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Job Requisition: 485767
Address: USA-ME-Scarborough-145 Pleasant Hill Rd
Store Code: Strategy - Office of CEO (5168156)
Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands - Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Our associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.
The Senior Program Manager serves as a senior execution leader within the Transformation Program Operations team, accountable for ensuring that ADUSA's most critical programs are planned, governed, and delivered with rigor, transparency, and discipline. This role leads complex, cross-functional initiatives while managing and developing a team of Program Managers, establishing consistent standards for delivery, reporting, and risk management. Operating across business and technology domains, the Senior Program Manager provides senior-level insight to sponsors and executives, anticipates interdependencies and constraints, and drives timely, informed decision-making. The role exists to ensure enterprise initiatives deliver intended outcomes, maintain stakeholder confidence, and advance organizational maturity in program execution. This is a full-time, dedicated role for the duration of the transformation program (estimated 5-7 years).
***Our flexible/ hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Our core office locations include Salisbury, NC, Quincy, MA, Scarborough ME
Essential job functions:
- Own end-to-end execution of complex, enterprise-level programs, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, resources, and outcomes are actively planned, governed, and delivered in alignment with strategic objectives
- Lead, develop, and coach a team Program Managers, setting clear expectations, reviewing plans and reporting, removing obstacles, and holding teams accountable to PMO standards and delivery commitments
- Establish and enforce consistent PMO delivery discipline across internal and external teams, including planning artifacts, status reporting, dependency tracking, risk and issue management, and deliverable quality across assigned programs
- Anticipate, manage, and resolve cross-program dependencies, risks, and capacity constraints, working across business, technology, organizational readiness/change, and external partners to enable informed trade-offs and timely decisions
- Provide senior-level transparency to executive sponsors and governance forums, translating complex program data into clear insights, recommendations, and decision support materials
- Facilitate program governance and decision-making, ensuring accurate preparation of materials, disciplined follow-up on actions and decisions, and adherence to enterprise governance and change control processes
- Partner with organizational readiness/change, technology, and business leaders to ensure program plans integrate required change, training, and readiness activities without diluting delivery accountability
- Drive continuous improvement of program management capabilities, leading internal initiatives that strengthen program management processes, tools, templates, and performance metrics
- Model strong leadership, communication, and execution behaviors, fostering trust, collaboration, and accountability across stakeholders while reinforcing a high-performance delivery culture
- Additional job duties may be assigned as needed to meet the needs of the business and support our values
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in business, project management, operations, technology, or related field
- 6-10+ years of progressively increasing experience leading complex, cross-functional projects or programs, including accountability for scope, schedule, budget, and delivery outcomes.
- PMP Certification or the ability to obtain a PMP Certification within 1 year of hire.
- Experience supporting or leading ERP implementations (e.g., SAP, Oracle, or similar platforms) to include lifecycles, system integrators, and enterprise data and process dependencies
- Demonstrated experience managing and developing other project or program managers, including reviewing plans, enforcing standards, and driving delivery consistency.
- Proven ability to operate effectively within formal PMO or TMO governance structures, including executive steering committees, stage-gate reviews, and change control processes.
- Strong expertise in program planning, integrated scheduling, dependency management, risk and issue escalation, and executive reporting.
- Demonstrated ability to influence and drive alignment across business, technology, & operations in a highly matrixed environment, without relying on direct authority.
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to translate complex program information into clear, concise insights and recommendations for senior leadership.
- Proven ability to operate effectively in complex, ambiguous, and matrixed environments with shared ownership and evolving transformation scope.
- Ability to travel up to 40%
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree in business, project management, operations, technology, or related field
- Experience working across predictive (waterfall), agile, or hybrid delivery models
ME/NC/PA/SC Salary Range: $120,960 - $181,440
IL/MA/MD/NY Salary Range: $139,120 - $208,680
Actual compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on their unique qualifications and experience, internal equity, and market conditions. Final compensation decisions will be made in accordance with company policies and applicable laws.
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At Ahold Delhaize USA, we provide services to one of the largest portfolios of grocery companies in the nation, and we're actively seeking top talent.
Our team shares a common motivation to drive change, take ownership and enable our brands to better care for their customers. We thrive on supporting great local grocery brands and their strategies.
Our associates are the heartbeat of our organization. We are committed to offering a welcoming work environment where all associates can succeed and thrive. Guided by our values of courage, care, teamwork, integrity (and even a little humor), we are dedicated to being a great place to work.
We believe in collaboration, curiosity, and continuous learning in all that we think, create and do. While building a culture where personal and professional growth are just as important as business growth, we invest in our people, empowering them to learn, grow and deliver at all levels of the business.","department":"Strategy & Project Management","departmentId":"6554e950dcba2800310ba977","employmentType":[{"value":"Full Time"}],"datePosted":"2026-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","applyUrl":"https://aholddelhaizeapply.appvault.com/external/home?jobId=485767&company=Ahold Delhaize USA Services, LLC","attributes":[""],"recruiterAssigned":[""],"address":[{"city":"Scarborough","state":"ME","country":"USA","zipCode":"","address1":"145 Pleasant Hill Rd","location":{"type":"Point","coordinates":["",""]}}],"city":"Scarborough","state":"ME","zipCode":null,"country":"USA","brandId":1037378,"createdAt":"2026-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-03-20T15:00:02.901Z"},"summary":"Job details for Sr Portfolio Manager, ERP Portfolio Delivery"}