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Program and Portfolio Manager – Transformation Office Transversal Team (m/f/d) @ METRO/MAKRO

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, DEOnsiteFull-timeJob reference REF31292P
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Your Responsibilities:

Own and continuously refine a multi-year digital delivery roadmap, ensuring feasibility and sequencing across systems and platforms;Main task: Oversee and challenge complex, cross-platform initiatives with a strong focus on project management and technical integrity, dependencies, risk and in-time delivery;Act as Program Manager for selected key initiatives, with hands-on involvement in structuring, planning, and execution tracking;Ensure end-to-end transparency on delivery, including progress, risks, trade-offs, and value realization;Ensure business case validity, tracking and delivery of expected outcomes;Whenever needed – ensure rapid turnaround of strategic initiatives;Establish and drive governance structures to ensure successful delivery (including Steering Committees with executive stakeholders);Work closely with platform leads, architecture and engineering leads to validate solution approaches and delivery plans;Work closely with CIO Office incl. flexibility for ad-hoc work related to CIO priorities;Drive pragmatic change and adoption, ensuring initiatives land effectively in the organization. Required key competencies and qualifications:

7+ years of experience either in enterprise IT or top-tier IT consultancy;Proven track record of managing complex, large-scale digital programs and portfolios;Strong hands-on understanding of IT build and delivery (e.g. product delivery, engineering, integration, infrastructure & services, legacy modernization etc.);Ability to bring structure and clarity to ambiguous topics and turn them into actionable plans;Comfortable working hands-on and independently, without formal team leadership;Strong senior stakeholder management and reporting skills, with the ability to challenge constructively;Very good fluency in English (written and verbal), German preferred. What we offer at METRO.digital?

At METRO.digital, you'll work in a dynamic, multicultural environment where self-organizing teams collaborate in an agile setup. We foster strong teamwork, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning to help you thrive and make an impact. People development: when you grow so do we! We want you to become the best version of yourself with individual and company-wide programs and trainings for people development. Focused among other on development, leadership, appreciation ... it´s time to upskill your career.Support with individual solutions: we are people-caring! We offer support whenever you need it - at every stage of your professional journey.Want to know more about all our benefits? Discover more here.

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Position grade within our career framework: Project Manager Grade 3 (Md9).

Skills

Customer & Sales TechInformation TechnologyMid-Senior LevelComputer Software

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