Cross Functional Initiatives Lead

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

13

The Team

Digital Technology Services (DTS) is a part of the Digital Solutions corporate function. Within DTS, the Business Management team is committed to achieving optimal business performance, seamless vendor relationships, maintaining sound financial stewardship, and effectively delivering value to our customers.

High-Level Role Description

The Cross Functional Initiatives Lead and Portfolio Manager is tasked with driving strategic initiatives across multiple value streams with DTS and supporting the Product Enablement and Assurance technology tower within DTS as their Value Stream Manager.  This role requires a keen ability to manage complex dependencies, align initiatives with strategic objectives, and foster collaboration among diverse stakeholders to achieve business goals.

Responsibilities and Impact

• Lead Strategic Initiatives: Drive the creation, development, governance, and execution of cross-functional initiatives, ensuring they align with strategic Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).  Escalate, track, and eliminate impediments as needed.  Provide overall program governance utilizing agile processes to ensure all activities, risks and scope are managed appropriately.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with the Value Stream Owner, Product Management, and other stakeholders to ensure initiatives are well-defined, documented, prioritized, and aligned with business objectives.
• Agile Portfolio Lifecycle Management: Lead creation of Epics and MVPs, in collaboration with the Value Stream Owner, Product Manager, and Epic Owners.  Guide Epics through the Portfolio Kanban, ensuring transparency and alignment with strategic priorities and objectives.  Presents Epics to Lean Portfolio Management stakeholders for Go/No-Go and helps decide when an Epic is done.
• Risk Mitigation: Identify, assess, and mitigate risks and dependencies across value streams, ensuring seamless execution of initiatives.  Escalate risks and issues to the appropriate channels ensuring that stakeholders are proactively informed.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Facilitate collaboration among various teams and stakeholders to ensure cohesive execution of initiatives/epics and effective communication of progress and outcomes.
• Health Reporting: Provide regular updates and health reporting on initiatives to senior leadership, highlighting progress, risks, and opportunities for improvement.

What We're Looking For

Basic Required Qualifications

• Diploma or degree in a technical discipline or similar.
• Minimum of 5-8 years of experience in leading cross-functional initiatives and managing a technology project portfolio.
• Knowledge of Technology Infrastructure and/or the software development life cycle (SDLC); understand other engineering processes and methodologies and leverage other techniques to provide value to a team/enterprise.
• Proven ability to work with and manage cross functional stakeholders up to and including executive leadership.
• Ability to see the big picture and guide decisions to align with business goals and outcomes.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex information effectively to senior leadership.
• Experience in identifying and mitigating cross-value stream/functional risks and dependencies.
• Demonstrated customer focus and ability to deliver value.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in agile portfolio management, preferably within the Scaled Agile Framework.
• Certification in one or more of the following: Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Project Management Professional (PMP), Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), SAFe Agilist, Certified Agile Portfolio Manager (ICP-APM), SAFe Practitioner, SAFe Lean Portfolio Manager.
• Familiarity with Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and their application within portfolio management.
• Experience in facilitating, leading, influencing, and managing within a large-scale, globally distributed organization.

What's In It For You?

Our Purpose:

Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology–the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.

Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.

From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We're committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. We're constantly seeking new solutions that have progress in mind. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:
 

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

At S&P Global, we focus on Powering Global Markets. Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That's why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include: 

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.

• Family Friendly Perks: It's not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.

• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

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Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:

At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law.  Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.  

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