Job Description

The Value Management Office (VMO) lead is a strategic enterprise function responsible for optimizing investment outcomes through agile delivery, value realization, mature product management, and effective change enablement. This role blends agile program oversight, value realization, and strategic alignment into a single function. The VMO Lead ensures that all investments and initiatives continuously deliver measurable value to the organization, supporting an Agile-at-scale environment while evolving enterprise delivery capabilities and supporting sustainable change

Responsibilities

• Define and champion a value management delivery framework aligned with Agile principles (e.g., Lean Portfolio Management, OKRs).
• Govern agile delivery across teams ensuring iteration-based value realization and strategic alignment.
• Partner with Finance and Strategy teams to ensure return on investment (ROI) and value metrics are part of business case development and post-implementation reviews.
• Align agile teams, value streams, and programs to strategic goals and investment themes.
• Ensure product increments, features, and epics are tied to clear business outcomes and tracked accordingly.
• Foster a culture of outcome over output, enabling teams to focus on delivering value iteratively.
• Define metrics to track value creation, flow efficiency, and outcome delivery across all initiatives.
• Drive Lean Portfolio Management, enabling value stream funding and product-centric investment decisions.
• Mature enterprise product management by helping define product lines, lifecycle ownership, product visioning, and roadmaps.
• Collaborate with product owners/managers to prioritize backlogs based on strategic value and business needs.
• Lead enterprise portfolio planning in an agile context (e.g., quarterly planning, backlog prioritization).
• Govern and optimize value streams and ensure proper funding, prioritization, and risk management.
• Establish lightweight governance models that balance agility with control and transparency.
• Support the execution of agile delivery (Scrum, Kanban, etc.) across cross-functional teams.
• Monitor delivery health across agile teams using agile metrics (e.g., velocity, lead time, cumulative flow).
• Collaborate with product managers and business owners to define value outcomes for epics and initiatives.
• Implement benefits tracking tools and processes integrated with agile delivery metrics.
• Provide continuous feedback loops from value realization data to drive investment decisions.
• Serve as the connective tissue between strategy and execution—ensuring all delivery is outcome-driven.
• Provide regular executive-level reporting on value delivery, agility metrics, and alignment to business goals.
• Partner with leadership to adjust priorities and investment mix based on evolving needs and results.
• Build Agile project delivery maturity across the organization through coaching, tools, and enablement.
• Provide frameworks, templates, and training for agile delivery, portfolio reporting, and value stream mapping.
• Drive communities of practice in agile project and value management.
• Mentor and develop team members to drive continuous improvement in Agile and value delivery practices.
• Embed change management practices into initiative delivery using frameworks like ADKAR.
• Ensure change readiness, adoption planning, stakeholder engagement, and communication are integrated with delivery processes.
• Drive a culture of transparency, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.

• Define and champion a value management delivery framework aligned with Agile principles (e.g., Lean Portfolio Management, OKRs).
• Govern agile delivery across teams ensuring iteration-based value realization and strategic alignment.
• Partner with Finance and Strategy teams to ensure return on investment (ROI) and value metrics are part of business case development and post-implementation reviews.
• Align agile teams, value streams, and programs to strategic goals and investment themes.
• Ensure product increments, features, and epics are tied to clear business outcomes and tracked accordingly.
• Foster a culture of outcome over output, enabling teams to focus on delivering value iteratively.
• Define metrics to track value creation, flow efficiency, and outcome delivery across all initiatives.
• Drive Lean Portfolio Management, enabling value stream funding and product-centric investment decisions.
• Mature enterprise product management by helping define product lines, lifecycle ownership, product visioning, and roadmaps.
• Collaborate with product owners/managers to prioritize backlogs based on strategic value and business needs.
• Lead enterprise portfolio planning in an agile context (e.g., quarterly planning, backlog prioritization).
• Govern and optimize value streams and ensure proper funding, prioritization, and risk management.
• Establish lightweight governance models that balance agility with control and transparency.
• Support the execution of agile delivery (Scrum, Kanban, etc.) across cross-functional teams.
• Monitor delivery health across agile teams using agile metrics (e.g., velocity, lead time, cumulative flow).
• Collaborate with product managers and business owners to define value outcomes for epics and initiatives.
• Implement benefits tracking tools and processes integrated with agile delivery metrics.
• Provide continuous feedback loops from value realization data to drive investment decisions.
• Serve as the connective tissue between strategy and execution—ensuring all delivery is outcome-driven.
• Provide regular executive-level reporting on value delivery, agility metrics, and alignment to business goals.
• Partner with leadership to adjust priorities and investment mix based on evolving needs and results.
• Build Agile project delivery maturity across the organization through coaching, tools, and enablement.
• Provide frameworks, templates, and training for agile delivery, portfolio reporting, and value stream mapping.
• Drive communities of practice in agile project and value management.
• Mentor and develop team members to drive continuous improvement in Agile and value delivery practices.
• Embed change management practices into initiative delivery using frameworks like ADKAR.
• Ensure change readiness, adoption planning, stakeholder engagement, and communication are integrated with delivery processes.
• Drive a culture of transparency, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.

• Agile principles
• Lean Portfolio Management
• OKRs
• Product Management
• Change Enablement
• Agile delivery
• Value realization
• ROI analysis
• Strategic alignment
• Business outcomes definition
• Metrics definition
• Value stream funding
• Product lifecycle management
• Product visioning
• Roadmap development
• Backlog prioritization
• Portfolio planning
• Risk management
• Governance models
• Scrum
• Kanban
• Agile metrics
• Benefits tracking
• Executive reporting
• Agile coaching
• Training delivery
• Communities of practice
• Mentoring
• Change management (ADKAR)
• Stakeholder engagement
• Communication
• Transparency
• Collaboration
• Innovation
• Accountability

• Experience in defining and championing value management delivery frameworks aligned with Agile principles.
• Proven ability to govern agile delivery across teams.
• Experience partnering with Finance and Strategy teams on ROI and value metrics.
• Demonstrated success in aligning agile teams, value streams, and programs to strategic goals.
• Experience in fostering a culture of outcome over output.
• Proficiency in defining metrics to track value creation, flow efficiency, and outcome delivery.
• Experience driving Lean Portfolio Management.
• Experience in maturing enterprise product management.
• Ability to collaborate with product owners/managers to prioritize backlogs.
• Experience leading enterprise portfolio planning in an agile context.
• Experience in governing and optimizing value streams.
• Ability to establish lightweight governance models.
• Experience supporting the execution of agile delivery (Scrum, Kanban, etc.).
• Proficiency in monitoring delivery health using agile metrics.
• Experience implementing benefits tracking tools and processes.
• Ability to provide continuous feedback loops from value realization data.
• Experience in providing executive-level reporting.
• Experience in building Agile project delivery maturity.
• Experience in providing frameworks, templates, and training for agile delivery.
• Experience driving communities of practice.
• Experience in mentoring and developing team members.
• Experience embedding change management practices using frameworks like ADKAR.
• Ability to ensure change readiness, adoption planning, stakeholder engagement, and communication are integrated with delivery processes.
• Ability to drive a culture of transparency, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.