Manager, Digital Strategy & Emerging Technology (Finance)
JOB DESCRIPTION As a part of a growing global team, you will work cross-functionally and drive key projects for the Strategy and AI organization, supporting AI/Machine Learning Projects, Data Enablement, as well as innovative Digital and Emerging Technologies. Your efforts will streamline processes, drive clarity, deliver value, and improve decision-making capabilities within and across the organization.
Responsibilities
Play a key role in establishing an enterprise-wide program and portfolio framework for all of Strategy and AI.
Organize a cross-functional project team and own the success of a project or program by leading team meetings, tracking milestones, identifying risks, and mapping out dependencies for multiple initiatives across the organization.
Make recommendations to enhance operational efficiency through program management best practices, templates and tools to enable the organization to have a clear line of sight from strategy to execution
Develop key relationships with senior leaders within LS&Co to collaborate on improving business processes.
Create structure and discipline around our cadence of program communications for executive leadership updates
Author playbooks, workflows, presentations, and instructional documents in support of organizational and project objectives
Track and roll up project key performance indicators and business results to report on overall effectiveness of our initiatives
Collaborate with stakeholders and technology leads to define and refine requirements
Write business cases that define key opportunities how to apply new and emerging technologies to solve retail management challenges
Analyze and assimilate data, key performance indicators, and business results to report on overall effectiveness of our initiatives
About You
7-10 years of experience in program/project management, with recent experience in a global organization as a project manager.
Expertise with various project management and business analysis methodologies and tools.
Comfortable taking the initiative and possessing a sense of responsibility and ownership in an ambiguous environment with shifting priorities and navigating unclear success paths with an entrepreneurial mindset.
Experience in gathering requirements from business and technical functions, defining success criteria, and ensuring alignment with stakeholders and sponsors.
Critical thinker who can anticipate roadblocks and proactively address issues before they impact business results.
Ability to drive consensus across functions and senior leaders.
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and written/oral communication skills
Strong aptitude with data analytics tools, spreadsheets, standard office applications, and collaborative platforms
Effective at articulating clearly and presenting complex concepts to cross-functional audiences
Experience in the retail industry with knowledge of emerging tech trends preferred.
EOE M/F/Disability/Vets
LOCATION Remote - USA FULL TIME/PART TIME Full time Current LS&Co Employees, apply via your Workday account.