Transformation and Program Manager

**Job Description**:

- Accelerate, orchestrate, deliver, and contribute to become the best-connected brewer
- Value orchestration and prioritization in alignment with function leads
- Focus on re-usability & scalability of solutions
- Drive end-to-end orchestration and strive for seamless collaboration between all organizational levels, with one voice from Global/ Regions/Functions to OpCos.
- Drive Digital Change management of Digital and Technology Solutions across functions through the Digital Champions and Influencers
- Work with Commerce to build OpCo’s Route to Market and define OpCo’s digital revenue
- Engage with business functions to elicit their requirements and translate the same to technology solutions.
- Align with the D&T Manager and another D&T leadership team in setting the business priorities of the OpCo
- Journey mapping for different functions by standardizing the approach to identifying user pain points
- Orchestrate and lead Agile Way of Working, and its amethodology within the OpCo, evident through the deployment of digital solutions
- OpCo & Employee’s Digital Capability
- Upskill the whole organization to a minimum level of “digital literacy” and start “speaking the digital language”
- Develop the capabilities framework of the OPCO in line with the established global framework
- Prioritize and manage these capabilities in line with the OPCO’s ambition
- Progress the capability framework in line with both the OPCO and global agenda
- Monitor current trends in the IT industry and advise the business functions on the latest and most viable IT services that can aid their operations
- Develop and Upskill team members and support through closing the digital skill gaps
- Lead from the D&T working closely with OpCo’s HR and Global HR on employee’s Digital Upskill and Reskilling programs
- Digital Solution Delivery
- Plan, run, and own digital & technology activities (excl. core technology activities)
- Support the business deliveries of digital solutions using digital methodologies provided by D&T
- Lead own team members to own and run digital & technology initiatives
- Agile Portfolio and Program Management
- Continuously adopt and embed an Agile way of working
- Organize to facilitate speed and flexibility in the D&T and OpCo
- Manage Agile program and Portfolio Management Office
- People and Change Management
- Enable the people and organization to truly embed ‘Digital & Technology’ as an inherent part of both strategy shaping and execution
- Lead the adoption of best-practiced relevant change management activities
- Liaison with global change consultants to create bespoke change roadmaps for the OpCo
- Coaching and People Development
- Provide leadership to ensure the continuous improvementand quality management of existing and new solutions.
- Regularly coach the PMOs Team members of the transformation and program Management team to deliver and manage their own stakeholders
- Support the career growth of D&T team members
- Guide new team members in the onboarding process
- Promote a continuously improving environment

Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in Business Informatics, Computer Science Engineering
- 7+ years of relevant experience in project delivery, IT roles or similar in FMCG industry.
- Excellent command of the English Language
- Excellent presentation and communication skills for the different audience including Executive
- Skilled in Agile WOW (Agile Coach level), Agile way of working, and tools (SCRUM, Design Thinking, etc.)
- Skilled in Cloud services, Smart Technologies, Azure Application Pipelines, API Management, Databases, ERP tool
- Proven experience incomplex project/change management in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
- Experience indriving innovation in the organization
- Experience inshaping and leading on vision, strategy, and digital initiatives that set the key strategic technology direction for an organization or function
- Excellent knowledge of the modern technology trends, enterprise IT landscape/infrastructure
- Experience with end-to-end product delivery
- Experience overseeing roadmap strategy and definition
- Excellent knowledge and experience in IT Service Management (ITIL)
- MSC in Management is a plus
- Project Management Certification (Optional)
- Critical and Challenging
- Analytical Skills
- Interpersonal & Communication Skills
- High Persuasion and Negotiation skills
- Pro-active & Teamwork oriented
- Growth Mindset with a desire to learn, a tendency to embrace challenges, persist in the face of setbacks, and see failures as essential to mastery
- Confident and articulate in expressing ideas to a mixed audience with varying views and challenges