Transformation Delivery Director

DTCC • Jersey City, NJ

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC? Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve. Finance is one organization composed of ten functions forming the financial backbone of DTCC, leaders who stand at the forefront of DTCC’s competitive endeavors across the globe. From accountants and financial analysts to internal consultants and workplace designers, the CFO Organization employs diverse individuals who work together to help make DTCC a global leader in the financial services industry. Pay and Benefits: Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location Pension / Retirement benefits Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being. DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee). The Impact you will have in this role: As a member of the Enterprise Transformation team, the Transformation Delivery Director leads a portfolio of complex programs and cross-functional initiatives acting as strategic partner to business, technology, operations, and control leaders. This role is responsible for ensuring alignment between enterprise strategy, investment, and execution while driving disciplined delivery, transparency, and measurable business outcomes across the portfolio for DTCC, our clients, and the global financial markets. This role requires a well-seasoned program management and people leader with a strong enterprise mindset, executive presence, and the ability to lead through influence in a fast-paced, highly matrixed, and regulated environment. Success in this position demands the ability to oversee multiple complex programs, engage executives to shape priorities, resolve tradeoffs, and remove barriers, and develop high-performing teams of program management professionals that deliver predictable outcomes in the face of ambiguity and evolving enterprise needs.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience
• Minimum 12 years of related experience, and 8+ years of experience leading complex, cross-functional enterprise programs and portfolios spanning business and technology initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively at the executive level, with strong judgment, influence, and communication skills.
• Strong financial and analytical acumen, including experience overseeing budgets, investment tradeoffs, and outcome realization.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced capability in developing executive level materials and narratives, including dashboards, decision papers, and strategic narratives.
• Experience with portfolio and program management tooling (e.g., Planview, Jira) and enterprise governance models.

Responsibilities

• Portfolio & Program Leadership Own end-to-end accountability for portfolio and program delivery health, including delivery performance, financials, risk posture, and sustained business adoption.
• Oversee multiple complex enterprise programs, ensuring consistency of execution, governance, and outcome realization.
• Translate enterprise strategy and business objectives into integrated, multi-year portfolio delivery strategies, sequencing investments and managing cross program dependencies.
• Establish and maintain a portfolio operating cadence, including governance forums, planning cycles, escalation mechanisms, and executive reporting.
• Executive & Stakeholder Engagement Build and sustain strong executive stakeholder relationships, shaping scope, delivery approach, prioritization, and tradeoffs to optimize enterprise value.
• Partner with enterprise portfolio leaders to balance delivery rigor, financials, capacity constraints, and evolving business priorities across the enterprise.
• Develop and deliver executive level communications, including portfolio health views, risk narratives, dependency analyses, investment tradeoffs, and outcome reporting.
• Delivery Governance & Risk Management Ensure disciplined application of PMI aligned complex program and portfolio management practices across the portfolio.
• Proactively manage portfolio-level risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and financials, identifying systemic trends and driving timely resolution and alignment at the appropriate leadership level.
• Partner with governance, risk, and control stakeholders to ensure compliance, transparency, and effective escalation.
• People & Capability Leadership Lead, coach, and develop program leaders, building and sustaining a high performing transformation delivery team by strengthening program management capability, standards, and ways of working.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and talent development across Transformation Delivery.
• Mitigates risk by following established procedures, spotting key errors and demonstrating strong ethical behavior.
• NOTE: The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director