Director - Product Portfolio Retail Engagement

Address: USA-NC-Salisbury-2085 Harrison Road Store Code: IT Executive & Administration (5134405) Retail Business Services, ranked No.
25 on Fast Company’s 2022 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators, is the services company of leading grocery retail group Ahold Delhaize USA, which includes Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop.
Primary Purpose: This role oversees a portfolio of products and business capabilities to ensure aligned and cohesive strategy and leads a group of Product Managers and Business Consultants responsible for the products and business capabilities within the portfolio.
The Director of Product Portfolio - Retail Engagement (In Store Customer & Associate Experiences), will work extensively across our Great Local Brand executive leadership teams - shaping our annual portfolio strategy, with a focus on value delivery in a unified roadmap approach (business value + IT capability requirements).
This role sets the strategic direction for the portfolio as a whole ($40-$100M+ portfolio investment annually)— ensuring that collectively, the products and business capabilities achieve targeted business value realization aligned with targeted business vision and strategy goals.
They lead the development of the product portfolio vision, strategy and roadmap, then oversee work prioritization efforts across bimodal IT delivery efforts to bring that vision to life.
This role is looking across the portfolio to identify new product opportunities, opportunities to improve existing products, and optimizing resource allocation (e.
g.
, money and people) across the portfolio.
Duties & Responsibilities: Consult on overall portfolio and investment plan to develop, maintain, and coordinate portfolio strategy.
Align product and business capability portfolio roadmap with business strategy to ensure build for the right products and capabilities in the right sequence to achieve business strategy and value realization.
Oversee the development and communication of vision, goal, strategy, and integrated resource plan to align teams effectively.
Monitor strategic changes and revise portfolio strategy and pipeline priorities to respond to market/competitor conditions, regulatory requirements, customer feedback, performance results, risk of portfolio, and resource capacity.
Monitor product and business capability portfolio to ensure constant innovation and scalability.
Develop portfolio program reporting and analysis to evaluate results against established criteria and benefit metrics.
Deliver portfolio status report to facilitate project prioritization and portfolio management process.
Collaborate to gather information and identify needs and market trends to anticipate future demand.
Develop and own KPIs/OKRs to measure success.
Partner with stakeholders to define product and business capability delivery timelines and launch criteria to drive key business OKR’s across bimodal delivery means (custom development, SaaS & CoTs solutions).
Guide team through continuous experimentation including changes and iterations to previous products.
Qualifications: Master’s degree in computer science or technical field and master’s degree in technology and/or Business-related field; equivalent trainings/certifications/experience equivalency will be considered.
10+ or more years of equivalent experience in relevant job or field of technology.
5 or more years of equivalent experience in an advanced role or technical capacity, leading teams directly or indirectly, 5 or more years’ experience directly responsible for guiding, training, or onboarding team members in relevant technologies, capabilities, or skills.
Excellent understanding of Agile product strategy and SAFe development to ensure successful delivery of value-add solutions.
· Expert on trends, industry standards, and evolving market opportunities and high-value products · Entrepreneurial perspective in performing demand planning, forecasting activities and budget, and mitigating risk Key Skills: Project/Program Methodologies, Demand Management, Performance Metrics, Value-centric, Business Acumen, Collaboration, ability to influence and present at executive level Preferred Qualifications: Post graduate degree advanced training and or certifications in relevant field/s of study preferred.
Product Manager or experience working on a product/squad team.
5 or more years’ experience in Agile teams and Product/Platform based operating model.
5 or more years’ experience in leading teams or advancing technical capability in teams.
Strong Retail Solutions & Grocery Retail background SME (10+ years ideal) #DiceJobs #LI-AD1 #LI-hybrid Retail Business Services currently provides services to five omnichannel grocery brands, including Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop.
Retail Business Services leverages the scale of the local brands to drive synergies and provide industry-leading expertise, insights and analytics to local brands to support their strategies.
We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and we foster a community of belonging where everyone is valued.
Retail Business Services is an equal opportunity employer.
We comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws.
Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status or any other characteristic protected by law.
We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities.
As important as what we do is how we do it.
Our team embodies our values of Courage, Care, Teamwork, Integrity and Humor in everything that they do.
We have a culture of care that values and celebrates the qualities and perspectives that make us all unique.
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