Director Program Management Office

Programmers.io is currently looking for a " Director, IT Portfolio & Product Management"Hybrid in Franklin, TN / Hybrid Travel: 10–20% (plant and site visits across the US and Canada).Full Time Role with BenefitsPosition SummaryWe are seeking a Director, IT Portfolio & Product Management to take ownership of, mature, and scale the IT portfolio governance function that guides technology investment across the enterprise.Intake, stage-gate governance, and portfolio tracking are in place and are currently operated by an IT leadership committee. This role becomes the single accountable owner of that function. It will evolve the PMO from an IT-led discipline into an enterprise operating capability that supports ERP consolidation, data and analytics, cybersecurity, AI, and M&A integration across 28 locations.The successful candidate will help move IT from a project-driven organization to a capability-driven, product-oriented one. That means establishing clear ownership and decision rights, defining success before work is funded, building an outcome-based multi-year roadmap, and giving executives a clear view of priorities, capacity, risks, and value delivered. The role governs the portfolio today and leads RLG's transition toward a product operating model over time.What You'll DoPortfolio Management & GovernanceAssume operational ownership of the existing IT PMO, including intake, stage gates, portfolio tracking, and executive reporting, and transition it from committee-run to role-owned.Lead enterprise technology portfolio planning, prioritization, and governance.Facilitate executive portfolio reviews, steering committees, and investment decisions, including a Business–IT Steering Council with the CIO, CFO, and business unit leaders.Work with business-side transformation leadership to coordinate initiatives that span IT and the business, moving toward a single PMO.Outcome-Based Roadmap & Product Operating ModelOwn the integrated, multi-year enterprise technology roadmap, combining domain roadmaps into one sequenced, capacity-aware plan that links each investment to the business outcome it is meant to deliver.Maintain capability-based roadmaps across ERP, Data & Analytics, AI, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, and Business ApplicationsM&A IntegrationOwn and evolve the IT M&A integration playbook, from the current minimum viable version to a repeatable, standardized integration model.Plan and govern IT integration work for new acquisitions so that each one reduces complexity rather than adding to it.How This Role Works With OthersIT Business Partners own domain-level demand: they shape business needs, frame business needs in their domains and partner with this role on discovery, own business cases, and manage relationships with domain leaders. This role owns the enterprise view: cross-domain prioritization, capacity, sequencing, governance forums, and the integrated roadmap that combines Business Partner input.Business Analysts apply the enterprise discovery method and translate defined outcomes into delivery-ready requirements; this role coaches and develops their discovery skills.IT Delivery Leads and Vendors execute approved work against a stable, sequenced backlog.Director of Data & Analytics / Data Governance Council: data definitions and KPI ownership sit with the Data Governance Council. This role ensures data initiatives are prioritized and sequenced within the overall portfolio, and coordinates decisions between the two forums.Business Transformation Leadership: partner on initiatives that span IT and the business, and on the path to a single RLG PMO.What We're Looking For10+ years of experience in portfolio management, PMO leadership, product management, strategic planning, or enterprise technology transformation.Experience building or substantially maturing governance, prioritization, portfolio management, or PMO capabilities, ideally in an organization in transition.Hands-on ability: comfortable personally building roadmaps, capacity models, governance artifacts, and executive reporting, not only directing others to do so.Strong experience creating outcome-based technology roadmaps and managing competing priorities across a diverse portfolio.Practical experience with product operating model practices: problem discovery, outcome and success-metric definition, and product/platform ownership.Experience defining ownership and decision rights across matrixed teams and business units.Experience coaching analysts, business partners, or product owners in product practices.Demonstrated success leading organizational change and driving adoption of new systems, operating models, and governance processes, including at the site or plant level.Strong executive communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.Experience supporting ERP, data, analytics, infrastructure, cybersecurity, or digital transformation initiatives.If you are interested, please apply or feel free to share your updated resume at anas.khan@programmers.ai