Value Realization Manager – Digital & AI Outcomes

RSM US LLP; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedule

Total rewards package

Job summary

RSM US LLP, a leading provider of professional services to the middle market, seeks a Benefits Realization Manager to drive value realization across Digital, AI, and transformation initiatives in Houston, TX. You will establish standards, measure outcomes, and partner with executives to define and realize intended benefits.

This role leads a team, delivers executive reporting, and aligns governance with portfolio goals, ensuring investments translate into measurable business value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Analytics, MIS, or a related field.
• 5-7 years of experience in benefits realization, business transformation, portfolio management, value management, business analytics, technology strategy, consulting, transformation, data analytics, or related disciplines.
• Experience developing business cases, investment analyses, and value realization plans, including ROI, TCO, NPV, payback period, productivity, and operational performance measures.
• Demonstrated ability to define KPIs/OKRs, establish baselines, measure outcomes, and validate realization of expected business benefits.
• Strong analytical, financial, and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights and executive recommendations.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders, drive accountability, and lead cross-functional initiatives in complex organizations.
• Strong communication and executive presentation skills with experience presenting findings and recommendations to senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Establish enterprise standards, methodologies, and governance for benefits realization and value management.
• Partner with business stakeholders during intake, discovery, and business case development to define expected outcomes and value targets.
• Develop measurable benefit metrics, baselines, benefit dependency maps, and realization plans.
• Ensure business ownership and accountability are established for all significant benefits.
• Define how value will be measured before investments are approved.
• Partner with sponsors and portfolio leaders to evaluate business cases and value assumptions.
• Validate forecasted benefits, financial impacts, productivity opportunities, and strategic outcomes.
• Support governance and investment review processes with value-driven analyses and recommendations.
• Improve organizational rigor around value assessment, prioritization, and investment decisions.
• Maintain portfolio-level benefit tracking and realization reporting.
• Monitor actual performance against approved business cases and expected outcomes.
• Identify value realization risks, adoption challenges, and areas of value leakage.
• Recommend corrective actions that improve realization performance.
• Partner with Change Management and Process Transformation teams to ensure adoption efforts translate into measurable business outcomes.
• Evaluate adoption, utilization, behavioral change, process improvement, and stakeholder experience metrics.
• Help business leaders understand the difference between successful deployment and successful realization of value.
• Promote outcome-focused accountability across transformation initiatives.
• Deliver executive dashboards, scorecards, portfolio reporting, and value realization insights.
• Present findings and recommendations to leadership, governance committees, and investment review forums.
• Communicate realized value, emerging risks, and opportunities to improve portfolio outcomes.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of value realization professionals.
• Establish repeatable tools, templates, and operating practices.
• Drive maturity of the firm's benefits realization discipline and promote a culture of value accountability.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

RSM US LLP, a leading provider of professional services to the middle market, seeks a Benefits Realization Manager to drive value realization across Digital, AI, and transformation initiatives in Houston, TX. You will establish standards, measure outcomes, and partner with executives to define and realize intended benefits.

This role leads a team, delivers executive reporting, and aligns governance with portfolio goals, ensuring investments translate into measurable business value.