IT Portfolio Sr. Manager

Dollar General; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Dollar General in Nashville seeks a Senior Portfolio Manager to own end-to-end portfolio strategy, planning, prioritization, and execution across IT domains. You will lead development of integrated roadmaps and oversee delivery by project managers, analysts and scrum masters.

You will drive governance, milestones and executive reporting, align with business partners, and mentor the PMO team to ensure on-time, on-budget value delivery across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Project and Portfolio Management, Risk and Issue Management across multi-year initiatives.
• Strong leadership and communication skills for influencing senior stakeholders across the enterprise.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, or a related field; or equivalent experience.
• PMI, PgMP, SAFE, or similar certifications are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Owns end-to-end portfolio strategy, planning, prioritization, and execution across multiple IT domains.
• Leads development of integrated portfolio roadmaps, including scope, financials, dependencies, and multi-year scheduling.
• Provides daily leadership to Project Managers, project Analysts, and Scrum Masters; assigns work and priorities.
• Oversees definition and approval of project charters, success metrics and milestones.
• Drives alignment with business partners, Finance, Engineering, and product teams to optimize delivery and value.
• Leads risk, issue, and dependency management across program and domain boundaries.
• Con solidates program information into executive summaries and dashboards.

Skills

Portfolio management

Leadership

Communication

Risk management

Strategic planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Execution management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Dollar General Corporation has been delivering value to shoppers for more than 80 years. Dollar General helps shoppers Save time. Save money. Every day. by offering products that are frequently used and replenished, such as food, snacks, health and beauty aids, cleaning supplies, basic apparel, housewares and seasonal items at everyday low prices in convenient neighborhood locations. Dollar General operates more than 18,000 stores in 47 states, and we’re still growing. Learn more about Dollar General at www.dollargeneral.com.

Description

• Owns end to end portfolio strategy, planning, prioritization, and execution across multiple IT domains
• Leads development of integrated portfolio roadmaps, including scope, financials, dependencies, and multi-year scheduling
• Provides daily leadership and work supervision to Project Managers, project Analysts, and Scrum Masters; assigns work, sets priorities, and ensures delivery outcomes
• Oversees definition and approval of project charters, success metrics and critical milestones
• Drives alignment with business partners, Finance Engineering, and product Teams to optimize delivery sequencing and business value
• Leads risk, issue, and dependency management across program and domain boundaries
• Facilities executive steerco discussions, communicates strategic trade-offs, and influences decision making across senior stakeholder

Govern & Measure

• Champions portfolio governance practices and organizational change management across all supported projects
• Establishes delivery health KPIs, monitors portfolio performance, and leads portfolio-wide reporting to senior leadership (Director, CIO, VPs)
• Ensures compliance to PMO standards, DG governance, SOX/SOW requirements and financial stewardship expectations
• Partners with ITFA (Finance) to manage forecasting actuals, capital expense allocation budget variance, and vendor cost tracking
• Evaluates resource capacity, identifies gaps, and drives cross team resource strategies to ensure portfolio success
• Leads cross functional review cycles, escalates risks proactively, and drives mitigation action across domains
• Consolidates program level information into clear, executive ready summaries and dashboards

Team Development

• Provides day to day supervision, direction and coaching to Project Managers, Project Analysts, and Scrum Masters without formal HR reporting responsibilities
• Mentors team members on portfolio management practices, delivery governance, and communication standards
• Represents IT in enterprise committees, portfolio forums, and cross functional working groups
• Builds strong relationships with Business, engineering, legal, Finance, and Strategic Functions to support holistic delivery
• Promotes IT culture of accountability, commitment tracking transparency and continuous improvement

Job Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs):

• Ability to understand and communicate decisions impact the broader enterprise (big Picture perspective)
• Expertise in Project and Portfolio Management, Risk and Issue Management, and Strategic Planning across multi-year initiatives
• Strong leadership and communication skills for influencing senior stakeholders across the enterprise
• Ability to assign work, set priorities, and supervise delivery teams in a non-HR management model
• Strong organization skills with the ability to prioritize, delegate, and drive outcomes under tight deadlines
• Work Experience &/or Education:
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field; or equivalent l experience
• Minimum of 8+ years of experience in project management or portfolio management (multi-year/ multi-domain experience strongly preferred)
• Retailor distribution industry experience preferred
• PMI, PgMP, SAFE, or similar certifications are a plus