Transformation Portfolio Lead

Ashley Furniture•Tampa, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Ashley Furniture is a leading global furniture manufacturer and retailer committed to delivering quality home furnishings and exceptional value to our customers. As we continue to grow and evolve, we're investing in enterprise transformation initiatives that will shape the future of how we operate and serve our customers. The Transformation Portfolio Lead is a senior delivery leader within Ashley's Transformation Management Office (TMO), accountable for driving clarity, alignment, and results across a portfolio of Ashley's highest-priority transformation initiatives. Reporting to the Senior Vice President, Transformation, this role operates at the intersection of strategy and execution, shaping ambiguous direction into executable plans and ensuring disciplined delivery with measurable enterprise impact. The Transformation Portfolio Lead partners directly with executive sponsors and cross-functional initiative owners to drive decisions, manage tradeoffs, and resolve risks across complex, interdependent initiatives where outcomes materially affect enterprise performance. This role is designed for experienced leaders with strong execution discipline and the credibility to operate effectively with senior executives as Ashley's transformation scales. The Transformation Portfolio Lead leads initiatives with honesty, integrity, passion, and accountability.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Operations, Finance, or a related field required
Minimum of 7 years of progressive experience in project, program, or transformation delivery roles; 10+ years preferred
Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives in large, matrixed organizations
Experience working directly with senior leaders and executive stakeholders
Experience managing multiple initiatives simultaneously with competing priorities
Ability to structure ambiguous problems and help define direction in partnership with senior leaders
Strong strategic thinking skills, with the discipline to translate strategy into executable plans
Comfort operating in environments where strategy is evolving and clarity emerges through action
Experience supporting or contributing to strategy development through analysis, facilitation, and execution insight
Ability to develop "quick-and-dirty" financial models to estimate initiative impact, sensitivities, and tradeoffs, enabling rapid, data-informed decision-making across the transformation portfolio
Ability to synthesize disparate inputs and perspectives into coherent recommendations for senior stakeholders
Strong project and program management discipline, with the ability to bring structure to complex, ambiguous initiatives
Ability to think across initiatives and manage dependencies at a portfolio level
Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level presentations

Nice To Haves

MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred
Experience in management consulting leadership (e.g., Engagement Manager / Project Leader–level roles), with exposure to leading workstreams, managing teams, and delivering transformation programs
Experience in a Project Management Office or Transformation Office at a large enterprise, with exposure to formal governance, tooling, and portfolio management practices
Experience in private equity, value creation, or portfolio operations roles, with a strong lens on execution, financial impact, and accountability

Responsibilities

Lead execution across a portfolio of complex, cross-functional transformation initiatives aligned to Ashley's enterprise strategy
Translate strategic objectives into clear, executable roadmaps with defined milestones, dependencies, and success metrics
Maintain delivery confidence across initiatives by proactively identifying risks, issues, and constraints, and driving resolution in partnership with initiative owners
Manage interdependencies across projects and escalate tradeoffs and conflicts as needed to ensure overall portfolio progress
Frame and drive executive decision-making by developing clear options, implications, and recommendations across priority transformation initiatives
Partner with executives to structure ambiguous or partially defined strategic problems into actionable hypotheses, workplans, and delivery roadmaps
Facilitate working sessions with senior leaders to clarify objectives, success measures, and tradeoffs where strategy is still being developed
Pressure-test strategic direction through execution insights, surfacing risks, gaps, and dependencies that inform refinement of strategy over time
Own end-to-end project management for assigned initiatives, from initiation through delivery and stabilization
Develop and maintain integrated project plans, timelines, risk and issue logs, and dependency maps
Drive disciplined execution practices while adapting delivery approaches to fit initiative complexity and maturity
Own preparation of executive-level recommendations and decision materials for governance forums, including tradeoffs, risks, and implications
Partner closely with executive sponsors to support decision-making and serve as a trusted execution partner to initiative owners, providing structure, challenge, and support
Facilitate working sessions, milestone reviews, and problem-solving discussions with cross-functional teams
Own integration of financial, operational, and change considerations into a coherent view of initiative impact and tradeoffs at the portfolio level
Collaborate with finance, analytics, and change partners to track progress against value and adoption targets
Contribute to continuous improvement of TMO standards, tools, and ways of working
Serve as a role model for disciplined delivery, strong stakeholder engagement, and enterprise mindset