Director Enterprise PMO

JCPenney; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 117,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Catalyst Brands in the United States is seeking a Director of Enterprise Program Management to design and develop programs that deliver value across the enterprise. You will create dashboards, define success metrics, enable executive reviews, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure on-time, on-budget results.

You will lead change enablement efforts, build scalable frameworks, and provide both high-level and detailed program summaries to drive informed decisions at the executive

Qualifications

• 10+ years of planning, managing and allocating resources across projects.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Ability to sequence and resource project schedules for timely completions.
• Experience with Kanban, Sprint demos, planning and retrospectives.
• Proven change mindset and ability to thrive in fast-paced environments.
• Ability to build a program-based team structure and responsibilities.
• Strong communication, influence and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Create frameworks and tools for delivering enterprise programs and ensure value capture.
• Design and manage delivery of tools and resources with project teams.
• Ensure measurement clarity and scalable options for a wide range of programs.
• Provide executive and detail level program summaries including dashboards and heatmaps.
• Coordinate with Finance to define value capture and tracking metrics.

Skills

Planning & scheduling

Kanban & Scrum practices

Change management mindset

Communication & influence

Independent problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Overview

The Director of Enterprise Program Management will be responsible for designing, developing programs and processes to deliver value, enable key business initiatives and cross enterprise collaboration. You will provide real time, ready dashboards with defined success metrics for tracking value, cross coordination, risk and prioritization requirements to ensure on time, on budget and successful delivery of agreed upon results. Enable executive reviews with appropriate material and documents to ensure successful review, discussion and decision making.

Responsibilities

• Create frameworks and tools delivery of enterprise programs and projects to ensure value capture & initiative delivery.


• Design & manage the delivery of tools and resources in coordination with project and functional teams.


• Ensure clarity of measurement as well as scalable solution options to support a wide range of functional programs and projects.


• Provide both executive and detail level program / project summaries including dashboards, heatmaps, incoordination with project and program managers across the enterprise.

Data Analytics and Insights

• Assess, develop and create hypothesis to diagnose a range of project / program challenges.


• Focus on insights to ensure on time delivery of initiatives as well as sustainable value capture to help meet business goals


• Develop trends and insights on both initiative status and ability to meet agreed deliverables as well as value capture metrics.

Change Enablement

• Ensure developed change management tools and processes are embedded within all tracked programs.


• Provide recommendations on how projects can deliver faster results by accelerating the change impact.

Reporting and Program Management

• Enable and report against a wide scale portfolio of projects and programs to deliver value or agreed upon results.


• Support Program Managers to pull together summary reporting, insights and trends.


• Builds and coordinate presentation materials for Executive discussions a, reviews and decision making.

Value Capture

• Define value capture framework in coordination with Finance to ensure real time reporting capabilities related to enterprise programs and projects.


• Provide executive level reporting and tracking on a consistent basis to build leadership and overall enterprise credibility.


• Direct coordination and interaction with Finance Organization to ensure both capture, validation and audit of capture, ensuring accuracy.

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience in planning, managing and organizing resources within short to medium timescales


• Bachelor’s and/or equivalent experience.


• Ability to work at an advanced level to identify, sequence and resource project schedules for timely completions


• Experience in Kanban board (workflow management), Sprint demonstrations, Sprint planning and Sprint retrospectives


• Demonstrates a change mindset and ability to thrive under a faced paced environment


• Ability to build structure and culture of a program-based team to define roles and responsibilities that enable achievement


• Strong, demonstrated proficiency with organizational and communication skills, influence, adaptability/flexibility, and building relationships.


• Ability to act independently in a variety of complex and challenging situations

What You Get

Enjoy a rewarding career at Catalyst, where we offer a competitive benefits package, a vibrant work environment, and the opportunity to make a difference with America's most iconic retail brands.

• Generous benefits: Medical/dental/vision insurance starting on day one, term life insurance, paid vacation/holidays, 401(k) Savings Plan with company match, and an associate discount on merchandise across all Catalyst Brands.


• Opportunities for growth and development: We are committed to helping our employees grow their careers and develop their skills. We offer a variety of training and development programs, as well as opportunities for advancement.


• Collaborative and supportive culture: We believe in creating a workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We encourage teamwork and collaboration, and we are always looking for ways to support our employees' success.

About Catalyst Brands

Catalyst Brands reflects the bringing together the rich heritages of our brands with modern excitement and a new vision for success. Five iconic brands came together under a unified powerhouse portfolio to celebrate the essence of American style. We will leverage our rich history, resources and best-in-class industry talent to further build the success of our brands. At Catalyst we are united in one shared purpose: We exist to ignite America’s most beloved retail brands to make fashion accessible to all.

Pay Range

USD $117,000.00 - USD $195,000.00 /Yr.