The IT Director, Portfolio & Operations Management will be focused on maximizing business value within Digital Technology for enterprise-delivered services. They will be responsible for the process of portfolio and program management for enterprise-spanning teams, in alignment for Digital Technology's EPMO as the governing body. This individual will drive relationships across the enterprise to facilitate communication for the Architecture, Experience, Digital Platform Services and Data Technology (AEDPS) organizations. They will identify ways to enhance teamwork across the AEDPS teams and related integrations into other Digital Technology Teams at large. They will work to drive the adoption of the Agile mentality through Lean Portfolio Management. Supporting the AEDPS leadership team, they will assist in the determination and prioritization of strategies, track KPIs / OKRs, and assist with both measuring and reporting out on progress of the teams. Essential Functions Partner with IT and Business leaders to develop and maintain the strategic product /initiative portfolio plan focused on value creation for the business and what is best for Sherwin Williams Management of work intake from developing a proposal to bringing it to a governance board for go/no-go decision Work with EPMO on a governance structure to evaluate, authorize and monitor initiatives as they pass through the EPMO life cycle Work with the EPMO to identify value streams and bring standard methodologies into the organization. Partner closely with other leaders to establish lean agile routines and practices that transforms the organization to run agile at scale Owns the process of evaluating initiatives value to assignment of talent to the most important initiatives and start work at the appropriate time Optimize portfolio to identify the optimal grouping of work that maximizes the risk adjusted portfolio value at a given budgetary level Creates and maintains the process to optimize the sequencing and timing of approved initiatives based on resource constraints and dependencies Resource capacity planning within the portfolio Provides portfolio risk management to assess the risk nature of initiatives and manage portfolio level risks Responsibility for communication across all aspects of the portfolio Establishes and maintains portfolio reporting and analytics to report against the value and progress within the portfolio Owns portfolio value management to evaluate, measure and track initiative benefits at the portfolio and program level Tracking/Monitoring of initiatives to measure and track health and performance Responsibilities for managing and developing workforce, talent and culture Oversee an early-talent team who will support areas within AEDPS, developing and mentoring the manager and individual contributors for success Engages with key business and IT leadership to drive process standardization and change management. Deliver enterprise-level standard support type processes Create reports and executive presentations to convey departmental results. Effectively communicate information broadly to varying audiences as a key spokesperson Identify areas of opportunity, establish policies and procedures to enhance the overall operations of AEDPS Advise and consistently strive for excellence through application of industry best practices (including Agile, SDLC) and contribute to continuous improvement in close partnership with other IT functions Formal Education & Certification Bachelor's Degree (or foreign equivalent) or in lieu of a degree, at least 12 years in experience in the field of Information Technology or Business (work experience or a combination of education and work experience in the field of Information Technology or Business). Agile certification, preferred SAFe certification (LPM), preferred Knowledge & Experience 12+ y