Senior Director, Governance, Portfolio & Administration

DP World

Transport and Warehouse Logistics

Charlotte, NC - USA

Director

Hybrid

Experteer Overview

In this role you lead independent governance for the Americas Technology organization, enforcing standards and ensuring disciplined decision-making. You will oversee portfolio intake, prioritization, and financial controls, driving transparency and risk visibility. You partner with cross-functional teams to maintain PMO standards, reporting cadence, and delivery hygiene. This position suits a strategic leader who shapes technology governance at scale and supports global trade enablement at DP World.

Responsibilities

Define, maintain, and govern regional Technology governance frameworks aligned with Group standards and ensure adherence to internal controls, audit requirements, security policies, and regulatory obligations
Maintain clear decision-right frameworks, escalation paths, and documented governance forums, independently challenge deviations from standards and ensure timely escalation and remediation
Provide governance oversight of Technology portfolio intake, prioritization, and demand processes, ensuring transparency across Technology initiatives, investments, dependencies, and capacity constraints
Provide independent portfolio insight, risk visibility, and exception reporting to Technology leadership
Define and govern common PMO standards, reporting cadences, and delivery hygiene across the region
Provide governance and oversight of Technology financial controls, cost transparency, and reporting; partner with Finance and Procurement to ensure compliance with approved budgets, vendor governance standards, and financial controls
Ensure consistency, accuracy, and integrity of reporting to regional and Group Technology leadership

Key requirements

Experience in Technology governance, assurance, audit-facing, or enterprise control roles
Experience operating in complex, matrixed, multi-business environments
Strong exposure to internal controls, audit, risk, and compliance disciplines
Ability to influence senior stakeholders through governance challenge rather than execution ownership

Stakeholder management Communication Influencing and negotiation Problem-solving and analytical thinking

Description

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