Program Manager

ViziRecruiter,LLC.; Salisbury (NC); Hybrid; USD 92,640 - 138,960; Full time

Job summary

Ahold Delhaize USA is seeking a Senior Project/Program Manager to lead large, complex, high-risk strategic initiatives, delivering value within time, scope, and budget.

You will partner with Portfolio leadership, drive program governance, develop charters, and provide transparent communications to executives. The role supports ADUSA Strategy, collaborates across strategy teams, and requires 3+ years in project management with travel up to 25%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business or related field or equivalent professional work experience/certification.
• 3+ years' experience leading project work and/or teams.
• Experience leading and enabling capabilities/features/functionality within project management software.
• Demonstrated experience driving business vision and strategy and helping create strategic roadmaps.
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams and building influence across internal teams, without formal authority.
• Strong communication skills both verbal and writing, bridge builder.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of time.

Responsibilities

• Engages with Strategy Managers, Project Managers, Business Leads, Executive Sponsors and project teams to establish baseline project objectives, scope, schedule, budget and resources.
• Works with the business leads and executive sponsors to ensure alignment of project / program scope and overarching ADUSA strategy.
• Participates in the development of the project charter, obtains stakeholder approval, and manages scope changes over the duration of the project.
• Participates in the development of executive communications, including Steering Committee presentations.
• Act as a strategic thought partner with program team to influence the program's direction.
• Participates in the development of the project governance, working with the business to develop, obtain stakeholder approval, and ensure information remains current and teams are held accountable thus enforcing the ADUSA governance discipline.
• Develops and maintains project plans for each project / program within PPM tool for ADUSA Portfolio managed initiatives, adhering to the standard format and at the proper level of detail to adequately track and report on progress.
• Develops and maintains risk/assumptions/issues/dependencies for each initiative to appropriately track project/programs actions, issues, and risks to resolution / mitigation.
• Develops consolidated, standard, and accurate initiative status reporting, as per the defined schedule, that provides transparency to the project / program progress and any issues or risks that could have a negative impact.
• Identifies and engages in opportunities to further project management skill set and shares knowledge across the broader team.
• Provides clear and concise written and verbal communication.
• Effectively identifies and manages day-to-day priorities to support the demands of the business.
• Facilitates meetings in a professional and efficient manner, demonstrating best practices for meeting management and applying ADUSA "partnership" behaviors.
• Provides project teams with meeting agendas, recaps, key decisions, and next steps.
• Acts as objective party, challenging, when necessary, to provide transparency to project stakeholders.
• Has the foresight to understand impacts of change and decisions beyond the immediate results.
• Facilitates dialogue between business stakeholders in order to resolve conflict.
• Identifies and escalates critical issues and risks to project sponsors or business leads in a timely manner in order to facilitate a mitigation plan.
• Manage and maintain all project documents within the project's SharePoint.
• Liaises with Organizational Effectiveness teams to develop and implement change management strategies and plans that maximize employee adoption and usage and minimize resistance. Partner with Communications Team on development of change management and communications planning.
• Supports special projects to facilitate the success and technical maturity of the ADUSA Portfolio team.
• Maintains Project Management certification or works towards certification.
• Works closely with US Strategy Team, proactively identifying risks and opportunities to engage.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Planning & scheduling

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

PM software

Job description

Introduction

Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which also includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands – Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Ahold Delhaize USA associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.

Overview

The responsibility of this role is to lead large, complex, high risk strategic projects/programs. Utilizing a blend of strategy and project management skills, managers will ensure value delivery within the defined time, scope, and budget. This role is responsible for driving the delivery of the expected business value to the satisfaction of executive stakeholders.

This role is a strategic partner with Portfolio team leadership in development of the project approach while providing transparency, guidance, feedback, and accountability to meet project objectives. This manager supports the ADUSA strategic portfolio, supporting multiple projects to build a clear view of interdependencies in the portfolio.

Our flexible/hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Our core office locations include Salisbury, NC, Quincy, MA, Carlisle, PA, and Scarborough, ME.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Responsibilities

• Engages with Strategy Managers, Project Managers, Business Leads, Executive Sponsors and project teams to establish baseline project objectives, scope, schedule, budget and resources
• Works with the business leads and executive sponsors to ensure alignment of project / program scope and overarching ADUSA strategy.
• Participates in the development of the project charter, obtains stakeholder approval, and manages scope changes over the duration of the project
• Participates in the development of executive communications, including Steering Committee presentations
• Act as a strategic thought partner with program team to influence the program's direction
• Participates in the development of the project governance, working with the business to develop, obtain stakeholder approval, and ensure information remains current and teams are held accountable thus enforcing the ADUSA governance discipline
• Develops and maintains project plans for each project / program within PPM tool for ADUSA Portfolio managed initiatives, adhering to the standard format and at the proper level of detail to adequately track and report on progress
• Develops and maintains risk/assumptions/issues/dependencies for each initiative to appropriately track project/programs actions, issues, and risks to resolution / mitigation
• Develops consolidated, standard, and accurate initiative status reporting, as per the defined schedule, that provides transparency to the project / program progress and any issues or risks that could have a negative impact
• Identifies and engages in opportunities to further project management skill set and shares knowledge across the broader team
• Provides clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Effectively identifies and manages day-to-day priorities to support the demands of the business
• Facilitates meetings in a professional and efficient manner, demonstrating best practices for meeting management and applying ADUSA "partnership" behaviors
• Provides project teams with meeting agendas, recaps, key decisions, and next steps
• Acts as objective party, challenging, when necessary, to provide transparency to project stakeholders
• Has the foresight to understand impacts of change and decisions beyond the immediate results
• Facilitates dialogue between business stakeholders in order to resolve conflict
• Identifies and escalates critical issues and risks to project sponsors or business leads in a timely manner in order to facilitate a mitigation plan
• Manage and maintain all project documents within the project's SharePoint
• Liaises with Organizational Effectiveness teams to develop and implement change management strategies and plans that maximize employee adoption and usage and minimize resistance. Partner with Communications Team on development of change management and communications planning
• Supports special projects to facilitate the success and technical maturity of the ADUSA Portfolio team
• Maintains Project Management certification or works towards certification
• Works closely with US Strategy Team, proactively identifying risks and opportunities to engage

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business or related field or equivalent professional work experience/certification
• 3+ years' experience leading project work and/or teams
• Experience leading and enabling capabilities/features/functionality within project management software
• Demonstrated experience driving business vision and strategy and helping create strategic roadmaps
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams and building influence across internal teams, without formal authority
• Strong communication skills both verbal and writing, bridge builder
• Ability to understand new concepts quickly and work in a fast-paced dynamic work environment
• Excellent planning, analytical, organizational, problem-solving, time management, presentation, verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to travel up to 25% of time

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Business or related field or demonstrable equivalent
• Experience working in both Predictive/Waterfall and Agile/Adaptive delivery environments
• Project Management/PMO experience
• PMP Certification

ME/NC/PA/SC Salary Range: $92,640 - $138,960

IL/MA/MD Salary Range: $106,480- $159,720

Actual compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on their unique qualifications and experience, internal equity, and market conditions. Final compensation decisions will be made in accordance with company policies and applicable laws.