Program and Portfolio Manager - Transformation Office Transversal Team

METRO/MAKRO; Düsseldorf; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

People development

Individual solutions support

Job summary

METRO.digital in Germany is seeking a Program and Portfolio Manager for the Transformation Office Transversal Team. In this senior role you will drive the IT strategy with a strong focus on delivery, governance, and value realization in a multi-year digital program.

You will oversee cross-functional initiatives, work with CIO Office, platform leads and executives, and help ensure pragmatic change and adoption across the organization. This position offers a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in enterprise IT or top-tier IT consultancy.
• Proven track record of managing complex, large-scale digital programs and portfolios.
• Strong hands-on understanding of IT build and delivery (product delivery, engineering, integration, infrastructure & services).
• Ability to bring structure and clarity to ambiguous topics and turn them into actionable plans.
• Comfortable working hands-on and independently, without formal team leadership.
• Strong senior stakeholder management and reporting skills with constructive challenge.
• Very good fluency in English; German preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own and continuously refine a multi-year digital delivery roadmap.
• Oversee and challenge complex, cross-platform initiatives with a strong focus on project management and technical integrity, dependencies, risk and in-time delivery.
• Act as Program Manager for selected key initiatives, with hands-on involvement in structuring, planning, and execution tracking.
• Ensure end-to-end transparency on delivery, including progress, risks, trade-offs, and value realization.
• Ensure business case validity, tracking and delivery of expected outcomes.
• Whenever needed - ensure rapid turnaround of strategic initiatives.
• Establish and drive governance structures to ensure successful delivery (including Steering Committees with executive stakeholders).
• Work closely with platform leads, architecture and engineering leads to validate solution approaches and delivery plans.
• Work closely with CIO Office incl. flexibility for ad-hoc work related to CIO priorities.
• Drive pragmatic change and adoption, ensuring initiatives land effectively in the organization.

Skills

Enterprise IT experience

Program & portfolio management

IT delivery understanding

Stakeholder management

English fluency

German preferred

Job description

Program and Portfolio Manager - Transformation Office Transversal Team

METRO/MAKRO

Reference: 74_631753_744000151321081

Company Description About us: Passion for food. Hunger for tech. We make METRO digital. Today technology is driving the world. And...

Today technology is driving the world. And at METRO.digital we are driving the technology for one of the leading international wholesalers specializing in food - METRO. From e-commerce to checkout, to delivery software, we work on a wide range of products to make each day a success for our customers and colleagues. With passion and ownership, we build the future of wholesale.

You are driving to create smart solutions for customers around the globe? You want to grow in a flexible environment? Let the right career opportunity find you and join us!

How you will make an impact?

We are seeking a Program and Portfolio Manager for our Digital Transformation Office (DTO) Team. In this role, you will act as a senior individual contributor driving the execution of our IT Strategy in line with our sCore direction. You will operate with strong focus on technical delivery, ensuring that complex digital initiatives are not only well-governed, but also technically sound and executable. By aligning strategy with execution, providing value transparency, and ensuring sound portfolio and strategic roadmap governance, you will be at the center of IT-enabled transformation!

Job Description

Your Responsibilities:

• Own and continuously refine a multi-year digital delivery roadmap, ensuring feasibility and sequencing across systems and platforms;
• Main task: Oversee and challenge complex, cross-platform initiatives with a strong focus on project management and technical integrity, dependencies, risk and in-time delivery;
• Act as Program Manager for selected key initiatives, with hands-on involvement in structuring, planning, and execution tracking;
• Ensure end-to-end transparency on delivery, including progress, risks, trade-offs, and value realization;
• Ensure business case validity, tracking and delivery of expected outcomes;
• Whenever needed - ensure rapid turnaround of strategic initiatives;
• Establish and drive governance structures to ensure successful delivery (including Steering Committees with executive stakeholders);
• Work closely with platform leads, architecture and engineering leads to validate solution approaches and delivery plans;
• Work closely with CIO Office incl. flexibility for ad-hoc work related to CIO priorities;
• Drive pragmatic change and adoption, ensuring initiatives land effectively in the organization.

Qualifications

Required key competencies and qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience either in enterprise IT or top-tier IT consultancy;
• Proven track record of managing complex, large-scale digital programs and portfolios;
• Strong hands-on understanding of IT build and delivery (e.g. product delivery, engineering, integration, infrastructure & services, legacy modernization etc.);
• Ability to bring structure and clarity to ambiguous topics and turn them into actionable plans;
• Comfortable working hands-on and independently, without formal team leadership;
• Strong senior stakeholder management and reporting skills, with the ability to challenge constructively;
• Very good fluency in English (written and verbal), German preferred.

Additional Information

What we offer at METRO.digital?

• Hybrid and agile work: thrive in a flexible, multicultural environment.

At METRO.digital, we promote work-life balance through a hybrid working model. You'll be part of self-organizing, multicultural teams that collaborate in an agile setup.

• People development: when you grow so do we!

We want you to become the best version of yourself with individual and company-wide programs and trainings for people development. Focused among other on development, leadership, appreciation ... its time to upskill your career.

• Support with individual solutions: we are people-caring!

We offer support whenever you need it - at every stage of your professional journey.

Position grade within our career framework: Project Manager Grade 3 (Md9).