The Opportunity: Driving Strategic Value Realization
We are looking for a strategic leader to serve as the architect of our Value Management Office (VMO). In this role, you will drive the evolution of our value framework to ensure enterprise investments consistently deliver maximum business value. You will be a key driver in shifting our organizational mindset from project delivery to a sophisticated culture of measurable value realization leveraging data-driven strategic insights.
Key Responsibilities & Outcomes
Strategic Framework Ownership: Standardize and own the end-to-end value management lifecycle, by developing a data-driven system for prioritizing and evaluating strategic investments.
Investment Decision Support: Empower leadership at Portfolio Syncs and Strategic Portfolio Reviews with objective, data-driven insights that enable confident prioritization and "pivot, persevere, or stop" decisions on high-value initiatives.
Data Integrity & Executive Transparency: Establish a "single source of truth" for the enterprise by instituting a rigorous data governance framework and managing automated dashboards that provide real-time visibility into portfolio health and OKR progress.
Portfolio Throughput Optimization: Identify systemic bottlenecks across the enterprise by analyzing portfolio flow metrics (e.g., Flow Time, Efficiency) to help improve delivery speed and throughput.
Financial Alignment: Partner with Portfolio Operations to ensure investment spend aligns with strategic intent through the modeling and tracking of Lean Budget Guardrails.
Capability Building & Coaching: Serve as the enterprise Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Value Management, uplifting the proficiency of Epic Owners and Portfolio Managers in creating high-quality business cases and tracking post-delivery value.
Strategic Partnership: Collaborate across the Product Operating Model to ensure VMO standards are seamlessly integrated into the daily workflows of Product and Portfolio leadership.
High-Performance Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a multi-regional team of seven specialists across the US, UK, and India, fostering a data-driven culture focused on operational excellence and continuous learning.
Required Qualifications
Experience: 10+ years in Portfolio Management, Project Management, or Consulting, with at least 2 years in a leadership/managerial role.
Analytical Power: Proven ability to conduct deep quantitative analysis and translate complex data into actionable recommendations for executive stakeholders.
Agile Expertise: Strong mastery of Agile and Scaled Agile (SAFe) frameworks and their application in enterprise governance.
Technical Vision: Experience defining data and reporting requirements for enterprise tools; hands-on experience with Jira Align or Looker is a significant advantage.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, or a related field.
Preferred Credentials
Relevant certifications: PMP, PgMP, or SAFe Agilist.
Experience partnering with a Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE).
CME Group is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package for our employees that recognizes their contributions to the business and reflects our long-term investment in their future. The pay range for this role is $122,300-$203,900. Actual salary offered will be dependent on a wide array of factors including but not limited to: relevant experience, skills, education and comparison to internal employees (where relevant). Our compensation program also includes an annual target bonus opportunity for all employees, as well as the opportunity to become an owner in the company through our broad-based equity program. Through our benefits program, we strive to offer flexibility, value and choice. From comprehensive health coverage, to a retirement package that includes both a 401(k) and an active pension plan, to highly competitive education reimbursement provisions, paid time off and a mental health benefit, CME Group offers a holistic benefits package for our team and their dependents.
CME Group: Where Futures are Made
CME Group is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace. But who we are goes deeper than that. Here, you can impact markets worldwide. Transform industries. And build a career by shaping tomorrow. We invest in your success and you own it – all while working alongside a team of leading experts who inspire you in ways big and small. Problem solvers, difference makers, trailblazers. Those are our people. And we’re looking for more.
At CME Group, we embrace our employees' unique experiences and skills to ensure that everyone’s perspectives are acknowledged and valued. As an equal-opportunity employer, we consider all potential employees without regard to any protected characteristic.
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