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Dollar General · 21 hours ago

IT PORTFOLIO SR MANAGER

Goodlettsville, TN

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

Dollar General is seeking a Senior Portfolio Manager to provide enterprise level oversight and governance for strategic IT initiatives. This role involves directing prioritization, sequencing, resource alignment, and delivery governance across all programs within the portfolio while serving as a key liaison between IT and business partners.

Retail

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Owns end to end portfolio strategy, planning, prioritization, and execution across multiple IT domains

Leads development of integrated portfolio roadmaps, including scope, financials, dependencies, and multi-year scheduling

Provides daily leadership and work supervision to Project Managers, project Analysts, and Scrum Masters; assigns work, sets priorities, and ensures delivery outcomes

Oversees definition and approval of project charters, success metrics and critical milestones

Drives alignment with business partners, Finance Engineering, and product Teams to optimize delivery sequencing and business value

Leads risk, issue, and dependency management across program and domain boundaries

Facilities executive steerco discussions, communicates strategic trade-offs, and influences decision making across senior stakeholder

Champions portfolio governance practices and organizational change management across all supported projects

Establishes delivery health KPIs, monitors portfolio performance, and leads portolfio-wide reporting to senior leadership (Director, CIO, VPs)

Ensures compliance to PMO standards, DG governance, SOX/SOW requirements and financial stewardship expectations

Partners with ITFA (Finance) to manage forecasting actuals, capital expense allocation budget variance, and vendor cost tracking

Evaluates resource capacity, identifies gaps, and drives cross team resource strategies to ensure portoflio success

Leads cross functional review cycles, escalates risks proactively, and drives migitation action across domains

Consolidates program level information into clear, executive ready summaries and dashboards

Provides day to day supervision, direction and coaching to Project Managers, Project Analysts, and Scrum Masters without formal HR reporting responsbilities

Mentors team members on portoflio management practices, delivery governance, and communication standards

Represents IT in enterprise committees, portolfio forums, and cross functional working groups

Builds strong relationships with Business, engineering, legal, Finance, and Startegic Functions to support holistic delivery

Promotes IT culture of accountability, commitment tracking transparency and continuous improvement

Qualification

ProjectPortfolio ManagementRiskIssue ManagementStrategic PlanningOrganizationResource ManagementLeadershipCommunicationBachelor’s degreeRetail Distribution ExperiencePMI CertificationPgMP CertificationSAFE Certification

Required

Ability to understand and communicate decisions impact the broader enterprise (big Picture perspective)

Expertise in Project and Portfolio Management, Risk and Issue Management, and Strategic Planning across multi-year initiatives

Strong leadership and communication skills for influencing senior stakeholders across the enterprise

Ability to assign work, set priorities, and supervise delivery teams in a non-HR management model

Strong organization skills with the ability to prioritize, delegate, and drive outcomes under tight deadlines

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field; or equivalent experience

Minimum of 8+ years of experience in project management or portfolio management (multi-year/ multi-domain experience strongly preferred)

Preferred

Retail or distribution industry experience preferred

PMI, PgMP, SAFE, or similar certifications are a plus

Company

Dollar General

Glassdoor2.7

Dollar General has been Serving Others for approximately 85 years.

Founded in 1973

Goodlettsville, Tennessee, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.dollargeneral.com/

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