Job Description

Ally and Your Career

Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that's more than some cliche people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You're constantly evolving, so shouldn't your opportunities be, too?

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Director of Lean Portfolio Management to join the Optimization & Portfolio Management Office to drive programs from incubation to launch. The OPMO is responsible for delivering scalable efficient processes, infrastructure & systems, analytics & insights that help our organization achieve its mission. The OPMO partners with business leaders to drive transformations that results in growing our business responsibly.

We are looking for a proven leader to help ensure successful delivery of valuable solutions while also building the delivery capability for scale. You will work in close partnership with cross-functional leaders to introduce and adapt best practices to improve governance and methodology. This individual must possess the ability to juggle multiple initiatives in various life-cycles with high intuition for business. We're looking for someone who has experience working with both rapidly scaling high-growth startups, as well as established larger companies. This role reports to our Optimization & Portfolio Management Executive.

The Work Itself

* Gain a deep understanding of how our organization collaborates on cross-functional initiatives and improve the operating model for the organization to scale
* Attract, develop and inspire a team of portfolio and program managers that business teams feel they can't live without
* Co-create the processes vital to conceptualize, define, intake, prioritize, execute, launch initiatives
* Be the catalyst for teams to continuously reflect and improve on how to work better together
* Help promote a culture focused on the flow of delivering value with speed and agility
* Introduce valuable processes but ensure that they do not become a hindrance to progress
* Work with business and product leaders to develop outcomes-based roadmaps that align with business objectives/priorities against the constraint of organizational capacity
* Help teams develop execution strategies to deliver the outcomes-based roadmap
* Take overall responsibility for planning, executing, tracking and managing cost, schedule, and scope for all initiatives in the portfolio
* Use strong technical and business acumen to manage risk and call out impediments through a defined process for faster decision making
* Help champion adoption of key engineering practices like Continuous Integration, Test Driven Development, etc. to improve quality and reliability of the team's results
* Coach and mentor leaders and teams on Lean-Agile principles and practices
* Enable a learning organization through the introduction of meaningful measures and learn & adapt sessions

The Skills You Bring

* Bachelor's Degree in a related subject area
* 5+ years in a lean portfolio / program management leadership role as a Director or Senior Manager in an Agile operating model
* 10-15 years of project execution experience in a software product delivery organization
* Thorough understanding of various solution delivery lifecycles; ability to adjust and apply this knowledge in a dynamic environment without being dogmatic. Expert knowledge of agile-aligned methodologies (SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, Lean-Agile, etc.)
* Keen understanding and curiosity of financial services business models and its product development lifecycle (infrastructure, software, or data services)
* Process design and improvement while using Lean-Agile principles and methods
* Specialist skills with implementing and optimizing Agile portfolio management tools, JIRA-Align
* Experience using Agile performance metrics to drive learning and continuous improvement
* Proven experience communicating and building relationships with leaders across business, technology and product functions
* Ability to work well as a member of a highly integrated team composed of both technical and non-technical members across the company
* Outstanding organizational, communication, interpersonal, relationship building skills conducive to collaboration
* Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a history of hands-on, detail orientation
* Comfortable bending between the tactical and strategic

How We'll Have Your Back

Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. But Ally's total compensation -- or total rewards -- extends beyond your paycheck and is designed to support and enrich your personal and professional life, including:

* Time Away: competitive holiday and flexible paid-time-off, including time off for volunteering and voting.
* Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan and 529 educational assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, and other financial well-being programs.
* Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including dental and vision, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally and financially.
* Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy, and fertility support as well as parental and caregiver leave, back-up child and adult/elder day care program and child care discounts.
* Work-Life Integration: other benefits including LifeMatters Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers program and other employee discount programs.

Who We Are

Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit www.ally.com.

Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at work@ally.com. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.