QTS Realty Trust

Program Director, Enterprise Enablement

QTS Realty Trust$153K — $234K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of enterprise program management experience in a large corporate environment.
  • Experience in a people leader role in a direct supervisory capacity.
  • Proficiency in various project and program management methodologies.
  • Success in establishing governance, standards, controls, and KPIs in complex environments.
  • Strong influence skills in matrixed organizations without direct authority.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills for effective stakeholder collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with senior leadership to translate strategic vision into actionable transformation initiatives.
  • Communicate a holistic view of all active projects to identify gaps and manage resources effectively.
  • Oversee multiple concurrent transformation initiatives, ensuring they remain on scope, timeline, and outcomes.
  • Drive cross-functional teams to meet milestones, holding them accountable for quality and timeliness.
  • Facilitate governance structures to engage relevant stakeholders early in the scoping process.
  • Champion change management practices for successful initiative adoption.
  • Define, track, and communicate program KPIs, OKRs, and risks.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Life and disability insurance.
  • 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Flexible spending savings account.
  • Paid holidays and paid time off.
  • Employee assistance program.
  • Competitive benefits package.
Full Job Description
Who You Are: (Job Summary)

The Enterprise Enablement (EE) team is a new, business-aligned group, leading and executing large-scale organizational transformations programs. This team translates the company's strategic agenda into actionable programs designed to reshape our operating model, organizational structure, and capabilities for the future. As the EE Program Director, you will own the end-to-end delivery of multiple, concurrent transformation programs within this portfolio. You will be a key leader in driving significant organizational change and adoption.

What You Will Do: (Job Responsibilities)

Strategy & Portfolio Management
  • Partner with senior leadership to translate the company's strategic vision into a cohesive, actionable portfolio of transformation initiatives organized in an integrated program roadmap designed to optimize value.
  • Proactively communicate a holistic view of all active work in motion to identify gaps, manage capacity constraints and program resourcing needs.

Program Execution & Delivery
  • Provide oversight across multiple concurrent transformation initiatives, ensuring projects stay aligned to scope, timelines, and outcomes by flagging risks, resolving cross-functional issues, and escalating when needed.
  • Drive cross-functional teams to meet key milestones, holding them accountable for the quality and timeliness of their delivery.
  • Facilitate a robust governance structure by ensuring the right stakeholders are engaged early for complete scoping.
  • Champion change management practices to ensure the successful adoption of new initiatives and ways of working.

Measurement & Reporting
  • Define, track, and communicate program KPIs, OKRs, and risks.
  • Manage the portfolio-level budget and financial forecasts, providing updates to senior leadership on program financial metrics and resource planning.
  • Lead both operational and executive reviews to drive clear communication, rapid decisions, and accountability.
  • Other duties as assigned.


What You Will Need to Be Successful: (Required Qualifications, Education, Experience, Certifications)
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of enterprise program management experience in a large corporate environment
  • Experience in a people leader in a direct supervisory capacity
  • Demonstrated proficiency in various project and program management methodologies
  • Demonstrated success establishing governance, standards, controls, and KPIs in complex environments.
  • Strong influence skills in matrixed organizations without direct authority.
  • Demonstratable verbal and written communication skills for effective collaboration with stakeholders at all levels.


Nice to Have: (Preferred Qualifications, Education, Experience, Certifications)
  • Experience in complex, capital intensive, multi-site environments, for example data centers, real estate development, construction, and industrial.
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and building structure from scratch in a scaling environment.
  • Proven partnership with program managers, change management partners, global process owners, and data owners to deliver sustainable change outcomes.
  • Portfolio analytics and reporting expertise, KPIs and OKRs, dashboards, value realization.
  • Proficiency with project management, data visualization, and strategic portfolio management (SPM) tools.


In accordance with applicable law, the following represents a reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation for this role if hired in Virginia. Please note that this information is provided for those hired in Virginia only, and this role is open to candidates outside of Virginia with compensation that aligns with your location. The successful candidate's starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location.

The estimated pay range for this role, if based in Virginia, is:
$153,075.00 - 234,092.50

Please note that this information is provided for those hired in Virginia only, and this role is open to candidates outside of Virginia with compensation that aligns with your location. The successful candidate's starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending savings account; paid holidays; paid time off; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.

About QTS Realty Trust

QTS is the digital infrastructure leader – Powered by People, driven by purpose and fueled by a spirit of innovation. We have a 20-year track record of designing, building and operating world-class data centers, delivering the critical infrastructure for the world’s largest and fastest-growing companies. We have more than 75 data centers in operation or under development across the United States and Europe.
Learn more about QTS Realty Trust
Size
82,000 employees
Market Cap
$5.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$15.9 million
Founded
2005
5 Year Trend
+11.6%
Revenue
$539.3 million
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