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Ascensus
Vice President, Transformation – Value Delivery Leader
Ascensus
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Dresher • Massachusetts, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $150,000 - $200,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Lead the Value Delivery Office, overseeing a centralized team of project managers and fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
- Establish and maintain enterprise-wide project delivery standards, methodologies, and governance frameworks.
- Partner with senior leaders to shape and prioritize a portfolio of initiatives aligned with strategic goals and ensure initiatives are scoped, resourced, and sequenced to maximize value.
- Implement and evolve a governance model to ensure initiative alignment, prioritization, and delivery discipline; maintain centralized view of initiative health, risks, and interdependencies.
- Ensure agile and traditional project delivery methods are applied appropriately; oversee intake, planning, execution, and post-implementation reviews.
- Champion the use of data and KPIs to track progress, identify risks, support business cases, and report on initiative performance and value outcomes.
- Drive change management strategies in collaboration with HR, Communications, and business leaders to ensure successful adoption and minimize disruption.
- Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing team of project managers, promoting professional growth and agile mindsets.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree required, MBA or equivalent preferred.
- 10-15 years of experience leading large-scale transformation initiatives, preferably in a top-tier consulting firm or enterprise transformation office.
- Proven experience managing cross-functional teams and complex portfolios of digital and traditional initiatives.
- Deep understanding of agile and waterfall methodologies, with the ability to apply them pragmatically.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; data-driven mindset with a focus on value realization.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including executive-level reporting and influence.
- High degree of organizational agility and ability to navigate ambiguity.
- Proficiency in project management tools and Microsoft Office Suite.
- For virtual remote positions, an uninterrupted workspace and internet speed of 25 Mbps or better is required.
Benefits
- 401(k) match
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Paid-Time-Off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
project managementagile methodologywaterfall methodologydata analysisKPI trackingchange managementportfolio managementtransformation initiativesrisk managementgovernance frameworks
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationstakeholder managementanalytical skillsproblem-solvingorganizational agilitymentoringaccountabilitycontinuous improvementinfluence
Certifications
Bachelor’s DegreeMBA or equivalent