About the Role
the company is seeking a Transformation Office Governance Lead to embed the Transformation Office within the domain's delivery model. This role will oversee governance cadence, prioritization, and quarterly commitments, while providing the Transformation Office with a real-time view of delivery. The Governance Lead will report to the Transformation Office and is positioned within the domain leadership team.
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Key Responsibilities
- Chair the domain scrum of scrums and represent the domain in the cross-domain forum, driving blockers and actions to closure.
- Oversee domain prioritization by challenging new demands, arbitrating trade-offs, and maintaining a ranked backlog based on value and capacity.
- Provide end-to-end support for Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR), including data packs, narratives, prioritization cases, capacity plans, and dependency maps.
- Ensure adherence to QBR outcomes by translating decisions into roadmaps, Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), and squad backlogs, tracking them through the quarter.
- Monitor the delivery of the domain's strategic projects in alignment with the committed roadmap, focusing on milestones, dependencies, spending, and benefits.
- Report any delivery drift promptly, including root cause analysis, potential impact on QBR commitments, and a recovery plan.
- Foster cross-domain collaboration on shared platforms, data, sequencing, and squads.
- Enforce Transformation Office governance and reporting standards as the single source of truth.
- Escalate unresolved conflicts, capacity shortfalls, and slippage.
Experience
- Over 10 years of experience in transformation delivery, strategic project or portfolio management, or agile-at-scale program leadership.
- Proven track record of managing governance cadences such as scrum of scrums and quarterly planning across multiple squads.
- Experience in preparing and presenting quarterly business reviews to executive forums.
- Demonstrated ability to resolve cross-functional dependencies and challenge senior stakeholders effectively.
Knowledge
- Understanding of enterprise transformation operating models and domain delivery models.
- Knowledge of agile-at-scale governance frameworks including scrum of scrums, QBR, and roadmaps.
- Proficient in strategic project and portfolio tracking, including milestones, spending, and benefits.
- Familiarity with delivery metrics and tooling such as Jira / Azure DevOps, throughput, and burn-up charts.
Education & Certifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in business, engineering, information technology, or a related field.
- Agile-at-scale certification preferred, such as SAFe (RTE / SPC), agile coaching, PMP / PgMP.
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation based on experience and qualifications.
- Opportunities to work on enterprise-scale technology and digital transformation projects.
- Exposure to AI, data, and emerging technology environments.
- Professional growth and learning opportunities.
- Collaborative and technically driven work environment.
- Opportunity to partner with experienced technology and consulting professionals.
