Sr Mgr. Data & Arch- Strategy & Planning

LyondellBasell North America•Houston, TX

20d

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Enterprise Data & Architecture Strategy & Planning is a member of the Enterprise Data & Architecture (ED&A) Leadership Team and serves as Chief of Staff to the Chief Data & Architecture Officer (CDAO). The role translates ED&A strategy into integrated plans, investments, priorities, and measurable outcomes by connecting strategy, Long Range Planning (LRP), portfolio, budget, workforce capacity, execution, and performance. It leads the ED&A planning and management system while functional leaders retain accountability for delivery. The position combines business and technology strategy, portfolio management, financial acumen, transformation leadership, executive communication, and strategic fluency in Data, AI, and Enterprise Architecture. The role orchestrates ED&A strategy and planning, leads portfolio and investment planning, coordinates annual budgeting and forecasting, and facilitates workforce and capacity planning. As Chief of Staff, it establishes leadership operating rhythms, provides decision support, and coordinates planning across ED&A. It also establishes performance measures and governance, represents the CDAO organization in selected forums, and builds alignment across Digital Technology, Finance, Human Resources, Procurement, business functions, and Strategy & Planning organizations. Success means translating ED&A strategy into funded, capacity-aware priorities and measurable outcomes; aligning budget and investment decisions with strategy; giving leadership an integrated view of priorities, dependencies, constraints, risks, milestones, and financial performance; and supporting executive decisions with clear options and trade-offs. The role promotes disciplined follow-through on commitments and effective representation of ED&A priorities in LRP and broader planning cycles.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Strategy, Information Technology, Data/Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
12+ years of progressive experience in technology or corporate strategy, enterprise planning, portfolio management, transformation, Data & AI, Enterprise Architecture, or related disciplines.
Demonstrated ability to translate strategy into executable plans, priorities, investments, and performance measures.
Experience with enterprise portfolio planning, prioritization, LRP or annual planning, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic investment processes.
Working knowledge of budgets, forecasts, OpEx/CapEx, business cases, and variance analysis.
Strong transformation leadership and demonstrated success influencing across complex, global, and matrixed organizations.
Exceptional executive-level written and verbal communication, including the ability to frame complex issues into clear options, implications, and decisions.
Strategic fluency in Data, AI, Enterprise Architecture, cloud, data governance, ERP/SAP, and digital transformation; hands-on solution design is not required.
Demonstrated people leadership through direct, matrixed, or cross-functional leadership.

Nice To Haves

MBA or relevant advanced degree.
Experience in chemicals, petrochemicals, energy, manufacturing, or another complex global asset-intensive environment.

Responsibilities

Orchestrate the development and evolution of ED&A strategy with the CDAO and ED&A Leadership Team.
Lead ED&A participation in Long Range Planning and annual planning, translating enterprise and Digital Technology priorities into an integrated multi-year plan.
Connect strategic objectives to capabilities, investments, initiatives, resources, and measurable outcomes; frame options, dependencies, and trade-offs for leadership decisions.
Partner with Strategy & Planning leaders across the organization to align ED&A priorities with broader enterprise plans.
Facilitate an integrated portfolio process linking strategy, priorities, investments, capacity, dependencies, execution, and outcomes.
Lead portfolio planning and prioritization; identify competing priorities, constraints, risks, and decisions requiring leadership attention.
Develop scenarios and recommendations for sequencing and investment trade-offs, and maintain executive transparency into commitments, milestones, dependencies, and expected outcomes.
Coordinate ED&A annual budgeting, forecasting, and investment planning with Finance and the ED&A Leadership Team.
Connect financial plans and funding decisions to strategic priorities and portfolio needs; maintain visibility into budgets, forecasts, actuals, and material variances.
Support business cases and provide financial insights and scenarios for leadership decisions.
Facilitate workforce and capacity planning with ED&A leaders, integrating portfolio demand, priorities, financial plans, and capability requirements.
Identify capacity constraints and capability gaps and support decisions on hiring, sourcing, capability development, and portfolio sequencing.
Serve as Chief of Staff to the CDAO and as an integrator across the ED&A Leadership Team.
Establish leadership operating rhythms for strategy, portfolio, financial, workforce, and performance decisions.
Provide structured analysis and decision support; ensure decisions, commitments, and key actions are transparent and receive appropriate follow-through.
Coordinate planning across ED&A and drive visibility into cross-functional dependencies and organizational priorities.
Establish an ED&A scorecard linking strategy, objectives, investments, portfolio, KPIs, and outcomes.
Facilitate organizational performance reviews and provide an integrated view of financial performance, commitments, milestones, risks, and dependencies.
Identify material gaps and trends, facilitate corrective actions, and continuously improve ED&A planning and management processes.
Represent the CDAO organization in selected Digital Technology and enterprise strategy, planning, portfolio, and investment forums.
Translate complex Data, AI, Enterprise Architecture, portfolio, financial, and organizational topics into concise executive narratives.
Build alignment across Digital Technology, Finance, Human Resources, Procurement, business functions, and Strategy & Planning organizations.