Vice President, Enterprise Programs

QTS Data Centers•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

The Vice President, Enterprise Program Office (EPO) is a senior executive responsible for advancing enterprise-wide execution of the company’s most critical strategic and transformational priorities. The role leads the EPO and drives portfolio visibility, governance, program leadership, execution excellence, and organizational alignment across the business. As a trusted advisor and strategic partner to executive leadership, the VP works across business units and corporate functions to connect strategy to execution, enable informed decision-making, and ensure that strategically prioritized initiatives are aligned, governed, actively managed, delivered, and adopted effectively. The position oversees the enterprise portfolio, leads program management for the company’s highest-priority initiatives, and establishes methodologies, standards, tools, and capabilities that strengthen program management across the organization. The role partners with leaders in Technology, Operations, Finance, People Services, and other corporate functions to drive alignment, remove execution barriers, and improve the organization’s ability to consistently deliver important business initiatives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, Engineering, Operations, or a related field.
13+ years of progressive leadership experience, including 10+ years in enterprise program or portfolio management, PMO leadership, strategic execution, transformation, or related disciplines.
4+ years of direct supervisory experience.
Proven track record leading complex, cross-functional initiatives that deliver enterprise-wide impact.
Experience building or leading an Enterprise PMO, Transformation Office, or similar function, and directly leading complex cross-functional programs with executive teams to deliver business outcomes.
Proven success building scalable PMO standards and institutionalizing program methodologies, governance, and executive reporting to raise delivery maturity.
Experience leading program teams on large-scale transformation initiatives and aligning senior leaders without direct authority.
Experience building and leading high-performing teams and developing future leaders.
Executive influence and relationship-building skills, including the ability to build trust, influence decisions, and align stakeholders across business units, corporate functions, and leadership teams.
Expertise in enterprise portfolio governance, strategic program leadership, prioritization, dependency and risk management, and benefits realization.
Ability to establish and scale program methodologies, governance frameworks, delivery standards, tools, and practices that improve consistency, transparency, accountability, and business outcomes.
Ability to design governance models, facilitate executive decision-making, and drive accountability across complex initiatives.
Ability to attract, develop, and lead high-performing teams while fostering an inclusive, performance-oriented culture.

Nice To Haves

MBA or other advanced graduate degree.
One or more of the following certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP), Program Management Professional (PgMP), Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP), PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), SAFe certification, or Prosci Change Management certification.
Experience in high-growth, complex environments such as technology, telecommunications, data centers, or professional services, including supporting executive teams through rapid scaling or transformation.
Experience leading large-scale technology and transformation programs such as ERP, cloud, data, cybersecurity, or digital initiatives.
Experience establishing enterprise governance, operating models, PMO Centers of Excellence, or Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) platforms.
Experience developing reporting for or engaging with senior executive leaders, including board members, C-suite leaders, or executive advisors.

Responsibilities

Build and lead a high-performing Enterprise Program Office responsible for portfolio and program management of the organization’s highest-priority strategic and transformational initiatives.
Lead prioritization, planning, and portfolio reviews with executive leaders to balance competing demands, resources, and capacity, and focus on initiatives with the greatest strategic value.
Direct critical cross-functional programs, partnering with executive sponsors and business and technology leaders to establish delivery strategies, governance, integrated plans, and success measures.
Manage program planning, dependencies, risks, issue resolution, stakeholder engagement, change coordination, and benefits realization.
Hold teams accountable for delivery outcomes, serve as an escalation point for complex initiatives, and remove barriers to execution.
Establish and maintain a central repository tool to track and report initiatives, providing leaders visibility into plans, milestones, status, risks, dependencies, and business outcomes.
Define and implement enterprise standards, methods, templates, and best practices for program and portfolio management.
Coach program managers and initiative leaders, assess program management maturity, and build program management capabilities across the business.
Promote strong execution and continuous improvement across business and technology teams.
Establish and lead enterprise governance forums, executive steering committees, portfolio reviews, and executive operating cadences.
Provide executive reporting, strategic insights, and recommendations to support timely, informed decision-making.
Drive accountability for execution of top-priority initiatives and ensure milestones, risks, dependencies, and outcomes are actively managed and transparent.
Facilitate resolution of cross-functional issues and enterprise dependencies that may affect strategic priorities.
Foster alignment among business and functional leaders while improving decision velocity and organizational effectiveness.
Partner with business-unit and corporate-function leaders to assess capacity, execution readiness, and organizational priorities.
Support annual planning, strategic roadmapping, and enterprise goal-setting as needed.
Help leaders navigate competing priorities and organizational dependencies and facilitate alignment across teams.
Act as a trusted advisor and connector across the organization, advancing collaboration in support of enterprise objectives.
Strengthen coordination, prioritization, program management, tooling and reporting, and delivery disciplines to improve organizational execution.
Build and lead high-performing teams and develop future leaders.