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Director, Digital Planning
WMDirector managing Digital Planning and strategy for WM with a focus on shaping the Digital project portfolio. Collaborating closely with business and digital leadership to ensure investments are aligned and executed rigorously.
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Grow and manage the Planning team (5-7 resources – both employee and 3rd party/services). Direct reports include Planning Sr. Manager and Vendor Management Program Manager.
- Partner with business and digital teams to coordinate, define and evolve the multi-year roadmap
- Develop and deliver clear, compelling narratives for Digital and Business executives on actionable investment portfolio including sequencing, trade-offs, and dependencies
- Support discussion and transparent decision-making and trade-offs at cross enterprise leadership levels
- Continuously mature to disciplined portfolio governance model, including:
- Investment intake and prioritization
- Stage gates and funding approvals
- Ongoing portfolio reviews and rebalancing
- Drive process rigor and standardization across digital planning, funding, and execution aligned with enterprise level investment processes
- Partner with key project managers across the organization to drive visibility and tracking progress on project delivery
- Partner with Finance to support planning & budgeting cycles (annual, quarterly, long-range)
- Partner with Finance to institutionalize project economics frameworks across the portfolio. Track and report on value realization vs. plan, spend giveback, identifying gaps and driving corrective actions
- Partner with Finance to help drive financial insights for digital leadership on total investments (projects + core) including - current variance budget, forward-looking forecast.
- Identify and lead cost optimization and productivity initiatives tied to strategic priorities
- Partner with Finance to drive financial discipline and accountability across the Digital organization
- Support development of a holistic view of Digital vendor landscape, including spend, contracts, roles, and performance.
- Partner with Finance and Supply Chain to enable cost optimization across vendor engagements
- Drive visibility and proactively enable optimization opportunities across technology spend including AI.
- Implement performance governance to ensure vendors deliver expected value and outcomes
- Partner with digital leadership and value streams to implement scalable processes for vendor engagement across the lifecycle
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration or related field. Master's degree preferred.
- 10+ years in strategy, consulting, portfolio management, or corporate planning (technology or digital preferred)
- Experience supporting CIO, CTO, or senior executive leadership in a strategy or planning capacity
- Proven track record managing large-scale investment portfolios and financial planning processes
- Experience collaborating with Supply Chain and Finance to deliver organizational outcomes
- Experience working with third party professional services & technology vendors
- Experience building or evolving governance and operating models
- Experience in interpreting and building narratives with financial data
Benefits
Comp & perks- medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and short-term disability
- stock purchase plan
- company matching on a 401(k)
- paid vacation
- holidays
- personal days
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Hard Skills & Tools
Investment Portfolio ManagementFinancial Data AnalysisBudgetingCost OptimizationProject Management
Soft Skills
CollaborationCommunicationDecision-MakingLeadership
Certifications
Bachelor's DegreeMaster's Degree (Preferred)