Hybrid IT Governance & Benefits Realization Lead

Rockwell Automation (USA); Milwaukee (WI); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance including Medical,  D

401k with company match

Parental and Caregiver Leave

Flexible Work Schedule

Diversity & Inclusion

Equal Opportunity Employer

Job summary

Rockwell Automation, Inc. in Milwaukee, WI seeks a Governance and Benefits Realization Manager to strengthen governance, assurance, and value realization across IT programs and projects.

You will work with PMs, sponsors, Finance, Cybersecurity, and other functions to ensure policy compliance and ROI traceability. Responsibilities include governance reviews, artifact readiness, escalations, and executive reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field.
• PMI/PMP certification strongly preferred.
• Credentials in Lean Six Sigma, ITIL, Agile, risk, audit, finance, or change-management are a plus.
• Experience leading governance, stage/gate controls, policy compliance, and benefits realization.
• Experience with ROI tracking, executive reporting, and cross-program coordination.

Responsibilities

• Provide governance and benefits-realization expertise across IT programs, maintaining independence from delivery ownership.
• Assess adherence to IT policies, standards, PM Playbook, and required governance artifacts from initiation through closure.
• Coordinate governance gate readiness reviews, identify gaps, and provide corrective actions.
• Monitor governance structures, decision rights, escalation paths, and reporting cadences; escalate non-compliance or risks.
• Lead benefits-realization tracing from business cases to named benefits, timing, and actual results.
• Ensure change requests show impact on scope, schedule, funding, ROI, and baselines.
• Identify cross-program dependencies and recommend updates to RDO standards and guides.
• Coach Program Managers and sponsors on governance expectations without owning delivery.
• Support executive governance forums with concise analysis of exceptions and recommended actions.

Skills

Governance

Benefits realization

Program governance

Executive reporting

Risk management

Agile / hybrid delivery

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

PMI / PMP certification

Lean Six Sigma

ITIL

Job description

Rockwell Automation, Inc. in Milwaukee, WI seeks a Governance and Benefits Realization Manager to strengthen governance, assurance, and value realization across IT programs and projects.

You will work with PMs, sponsors, Finance, Cybersecurity, and other functions to ensure policy compliance and ROI traceability. Responsibilities include governance reviews, artifact readiness, escalations, and executive reporting.