Director, Project Management Office

Dollar General•Goodlettsville, TN

About The Position

General Summary: Plans, governs, and measures IT success using flexibility, transparency, and value conversations to shape the business demand to optimize and transform Dollar General. Directing all planning activities for the PMO including project management planning, delivery coordination & administration, program management, IT Portfolio Reporting & Management. Thus, orchestrating enterprise-wide business efforts, coordination, communication, oversight, risk mitigation.

Requirements

Demonstrable leadership skills: consultative supervision, ability to influence others, ability to manage all levels of the organization
Ability to effectively implement the Standard Operating Procedures and the Technology Governance Process to achieve strategic objectives
Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in written form; good listening skills
Ability to organize, prioritize, delegate, and follow up, with emphases on adherence to deadlines
Comfort dealing with ambiguity and the ability to work independently in a fast- paced environment
Ability facilitates identification of alternate solutions; resolve conflicts; and create lasting, productive partnerships enterprise wide, identify trends and make recommendations for improvements
Ability to organize, prioritize, and to be a self-starter in a fast-paced environment
Strong analytical, problem solving, and decision-making skills, understand how decisions affect other areas of the company
Creative ability to analyze information from different sources and create presentations
Ability to thoroughly understand how decisions affect other areas of the company
Comfort dealing with ambiguity and the ability to work independently in a fast- paced environment
Extensive knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite, Project Management Tracking Tools, SDLC Development Management, & Agile Methodologies.
10 years minimum experience in IT required
Retail experience required
Bachelor’s degree required
PMP required

Nice To Haves

CSM preferred

Responsibilities

Provide overall project leadership, guidance, and manage all aspects of a given initiative
Collaborate and coordinate across the global IT organization to support implementations which drive objective decision making, maintains business partnerships and service-oriented views ensuring IT and Business strategies are in alignment with DG expectations, strategic & operating priorities.
Ensure appropriate compliance & governance controls are in place for policy and protection of any sensitive data
Facilitates change management, governance process, champion organizational change, and enforces compliance to changes throughout the enterprise
Develops and disseminates key project-related communications
Maintain Strategic alignment by engaging in the right projects/initiatives, and controlling changing priorities of demand
Track key performance indicators, analyzing, benchmarking, and consolidated reporting for Key Performance Indicators
Consolidate project/initiatives and portfolio performance metrics from across the organization into varying views
Develop, produce, and Coordinates written materials and presentations for Executive, Board-level, and IT Leadership strategic reporting
Establishes strategy, vision, and goals for enterprise-wide adoption, working collaboratively with portfolio owners
Determine strategy and outline dependencies for strategic roadmaps and ensure optimum support for strategic initiatives, portfolios, programs, and day-to-day operational activities
Provide varying views and analysis into initiatives, portfolio, and programs (health checks, scorecards, at-a-glance, retrospectives)
Champion Change Leadership as a driving force and visionary creating processes that support large-scale transformation
Establish and enforce initiatives, portfolio, and programs change management providing transparency and proper prioritization
Provide steady leadership in the face of uncertainty, change, and aggressive deadlines across the enterprise common to a rapidly growing company focused on IT delivery and Product Framework synergies
Proactively set performance expectations and help project team members manage expectations of delivery and requirements
Leads, mentors, and develops enterprise-wide teams
IT Coordination & representation for companywide committees, action teams, professional networks, and resource groups and varying programs
Lead, develop and provide standards, methodologies, and knowledge for teams to leverage to effectively meet organizational business objectives
Provide training and development and enable engagement based on identified interaction points and adoption strategies to enable organizational growth
Provide effective metric setting, ongoing monitoring of Project Management effectiveness & consistency, guidance, governance, and standard operating procedures