Sr. Mgr, Enterprise Strategy & Planning

Basic Function

This position reports to the Director, Strategy, Performance and Governance and is a key member of the Digital Transformation and Planning leadership team. This position is responsible for managing overall Digital Transformation (DT) strategy, processes, and planning to support the overall DT Organization. Position is responsible for aligning DT Business Segment strategies, establishing DT/Business Resource tracking, and instituting performance KPI metrics to ensure a high quality of delivery processes across the DT organization and value generation principles consistent with business strategy, investment costs, compliance with company standards/governance, and in line with annual agreed budgets. The role will lead a team of approximately 4 direct reports.

Key activities will include:

• Strategy & Roadmap - Lead the development of DT Enterprise Strategy and Roadmap evergreen processes, practices, and principles to support LYB demand. Lead collaboration among all DT departments to drive a consistent approach to a common structure for DT Strategies and Roadmaps to support the LYB Corporate Strategy.  Participate in strategic interventions/ engagements to shape DT direction.  Deliver the DT vision with input from technical, financial, process and people. 
• DT/Business Resource Center – Lead the creation, maintenance, and growth of a DT/Business Resource Center to utilize for new project process, demand management, and visibility of how business interfaces with DT processes. Resource Center provides a strategic common tool for DT to  interface with Business Leads and manages the DT workforce plan.
• KPI and Metrics – Lead the development of DT KPIs to develop and maintain, with a goal of clear spend and value visibility. 
• Financial Performance Plan – Leads the planning and performance appraisal cycle on behalf of the DT Enterprise.  Overseas setting the DT plan and performance scorecards.  Ensure effective and efficient processes are in place to appraise performance across DT via planning team and partnership with Finance.  

This role will work closely reporting to the Sr. Director, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Strategy & Planning to establish processes for the organization to efficiently and effectively manage demand, support decision-making analysis, and act as a thought partner who considers the needs of the whole enterprise, while ensuring and implementing effective governance.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Plays a key role driving the Enterprise Digital Transformation Strategy and Execution as a member of the Digital Transformation Extended Leadership team.
• Leads Digital Technology Strategy and Process Management. Establishes processes to ensure coordination across of all aspects of DT processes upstream, downstream, and within the organization. 
• Provides oversight and leadership for key Digital Transformation processes across the DT organization, with a specific responsibility to manage the transformation activities within this program of work.
• Provides strategic process leadership to the DT organization.
• Marshals necessary resources to deliver exceptional execution and scale up of BI processes, tools, and applications for the management of the DT domain. 
• Partners with Business Analysts organization within the BI – Commercial organization to leads process improvements related to the delivery of project management processes by leading a S&P Excellence, providing strategic direction to drive value and performance across DT. 
• Establishes, tracks and reports progress in implementation and adoption and actual value delivered through DT project execution. 
• Maintains a close relationship with the Director Digital Transformation, Enterprise Strategy and Planning  to ensure a holistic DT view of project portfolio planning, budget process, and resource needs. 
• Maintains an innovation perspective regarding strategy, processes, and planning.  Prepares financial performance reporting for DT leadership team as well as reporting for other DT KPIs and metrics.
• Coordinates and consolidates processes to increase effectiveness and efficiency.
• Accountable for the portfolio management of external vendors in terms of visibility of agreements, understanding of expiration terms, requirements and assessment from business analysts to ensure portfolio of application and service agreements is managed in accordance to the BI units needs. Works with Procurement to provide strategic direction. 
• Drives the process for post implementation reviews, properly implemented and applied to new projects and programs together with PMO function and BI teams.
• Ensures that clear roles & responsibilities are defined, agreed, and maintained within the DT organization as interfaces with the global organization. 
• Provides broad Digital Technology process management knowledge and expertise.
• Provides leadership on processes that have significant issues and provide active support when needed.
• Drives accuracy in portfolio financial reporting and forecasting.
• Responsible for management of overall DT Budget and Performance Plan, including reporting of actuals and forecast on a monthly basis.  
• Ensures that project management strategy and development lifecycle process is followed and makes improvements.
• Responsible for creation and maintenance of monthly CIO dashboard with KPIs, project metrics and overall DT performance information for CDIO.
• Coordinates delivery of DT papers, presentation, ad hoc EC papers, both internal and external.  Supports DTLT in communications and engagement with organizations align with the DT vision, strategy and operating model.
• Ensures effective IT benchmarking and external insight processes and drive towards the value based on external perspectives.
• Drives standardization and proactively recommends improvements.
• Cultivates high morale, teamwork, and effective empowerment as main goals for achieving productivity, advocate for DEI within the organization with active participation in networks and programs encouraged in the team.

Min. Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study (for example engineering, science, computer science, business, supply chain.) 
• A minimum of 10 years total work experience of which, 7+ years of proven experience in managing complex organizational or commercial processes and engagements in cross territorial, international and/or global context in the Manufacturing, Petrochemical, Energy / Oil and Gas industries, meeting budget and time constraints in a dynamic and rapidly changing environment.
• Proven ability to lead and influence at senior levels across organizational and functional boundaries and to coach and develop professional staff.
   

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven experience managing strategic and highly complex digital/IT, supply chain, or commercial projects from proof of concept to global scale out and deployment.
• Experience in deploying cross functional process improvements at scale in a commercial environment and utilizes Digital Technology to increase the effectiveness of business processes and decision making. 
• 4+ years managing professionals, broad portfolio of projects and/or initiatives with a cross functional reach, with responsibilities that included day-to-day management, professional development, and coaching and mentoring.

Competencies