Analyst II PPM Reporting Tooling and Standards

Introduction

Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which also includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands – Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Ahold Delhaize USA associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E‑commerce, Technology and more.

The Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Reporting, Tooling, and Standards analyst is accountable and responsible for supporting the comprehensive reporting, monitoring, and standard development activities across the ADUSA strategic portfolio. This is inclusive of the business vision, strategy, and operational standards as support to the Business Owner for the predominant PPM tool (Clarity) and the PPM tooling roadmap as the wider PPM tooling ecosystem changes.

Reporting:
The analyst is responsible for supporting the compilation and execution of periodic reporting needs of all ADUSA strategic portfolio programs/projects, as well as setting the standards for program/project reporting for the total US business. Tooling:
The analyst ensures all cross‑functional stakeholder considerations are collected working in conjunction with the Clarity Platform Owner and provides transparency and priority for the highest business value needs across all for consideration. The analyst works directly with the Clarity IT Platform Owner to understand and influence the Platform Roadmap to help the Platform Team remove barriers to collecting User Research and developing Personas and to ensure business readiness for platform enhancements and releases, enabling the Platform Owner to ensure limited resources (staff & dollars) are spent on the highest‑value requests.

Standards:
The analyst will also support internal projects to enhance the day‑to‑day operations and technical project/program management maturity of the wider portfolio management team and key stakeholders. 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 or Scarborough, ME.

• Sets the standard for portfolio reporting and supports the manager to identify solutions and ideas that allow the team to continue to streamline and evolve project reporting across the portfolio
• Supports all activities associated with the preparation and delivery of the executive reporting package for the ADUSA Strategic Portfolio to ensure executive oversight and alignment
• Supports coordination with portfolio, project, finance, and other cross‑functional partners to enhance and streamline reporting and develop actionable insights for executive leadership

• Supports the development of the Clarity tool business vision and enterprise‑wide strategy
• Collaborates with key cross‑functional stakeholders to ensure their considerations are collected, understood, and that the highest business value needs are prioritized
• Champions the needs of all ADUSA stakeholders and ADUSA business goals with all relevant internal and external teams
• Proactively assists in removing barriers from business stakeholders
• Communicates business priorities, understands the business goals, and makes sure they are understood and accepted by all stakeholders
• Develops the relevant business context elements considering external dependencies and key events
• Participates in key Clarity PI (Program Increment) planning to ensure the technical roadmap and priorities meets ADUSA organizational needs and enable a shared sense of ownership between the operations and development teams
• Assists with the verification of the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) definition and makes the decision to change an MVP or continue the course
• Participates in the release management process by focusing on the quality, scope, releases, market circumstances, and deployment alternatives
• Partners with IT on development, testing & implementation plans, as well as internal communications

• Supports special projects to facilitate the success and technical project/program/portfolio…