Transformation Delivery Director

DTCC • Jersey City, NJ

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a member of the Enterprise Transformation team, the Transformation Delivery Director leads a portfolio of complex programs and cross-functional initiatives supporting Digital Asset Solutions while 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 10 years of related experience, and 8+ years of experience leading complex, cross-functional enterprise programs and portfolios spanning business and technology initiatives.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively at the executive level , with strong judgment, influence, and communication skills.
• Advanced capability in developing executive‑level materials and narratives, including dashboards, decision papers, and strategic narratives.
• Strong financial and analytical acumen , including experience overseeing budgets, investment tradeoffs, and outcome realization.
• Experience with portfolio and program management tooling (e.g., Planview, Jira) and enterprise governance models.
• Demonstrated mastery of PMI best practices for Complex Program and Portfolio Management , including governance design, benefits realization, cross program dependency management, and systemic risk oversight.
• Strong enterprise mindset with the ability to align strategy, execution, and outcomes across diverse initiatives and stakeholders.
• Executive presence and credibility, with the ability to influence, challenge constructively, and drive alignment at senior levels.
• Proven ability to lead program management professionals , developing high performing talent while maintaining accountability for results.
• Systems thinking orientation, identifying patterns and trends across programs to proactively address systematic treats and delivery constraints.
• Ability to balance strategic focus with delivery rigor in dynamic, high change environments.
• Commitment to continuous improvement of delivery practices, governance, and organizational capability.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced program or portfolio management certification (e.g., PgMP, PMP) strongly preferred.
• SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) certification or experience is a plus, including hands-on experience facilitating Agile execution, dependency management, and program-level delivery governance.
• Experience with digital assets and/or blockchain technology and products a plus

Responsibilities

• 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 planning, 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Benefits

• Comprehensive 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: Associate degree