact. Design and operate stage gates, delivery of health checks, risk assessments, and executive delivery reviews to drive predictability and early issue detection. Provide senior leadership with transparent, data-driven insights on delivery performance, risks, and corrective actions on strategic initiatives like build & run. Run special projects or strategic initiatives from definition to execution.
• Global SOX Coordination, CCM and Audit Oversight Serve as the Global SOX Coordinator for Digital, owning end-to-end SOX execution, audit readiness, and issue remediation across the Digital application landscape. Act as the primary interface with Internal Audit leadership (Directors and above based in the CIB office) and external auditors (PwC) for all Digital SOX matters. Coordinate SOX activities across 600+ global applications, working closely with application owners, product teams, AMS partners, and COE leaders. Lead SOX walkthroughs, evidence reviews, deficiency assessments, and management responses; ensure timely closure of audit findings and control gaps. Drive standardization, automation, and continuous improvement of SOX processes to reduce operational friction while strengthening control effectiveness. Provide executive level assurance on SOX compliance, risk exposure, and remediation status.
• Portfolio & Demand Management Govern the digital portfolio, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities, OKRs, and COE capacity. Facilitate intake, prioritization, and capacity planning processes. Provide executive visibility into portfolio status, dependencies, risks, and value realization.
• Performance Management & Metrics Define, track, and report delivery of KPIs such as predictability, velocity, time-to-market, quality, benefits realization, and stakeholder satisfaction. Implement and maintain executive and operational dashboards (e.g., Power BI, Jira, ServiceNow, Airtable, Asana). Identify delivery trends, systemic issues, and continuous improvement opportunities.
• Risk, Dependency & Issue Management Proactively identify, manage, and escalate delivery risks, issues, and cross-team dependencies. Ensure clear ownership and mitigation plans for critical risks. Facilitate resolution of organizational impediments impacting delivery.
• Stakeholder & Executive Management Act as a trusted advisor to senior business, IT, and digital leaders. Prepare and lead steering committees, executive reviews, and QBRs. Ensure transparency and alignment on scope, timelines, costs, and value delivery.
• Continuous Improvement & Delivery Maturity Drive continuous improvement of the digital operating and delivery model. Lead initiatives to standardize, simplify, and automate governance and reporting processes. Promote data-driven, outcome-focused, and accountability-driven culture.

Benefits

• Health Care Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives
• Retirement Benefits
• Time off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation
• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account
• Tuition Assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees