Lead Value Management Specialist - Washington

Lead Value Management Specialist

Location: Washington, DC, US, 20001 Company: Amtrak

Your success is a train ride away! As we move America's workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees. Are you ready to join our team? Our values of 'Do the Right Thing, Excel Together and Put Customers First' are at the heart of what matters most to us, and our Core Capabilities, 'Building Trust, Accountability, Effective Communication, Customer Focus, and Proactive Safety & Security' are what every employee needs to know and do to be most impactful at Amtrak. By living the Amtrak values, focusing on our capabilities, and actively embracing and fostering diverse ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives, together we will honor our past and make Amtrak a company of the future.

Job Summary

The Lead Value Management Specialist is accountable for enabling Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) best practices and supporting portfolio-level value optimization initiatives. This detailed-oriented and analytical role is responsible for optimizing enterprise intake, advancing value realization practices, and driving quality control standards for written materials, reporting and portfolio artifacts, and grant compliance activities. This role promotes data and value-driven decision-making across multiple projects and programs to ensure alignment within organizational goals.

Essential Functions

• Oversee onboarding processes, playbooks, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Coordinate procurement, vendor support, talent projections, budgeting inputs, and office/space resource data
• Develop and maintain skill gap inventory, identifying current capabilities, gaps, and future needs across portfolios and value streams.
• Enforce quality standards for all portfolio documentation and written deliverables to ensure clarity, accuracy and consistency
• Develop and implement quality control framework, scorecards and review processes
• Accountable for day-to-day adherence to PLM standards, terms, and conditions, while moving towards and identifying ways to shape a leaner governance approach.
• Conduct financial, operational, and risk analyses to assess value across projects and programs.
• Collaborate with project teams and stakeholders to identify opportunities for value enhancement.
• Track and report on key performance indicators related to portfolio value realization.
• Prepare analyses, dashboards, and reports to communicate portfolio value insights to leadership.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of value management processes and practices.
• Stay informed on best practices and industry trends in value management and portfolio optimization.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or relevant experience. Plus 6 years of relevant work experience. 6-9 years' experience implementing lean practices/Lean Portfolio Management

Salary

The salary/hourly range is $103,700.00 – $134,460.00. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. Depending on an employee's assigned worksite or location, Amtrak may consider a geo-pay differential to be applied to the employee's base salary. Amtrak may offer additional incentive and pay programs to recognize and reward our employees, including a short-term incentive bonus based upon factors such as individual and company performance that is commensurate with the level of the position.