Vice President, Change Governance & Portfolio Management

DB Global Technology is Deutsche Bank’s technology centre in Central and Eastern Europe. Since its set-up in 2013, Bucharest Technology Centre (BEX) has constantly proven its capacity to deliver global technology products and services, playing a dynamic role in the Bank’s technology transformation.

The Vice President, Change Governance & Portfolio Management is responsible for establishing and operating the governance framework that enables successful delivery of the organisation's strategic transformation agenda.

Responsibilities

• Lead and evolve the Change Governance framework, standards and operating model.
• Manage governance forums, steering committees and decision-making processes.
• Maintain oversight of the change portfolio, including priorities, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies and resource demand.
• Drive portfolio planning, prioritisation and investment governance.
• Support senior leadership through management reporting, strategic reviews, communications and follow-up of key decisions and actions.
• Own and drive consistent adoption of project, programme and PMO standards and best practices across the organisation.
• Lead capability-building, coaching, training and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Embed strong disciplines across planning, stakeholder management, dependency management, risk management and benefits tracking.
• Support the development and execution of strategic objectives and transformation roadmaps.
• Coordinate annual planning, leadership priorities and portfolio reviews.
• Track execution against strategic goals and drive accountability for delivery.
• Facilitate cross-functional alignment across business, operations, technology and control functions.
• Support organisational effectiveness, communications and change adoption initiatives.
• Lead governance, PMO and portfolio management resources.
• Build strong relationships with senior business, technology and control stakeholders.
• Influence strategic decisions through data-driven insight and governance transparency.
• Represent the organisation in governance and portfolio oversight forums.

Skills

• Extensive experience in transformation, governance, PMO or portfolio management leadership roles.
• Proven track record of managing large, cross-functional change portfolios.
• Experience working directly with senior executives and leadership teams.
• Strong understanding of financial services, regulatory and control environments.
• Strong strategic planning and transformation capabilities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, particularly at senior leadership level.
• Strong project, programme and portfolio management knowledge.
• Strong understanding of governance, risk management, dependency management and benefits tracking.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including the ability to prepare executive-level materials.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to use data-driven insights to support strategic decision-making.
• Ability to work effectively across business, operations, technology and control functions.
• Strong leadership, coaching and capability-building skills.

Well-being & Benefits

• Emotionally and mentally balanced: support in dealing with life crises, maintaining stability through illness, and maintaining good mental health.
• Physically thriving: support in managing physical health, private healthcare and life insurance, healthier ways of working and check-ups.
• Socially connected: collaboration, inclusion and feeling connected to open up new perspectives and strengthen self-confidence and well-being.
• Financially secure: competitive income, performance-based promotions, meal vouchers, bonuses for referrals.