Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

The VP, Governance is a key leader within the Transformation & Delivery Office (TDO), responsible for designing and running the governance framework that enables disciplined oversight of the strategic portfolio. This role owns portfolio budget management, financial planning, executive decision forums, and governance routines that ensure strategic programs are transparent, well-controlled, and aligned to business priorities.

The role manages the operating cadence for governance across TDO, including Decision Management Group (DMG) and Steering Committee meetings, executive materials, decision tracking, action follow-up, and portfolio-level financial visibility. This leader partners closely with program leaders, finance, business stakeholders, and executive leadership to support sound decision-making, clear accountability, and effective management of strategic investments.

*The title and career band/level for this position are flexible based on the candidate's experience.

Key Responsibilities

Governance Framework & Operating Model

• Lead the governance framework for the TDO portfolio, including meeting structures, decision rights, escalation paths, approval processes, and accountability mechanisms.
• Establish governance standards and routines that promote transparency, consistency, and executive oversight across strategic programs.
• Ensure governance forums are effective, well-structured, and aligned to senior leadership and portfolio decision-making needs.
• Maintain the governance calendar and operating rhythm for portfolio reviews, approvals, escalations, and executive checkpoints.

Executive Decision Forums

• Own the structure, preparation, and execution of DMG and Steering Committee meetings.
• Define agendas, required inputs, decision points, and expected outcomes for governance meetings.
• Ensure materials are clear, decision-oriented, and distributed on time to support executive review.
• Capture decisions, actions, owners, and follow-up items, and track them through completion.
• Keep governance forums focused on priorities, trade-offs, risks, dependencies, investment decisions, and delivery performance.

Financial Governance

• Own budget management for the TDO portfolio, including budget development, tracking, forecasting, and variance management.
• Partner with finance, portfolio leaders, and program teams to ensure spending aligns to strategic priorities and is managed with strong financial discipline.
• Provide visibility into portfolio financial performance, including planned versus actual spend, forecast updates, funding needs, and investment trade-offs.
• Translate financial information into clear implications, options, and recommendations to support executive decision-making.
• Ensure sound investment governance, including funding approvals, budget controls, and financial accountability.

Financial Planning

• Lead the financial planning process for the TDO portfolio, including annual planning, reforecasting, and ongoing investment reviews.
• Coordinate with finance and portfolio stakeholders to develop realistic financial plans that reflect priorities, timing, dependencies, and resource needs.
• Support scenario planning and portfolio trade-off discussions to help leadership make informed investment decisions.
• Ensure financial planning is integrated with portfolio governance, roadmap management, and delivery expectations.

Portfolio Reporting

• Establish and maintain governance reporting for the TDO portfolio, including portfolio status, key risks, decisions, financial performance, and issue escalation.
• Ensure executive stakeholders have timely, accurate, and decision-useful information about portfolio health and governance outcomes.
• Partner with program leaders and governance stakeholders to improve the quality, consistency, and usefulness of portfolio reporting.
• Monitor governance effectiveness and identify opportunities to improve oversight, transparency, and leadership decision support.

Decision Management

• Oversee portfolio-level processes for decision tracking, issue escalation, and governance follow-up.
• Ensure key risks, unresolved decisions, and cross-program issues are surfaced at the appropriate level and addressed promptly.
• Maintain clear records of governance decisions and ensure actions are assigned, monitored, and closed.
• Promote a disciplined approach to accountability and follow-through across the TDO portfolio.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Serve as a trusted partner to the SVP - Governance, Planning & Delivery Practices on governance, budget, financial planning, and executive portfolio oversight.
• Build strong partnerships with finance, business leaders, program leaders, and senior stakeholders to support effective portfolio management.
• Communicate clearly and credibly with executive audiences on governance outcomes, investment decisions, financial performance, and portfolio implications.
• Reinforce a culture of accountability, transparency, and disciplined management across TDO.

Requisition #: 34335

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