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About the role
- Director leading value realization for Ciena's enterprise transformation portfolio. Building frameworks, tracking benefits, and ensuring alignment with corporate strategy.
Responsibilities
- Build and lead the value tracking discipline for the enterprise transformation portfolio.
- Design the value realization framework, embed it into governance, and create the single source of truth for benefits, ROI, and KPI performance across programs.
- Co-create value hypotheses with business sponsors; translate intent into quantified KPIs, OKRs, and financial models.
- Establish baselines, counterfactuals, and guardrails for success criteria; document calculation logic and data lineage to ensure auditability.
- Build the ETO benefits register and portfolio dashboard; automate pipelines from systems of record to provide alignment with Finance.
- Produce concise executive materials for steering committees and decision forums; highlight dependencies, risks to value, and mitigation options.
- Embed value checkpoints in ETO tollgates; define entry/exit criteria and evidence required at each stage.
- Lead post implementation reviews and benefit verification; establish plans with line leaders to hold gains and avoid regression.
Requirements
- Significant experience in value realization, portfolio/program management, finance, strategy, or transformation roles within complex, global enterprises.
- Demonstrated track record converting transformation initiatives into measurable outcomes and sustaining benefits post go-live.
- Advanced financial modeling and business case development; comfort with scenario analysis and trade off framing for executives.
- Strong data orientation with expertise in using data to drive decisions and tell stories.
- Executive communication: succinct storytelling through high-impact materials for leadership decision making.
- Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or relevant advanced degree preferred.
- Professional certifications (e.g., PfMP, PgMP, PMP, Lean/Six Sigma, CIMA/CPA) are a plus.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally, as needed.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision plans
- Participation in 401(K) (USA) & DCPP (Canada) with company matching
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Company-paid holidays
- Paid sick leave
- Vacation time
- Compliance with laws regarding Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence
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