Head of Strategic Program Delivery

sjindustries; Union (NJ); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

South Jersey Industries (SJI) is seeking a Director of Strategic Program Delivery to establish the company’s strategic delivery engine and lead enterprise transformation across capital and O&M work. This role spans governance, budgeting, benefits realization, and change enablement to deliver value and NAV impact.

The director will partner with Finance/Strategy, enforce stage gates and risk oversight, and build enterprise-wide program delivery capability with transparent accountability across the

Responsibilities

• Oversee end-to-end execution of all initiatives within the enterprise portfolio; set delivery expectations, establish accountability structures, and ensure teams are resourced to deliver against portfolio commitments.
• Clarify accountability between strategy/portfolio prioritization and execution delivery by defining sponsor obligations, delivery team accountabilities, escalation paths, and handoffs to business owners.
• Ensure development and maintenance of integrated program plans, schedules, resource plans, change plans, and RACI matrices across the portfolio; review and approve plans for completeness and strategic alignment.
• Monitor milestone achievement, schedule adherence, scope integrity, and change readiness across the portfolio; escalate variances and direct corrective action.
• Manage cross-portfolio interdependencies; partner on delivery sequencing and change load management to protect workforce capacity.
• Provide oversight of risk identification, mitigation planning, and issue resolution; make or escalate portfolio‑level risk decisions.
• Lead execution-readiness planning for incoming strategic initiatives by validating feasibility, resource requirements, sequencing, business ownership, financial assumptions, and change readiness.

Job description

South Jersey Industries (SJI) is seeking a Director of Strategic Program Delivery to establish the company’s strategic delivery engine and lead enterprise transformation across capital and O&M work. This role spans governance, budgeting, benefits realization, and change enablement to deliver value and NAV impact.

The director will partner with Finance/Strategy, enforce stage gates and risk oversight, and build enterprise-wide program delivery capability with transparent accountability across the