Vice President, IT Strategy & Governance

Family Dollar Stores Of Colorado LLC; Chesapeake (VA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Family Dollar seeks a strategic, execution-oriented technology leader to translate enterprise priorities into a disciplined IT investment portfolio and drive measurable business outcomes. The Vice President will partner with the CIO and senior executives to align roadmaps, funding, and governance, delivering major initiatives with quality and financial rigor.

Reporting to IT leadership, you will lead PMO and QA disciplines, oversee multimillion-dollar portfolios, and ensure benefits have clear

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in IT strategy and portfolio governance.
• Experience managing multimillion-dollar technology portfolios and budgets.
• Ability to influence executives and drive decisions through execution.
• Strong financial discipline and coaching of delivery teams.
• Experience establishing or improving a testing CoE is valued.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise Strategic Investment Planning process with governance and decision support.
• Translate priorities into an integrated IT roadmap and manage delivery risks.
• Own IT budget planning, forecasting, and financial controls.
• Provide enterprise-level oversight of major programs and projects with measurable outcomes.
• Build and mature a Testing/QA CoE with quality metrics and release readiness.
• Lead three direct-report functions: PMO – Projects; PMO – Assets, Invoices & Budgets; and QA.
• Collaborate with sponsors, Finance, Architecture, Security, and delivery teams to ensure accountability.

Skills

IT strategy

Portfolio management

Governance

Executive reporting

Financial acumen

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline

MBA or advanced degree preferred

Job description

Family Dollar is seeking a strategic, execution-oriented technology leader to translate enterprise priorities into a disciplined investment portfolio and deliver measurable business outcomes. As a key member of the IT executive leadership team, this Vice President will partner with senior business executives and the CIO to shape investment decisions, align roadmaps and funding, and ensure major technology initiatives are delivered with quality, accountability, and financial rigor.

What You Will Lead

• Lead execution of the enterprise Strategic Investment Planning process, including intake, business-case discipline, prioritization, governance, portfolio transparency, and executive decision support.
• Translate approved strategic priorities into an integrated IT roadmap; manage dependencies, capacity, milestones, delivery risks, and portfolio performance.
• Own IT budget planning, forecasting, financial oversight, and execution, including project spend, vendor invoices, asset-related financial controls, and variance management.
• Provide enterprise-level oversight of major technology programs and projects, strengthening delivery standards, escalation, accountability, and measurable outcomes.
• Build and mature a Testing / Quality Assurance Center of Excellence, advancing consistent test strategy, automation, release readiness, and quality metrics.
• Lead and develop three direct-report functions: PMO – Projects; PMO – Assets, Invoices & Budgets; and Quality Assurance.
• Partner with executive sponsors, Finance, business leaders, Architecture, Security, and technology delivery teams to ensure decisions are actionable and benefits have clear business ownership.

What You Bring

• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in IT strategy, enterprise PMO / portfolio management, technology governance, or transformation in a complex, large-scale organization.
• Demonstrated ownership of multimillion-dollar technology portfolios, budgets, cross-functional programs, and executive-level reporting and governance.
• Proven ability to influence senior executives, challenge priorities constructively, resolve competing demands, and drive decisions through execution.
• Strong financial acumen, program delivery discipline, operating-model judgment, and experience building high-performing teams and scalable processes.
• Working knowledge of enterprise QA, testing automation, and quality governance; experience establishing or improving a testing CoE is highly valued.
• Experience in retail, multi-site operations, or similarly complex operating environments is preferred.
• Experience operating at the executive level in a large enterprise environment.

What Success Looks Like

A transparent, business-aligned investment portfolio; predictable execution of strategic roadmaps and major projects; disciplined IT financial management; and measurable improvement in delivery quality, release confidence, and executive decision-making.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or a related discipline required.

• MBA or advanced degree preferred.

Why Family Dollar

At Family Dollar, we are committed to operational excellence, innovation, and delivering value to our customers and communities. This role offers the opportunity to shape how outsourced services support a large, dynamic retail organization and to make a measurable impact across the enterprise.

Family Dollar is anequal opportunity employer and committed to recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, and makeall employment decisions without regard to any protected status. We are committed tocomplying withthe Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and providing reasonableaccommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.

Full time

510 Volvo Parkway,Chesapeake,Virginia 23320

IT Development

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