RDO Governance & Value Delivery Manager

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 is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description: Are you passionate about turning enterprise strategy into disciplined execution and measurable value? As a member of the Rockwell Automation IT Results Delivery Office, the Governance and Benefits Realization Manager strengthens the independent governance, assurance, and value-realization capabilities used across strategic programs and projects. You will work with many team members, including Program and Project Managers, business sponsors, Finance, Architecture, Cybersecurity, Risk and Controls, Sourcing, and other enterprise functions. The goal of this partnership is to ensure programs comply with applicable IT policies. It also aims to implement the requirements of the PM Playbook, align to CIO Design Authority expectations, and apply the RDO Playbook. This application involves evidence, decision rights, gates, and escalation. You will focus on tracking outcomes while delivery leaders retain accountability for daily execution. Reporting to the Director of IT Business Operations and Results Delivery Office and be located in Milwaukee, WI.

Your Responsibilities:

• Provide governance and benefits-realization expertise across IT programs, and transformation plans while maintaining appropriate independence from daily delivery ownership.
• Assess program adherence to applicable IT Policies, Standards, the PM Playbook, RDO Playbook, and required governance artifacts throughout the lifecycle, from initiation through closure and sustainment.
• Coordinate governance and control-gate readiness reviews; verify required artifacts and evidence, identify gaps, and provide clear readiness recommendations and corrective actions to RDO and governance forums.
• Monitor use of defined governance structures, decision rights, escalation paths, steering committees, change control, RAID management, and required reporting cadences; escalates material non-compliance or unresolved risks.
• Lead benefits-realization assurance by maintaining traceability from approved business cases and Return on investment assumptions to named benefits, baselines, targets, owners, timing, and actual results.
• Ensure program change requests explain the impact of scope, schedule, funding, and resource changes on committed outcomes, Return on investment, benefits timing, and approved baselines.
• Identify cross-program dependencies, systemic governance gaps, recurring failure modes, and process-improvement opportunities; recommend updates to RDO standards, controls, templates, training, and guides.
• Coach Program Managers, sponsors, and teams on governance expectations and required artifacts without assuming ownership for their delivery responsibilities.
• Support executive governance forums with concise analysis of exceptions, unresolved risks, benefit performance, required decisions, and recommended interventions.

The Essentials - You Will Have:

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field
• Legal authorization to work in the US is required.
• We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

The Preferred - You Might Also Have:

• Typically requires a minimum of 12 years of experience leading or governing complex IT/business programs, transformation programs, portfolios, or enterprise PMO/RDO activities.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, Finance, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with program governance, stage/control gates, policy and standards compliance, benefits realization, business cases, Return on investment/financial management, risk management, and executive reporting.
• Project Management Institute (PMI)/Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is strongly preferred.
• Additionally, credentials in Lean Six Sigma, Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Agile, risk, audit, finance, or change-management are a plus.
• Experience establishing measurable benefits, validated baselines, named benefit owners, targets, realization timelines, and post-implementation benefit tracking.
• Excellent executive presentation skills, including the ability to challenge constructively, surface risks early, distinguish evidence from status narrative, and recommend corrective action.
• Demonstrated ability to balance delivery speed with governance rigor and apply requirements proportionately based on risk, complexity, funding, and business impact.
• Experience leading in Agile and hybrid delivery environments and translating policies and enterprise standards into practical, repeatable execution controls.

What We Offer:

• Health Insurance including Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401k dPaid Time off
• Parental and Caregiver Leave
• Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can be flexible with your personal life.
• This position is part of a job family.
• Experience will be the determining factor for position level and compensation
• At Rockwell Automation, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.
• #LI-Hybrid #LI-PD1 #lifeatrok
• We are an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and veterans.

If you are an individual with a disability and you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please contact our services team at [phone].

Rockwell Automation’s hybrid policy aligns that employees are expected to work at a Rockwell location at least Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays unless they have a business obligation out of the office.

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), is a global leader in industrial automation and digital transformation. We connect the imaginations of people with the potential of technology to expand what is humanly possible, making the world more productive and more sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rockwell Automation employs approximately 28,000 problem solvers dedicated to our customers in more than 100 countries. To learn more about how we are bringing the Connected Enterprise to life across industrial enterprises, visit www.rockwellautomation.com.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!