Portfolio Manager - Security (f/m/d)

Our CyberSecurity Team is looking for their new Portfolio Manager, based in Lille or Paris! 

DECATHLON is accelerating its digital transformation with the mission of becoming THE digital sports platform that will allow customers to discover our universe through numerous local experiences centered around sport. Our digital teams based in Lille, Paris, Berlin, Hong Kong, Montreal (and many others…) bringing together more than 1,500 employees are united to build and grow digital products with the aim of always offering the best value to our users.

Context

Over the past years Decathlon has invested heavily in the Digital space and building excellence around delivery. Our ambitions for the coming year are big and we want to continue to grow our capabilities and Digital expertise. As part of this investment, we have established a PMO (Project, Program and Portfolio Office) in our Digital organization. 

The Decathlon Security team ensures the protection and security of the entire group: it oversees governance strategy and risk management processes, ensures compliance of our information systems, defines the technical means necessary for incident detection and response, as well as associated control measures.

Information Security has always been a cornerstone of Decathlon. This aspect is further strengthened to support our digital transformation; in this regard, we are seeking a PMO.

Portfolio Management

As a portfolio manager you will be responsible for the intake,  prioritization, and holistic sequencing of work for one of our business unit level portfolios. In partnership with your peers and the executive leadership, you prepare decision recommendations based on a holistic perspective on delivery and the value of individual line items. The insights you generate through your portfolio serve as input for org design, strategic capacity planning and risk management. You collaborate closely with your portfolio peers and with the manager of the Digital portfolio to identify trade offs and decision needs and react quickly to changing circumstances. As part of the Digital PMO team, you actively continue to process development and iterations and to build the portfolio discipline at Decathlon. 

 Your Core Responsibilities

• Manage the intake, prioritization, and holistic sequencing of work in your portfolio, identifying decision needs and trade offs. 
• Prepare decision rationales, including impact assessments, and lead the governance process for your portfolio. 
• Work in partnership with the executive leader for the BU to steer the portfolio inline with the strategic objectives of Decathlon.
• Work closely with your stakeholders and peers across the organization to prepare trade offs and ensure a transparent and continuous information flow. 
• Ensure staffing and capacity planning in your BU is in line with overall priorities for key strategic initiatives and that work in progress remains at a healthy level. 
• As part of the Digital PMO center of excellence mission, contribute to the development of lean and robust portfolio processes that can easily be scaled and adopted outside the immediate team. 
• Actively contribute to shaping the Portfolio management role at Decathlon, including defining learning and career paths.  

Your profile

• Minimum of 8 years experience in project and program management
• Program leadership experience - leading large scale programs and guiding project managers. Portfolio experience is a plus.  
• Strong project and program management process skills in software development - experience working in large scale organizations with large scale projects and programs.  
• Excellent communication skills - able to effectively convey key messages and action items to all levels of an organization both in written and verbal communications. 
• Excellent stakeholder management skills - experience working with complex stakeholder landscapes and ability to quickly build trusting relationships across disciplines and hierarchies
• Strategic thinking - ability to balance long-term vision with short and medium-term goals
• Adaptability - ability and willingness to engage in a fast-moving and international environment
• Problem solving skills - passion for solving problems creatively, starting small, failing fast, and applying your learnings
• Passionate about sports

WHAT WE OFFER 

- 2 days of telecommuting per week;
- Possibility to work in one of Decathlon Digital's offices in Lille, Paris, or Amsterdam;
- Equipment provided in accordance with your missions and our societal commitments (Mac, Windows, or Chromebooks);
- A local project team within a global network (opportunity for international career);
- Skill development and support (diversity of projects, technical certifications from the first year, internal and external training, etc.);
- Compensation package (employee participation in company stock options, monthly/quarterly bonuses).