Transformation Portfolio and Governance Director

Schreiber Foods•Green Bay, WI

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Transformation Portfolio and Governance Director serves as Schreiber’s leading authority for enterprise transformation portfolio strategy and governance, with support from the Vice President, Process Transformation. The role establishes the three- to five-year enterprise portfolio strategy, governance model, investment framework, and decision architecture, influencing functional and organizational results. The Director exercises delegated authority to recommend and, within approved parameters, determine transformation priorities, sequencing, stage-gate progression, and investment tradeoffs, and advises senior executive leadership on strategy, portfolio risk, capacity, value realization, and strategically important decisions. This position is based at Schreiber’s Home Office in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with a flexible hybrid schedule: three days per week onsite and two days per week from home, Monday through Friday. Relocation benefits include a $10,000 relocation bonus and a relocation package for those moving more than 50 miles. The role provides enterprise guidance, coaching, and capability building to portfolio, program, finance, technology, and business leaders, while leading large, complex cross-functional initiatives. It owns the integrated portfolio roadmap, dependencies, capacity view, risk profile, decision log, adoption indicators, portfolio technology, and value-realization data. The Director also partners across Finance, EPM/PMO, IT/Data, and business teams to establish initiative value cases and benefits tracking, and continuously improves governance and decision processes. The position includes food safety responsibilities in coordination with the leadership team: ensuring compliance with Food Safety and Food Quality Plans and customer requirements; communicating customer requirements to plant production and support groups; establishing and auditing PCPs, CCPs, and Standard Operating Procedures; and reviewing procedural incidents and determining appropriate corrective action.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field.
12 or more years of progressive, directly relevant experience in portfolio management, program management, strategy execution, enterprise transformation, PMO/TMO leadership, Finance partnership, or a related discipline.
Demonstrated experience building or maturing intake, prioritization, governance, stage-gate, executive reporting, and value-realization processes in a complex, matrixed environment.
Strong financial and analytical acumen, including experience with business cases, benefits tracking, capacity planning, scenario analysis, investment tradeoffs, and executive-level portfolio dashboards.
Proven ability to influence senior leaders, facilitate decision forums, resolve ambiguity, and translate complex portfolio information into clear recommendations.
Advanced communication, storytelling, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills with audiences ranging from front-line partners to executive leaders.
Ability to use data, business acumen, systems thinking, and structured judgment to balance strategic direction with practical execution.
Enterprise-minded, fact-based, curious, collaborative, willing to challenge constructively, able to simplify complexity, and committed to building capability in others rather than creating dependency on the TMO.
For positions requiring any amount of travel: valid driver’s license, auto insurance meeting at least state minimum requirements (more may be required), an acceptable driving record per Schreiber Foods’ discretion, and a vehicle suitable for the travel requirements.

Nice To Haves

PMP, PgMP, PfMP, Lean Portfolio Management, Agile, SAFe, Lean Six Sigma, or comparable portfolio, program, or transformation certification.

Responsibilities

Establish and govern the three- to five-year enterprise transformation portfolio strategy, governance model, investment framework, and decision architecture.
Set enterprise standards and exercise delegated authority for prioritization, sequencing, funding recommendations, and stage-gate decisions within approved parameters.
Translate enterprise strategy into a focused, executable portfolio that supports priority setting, tradeoff assessment, and timely investment decisions.
Provide enterprise guidance, coaching, and capability building to portfolio, program, finance, technology, and business leaders.
Lead large, complex cross-functional initiatives of strategic importance.
Own the integrated portfolio roadmap, dependencies, capacity view, risk profile, decision log, adoption indicators, portfolio technology, and value-realization data.
Prepare and influence decision-ready executive materials, including dashboards, governance packs, scenario options, recommendations, and escalation summaries.
Partner with Finance, EPM/PMO, IT/Data, and business leaders to define initiative value cases, baselines, targets, assumptions, owners, and benefits-tracking approaches.
Continuously simplify governance, reporting, forum design, decision rights, and escalation paths to improve transparency, speed decisions, and reduce execution risk.
Advise senior executive leadership on enterprise strategy, portfolio risk, capacity, value realization, and decisions of strategic importance.
Together with the leadership team, ensure compliance with Food Safety and Food Quality Plans and customer requirements.
Interpret and communicate customer requirements to plant production and support groups.
Establish and audit PCPs, CCPs, and Standard Operating Procedures to define and monitor processes and ensure customer requirements are met.
Review incidents in which procedures are not followed and determine appropriate corrective action for partners failing to follow standard procedures.

Benefits

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) participation from day one.
8% 401(k) match into the ESOP and an additional company retirement contribution of about 8% of earnings, described as approximately 16% in annual retirement savings contributions.
Opportunity to earn incentive pay twice a year when company goals are met.
$10,000 relocation bonus and a generous relocation package for eligible U.S. salaried positions when relocating more than 50 miles.
Up to $5,000 annually toward childcare costs, including monthly contributions for independent babysitters.
Wellness Incentive and employer-funded Lifestyle Spending Account for fitness, mental health, and other lifestyle expenses for eligible partners.
Tuition reimbursement.
Medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision benefits starting day one.
Access to an onsite nurse and mental health counselor.
Partners Helping Partners support program for partners experiencing hardship.
Home-office amenities include indoor and outdoor collaboration spaces, state-of-the-art R&D and sensory labs, culinary kitchens, a pilot plant, an innovation center, free coffee, soda, and popcorn.