Director Enterprise Change Strategic Planning

Enterprise Change Strategic Planning Director

The Enterprise Change Strategic Planning Director is responsible for the development and oversight of the strategic planning office. This role will partner closely with executive leadership and key stakeholders to document the enterprise strategic plan, oversee the development and performance of business cases, and perform analysis, reconciliation and reporting on enterprise efforts.

The team will prepare presentations for the Executive Committee (EC) to create transparency in the change portfolio allowing leaders to make decisions aligning to the strategic goals. Materials will include prioritization, analysis, recommendations, and financials in partnership with Finance.

This role will lead a group of portfolio management and portfolio analytics teams supporting enterprise strategic execution. Key functions of the team will be to facilitate planning sessions and executive portfolio management forums, curate enterprise business case inventory, analyze business cases against OKRs, analyzing workforce, delivery and capacity models against plan, and continuously assess the overall health of the portfolio of change efforts against the plan.

Position Responsibilities

Strategic Planning Office Oversight and Planning
Lead strategic planning efforts including facilitation, ideation, analysis, prioritization, and on-going oversight of performance outcomes.
Communicate effectively at all organizational levels while providing analysis and updates to key executive stakeholders on a regular basis.
Maintain and optimize the ECPMO operating model that is required to successfully execute to strategy following the standardized governance framework.
Coordinate laterally to ensure the ECPMO is effectively delivering staff, capabilities, and solutions across the enterprise.
Develop new strategic insights and capabilities to assist the ECPMO Leadership team with key strategic decisions.
Provide execution support for strategic planning processes (Quarterly, Annually).
Participate in and track execution status of special projects.
Support ECPMO Leadership Team through goal setting, problem tracking and solving, organizational management, and presentation development.
Ensure appropriate controls, documentation, and procedures exist throughout the department.
Responsible for aligning the enterprise portfolio of work to the business strategy.
Performance Analysis and Reporting
Provide strategic insight, analytics, and assessment of change initiatives.
Generate and provide reports, dashboards and presentations that clearly summarize results and implications/recommendations to key stakeholders to inform decision making.
Provide strategic and analytical support on special projects and ad-hoc analyses at the request of the ECPMO leadership team.
Monitor change initiative success and outcomes through analyzing operational performance leveraging key performance indicators, business trends and business developments.
Conduct appropriate model usage and model monitoring analysis and reporting.
Develop and maintain data strategies and connections used in reporting to ensure that OKR's are represented.
Synthesize analytical results and develop, recommend, and implement business strategies that improve decisions, assist in managing risk, meet business goals, and improve performance.
Continuously improve portfolio processes and systems to maximize efficiency and effectiveness.
Communication and Management
Oversee end-to-end change portfolio performance with continuous calibration against the strategic plan.
Build process documentation with detailed steps, preparation requirements, and timelines for every step of the strategic planning process.
Support internal and external presentation development, including Operating/Business Reviews, All-Staff presentations, & reports on business performance.
Prepare presentation materials for key executive and senior leadership meetings to support the development and review of short- and long-term strategies.
Provide regular updates on portfolio performance and value delivery to ECPMO leadership team.
People Management:
Assign workload reflecting the team members skill set and experience with an eye toward cross training, development, and timely and quality task completion.
Lead, coach and manage team members; develop and train a high-performing team including the development of business acumen relating to corporate strategy, corporate development, workforce planning and finance matters.
Manage personnel processes for employees, including selection, training, performance management, compensation, disciplinary actions, talent management, development and retention.
Lead the team's efforts related to diversity and inclusion.

Position Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university or Highschool diploma/GED with 6 years of Business strategy, Change and/or Project Management Experience
10 or more years Experience in strategic planning for a large enterprise
10 or more years Experience working with senior leadership to manage strategic planning frameworks and processes.
10 or more years Experience providing strategic insight, analytics, and assessment of transformation initiatives
7 years Experience organizing data in a succinct way along with the ability to stage and summarize data and create useful data visualization presentations
5 years Project Management experience
5 years Managing others including leading and motivating large diverse teams
Preferred: Experience in Financial Services in a regulatory environment and/or banking
Licenses & Certifications
Preferred: SPP (Strategic Planning Professional)

Work Best Category:
Category C - Days in the office will either be designated days or will vary week to week from 2-5 days

Hours:
8:00am - 5:00pm Monday - Friday

Salary:
To Be Determined Based on Individual Experience

About Comerica
We know our employees are critical to our overall success and we are dedicated to investing in their future. One of the ways we do this is to offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package designed to recognize and reward individual performance, as well support health, well-being, development and security for our colleagues and their family. Total Rewards consists of cash compensation, development and flexible benefit programs designed to meet individual needs today and in the future. Your salary will be commensurate with your work experience and our programs are reviewed regularly to ensure each remain competitive. We are proud to offer benefits such as health and welfare programs, strong retirement benefits, and generous paid time off programs. You and your eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children, can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401(k) and pension, income protection benefits such as life insurance, AD&D, and supplemental health programs to offset unexpected health care expenses. We also have a variety of time off programs for things like vacation, sick time, disability, and parental leave. Eligibility for some programs varies based on employment status and tenure.

Upon offer, Comerica conducts a comprehensive background and fingerprint check.

NMLS certification requirement: where applicable, a favorable background check screening, credit check, fingerprint check, and NMLS certification is required in accordance with the SAFE Act.

Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA) is a financial services company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and strategically aligned into three major business segments; the Commercial Bank, the Retail Bank, and Wealth Management. Comerica's colleagues focus on relationships, and helping people and businesses be successful. In addition to Texas, Comerica Bank locations can be found in Arizona, California, Florida and Michigan, with select businesses operating in several other states, as well as in Canada and Mexico.

Comerica is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - veterans/individuals with disabilities, committed to workplace diversity.

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