Vice President, Portfolio Governance & Delivery

Your Role, Your Impact

The Vice President, Portfolio Governance & Delivery Leader is responsible for establishing and driving the enterprise portfolio governance and project delivery functions, connecting strategy, disciplined investment decision making and project execution to measurable business outcomes. This role shapes how initiatives are evaluated, prioritized, funded, and delivered across the enterprise, with a strong focus on financial discipline, organizational capacity, and value realization. The role brings structure, clarity and simplicity to complex decisions, ensuring governance and delivery practices are practical, consistent, and embedded in how the business operates. Success in this role depends on designing and implementing portfolio governance and evolving project delivery processes that translate strategic intent into sustained business value, measurable outcomes, and improved organizational performance.

• Designs and Leads the Enterprise Portfolio Governance & Delivery Functions
• Develops the Strategic Growth and Maturity Plan for Portfolio Governance & Delivery Functions
• Facilitates Enterprise Intake, Evaluation, Prioritization, and Governance
• Drives Enterprise Project Delivery and Financial Accountability
• Portfolio Performance, Reporting, and Value Realization
• Leadership and Team Development

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to shape multi-year enterprise investment and delivery strategies that reflect real organizational capacity, financial constraints, and strategic priorities.
• Strong track record of connecting enterprise strategy to actual investments and delivery outcomes, guiding leaders to make informed trade-offs across cost, value, risk, and timing.
• Deep, hands-on experience leading portfolio governance and/or program delivery, including setting practical standards, helping teams consistently apply them and building organizational capabilities in these disciplines.
• Proven experience building, leading, and scaling high-performing teams, developing senior leaders, mentoring emerging talent, and fostering accountability and collaboration.
• Ability to navigate complex environments and work through complex leadership dynamics, align senior leaders with competing priorities, and resolve conflicts that impact enterprise outcomes.
• Experience advising executives on long-range investment planning, including financial trade-offs, return expectations, and risk implications.
• Strong judgment and analytical skills, using data and structured thinking to guide resource allocation and prioritization decisions.
• Strong understanding of financial models, business cases, and return analysis, with hands-on experience evaluating investment assumptions, expected returns, and ongoing financial performance.
• Ability to anticipate organizational implications of investment choices and long-range capability needs.
• Demonstrated success designing and implementing enterprise portfolio governance structures, including clear decision rights, escalation paths, and accountability.
• Demonstrated success implementing and strengthening enterprise project delivery practices, grounded in what actually works in complex environments.
• Strong facilitation and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex portfolio data and delivery issues into clear, actionable insights for executive audiences.
• Demonstrated leadership presence and credibility, with the ability to lead and inspire teams, engage effectively with senior leaders, and create confidence through clear communication, sound judgment, and decisive execution.
• Solid understanding of enterprise operations and value drivers, with the ability to connect investments and project outcomes to strategic and operational goals while identifying risks and growth opportunities.
• Practical experience and proficiency with portfolio and project management tools and methodologies.
• Master's Degree Master's Degree preferred Certifications: PMP required; Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or BPM certification preferred; Prosci® or ACMP Change Management certification preferred