Title: Business Transformation Senior Manager
Location: This is a Hybrid/3 days a week in the office role. (Charlotte, NC / Atlanta, GA / Raleigh, NC)
Travel Type: On-site (no expenses)
Job Title: Business Transformation Senior Manager
The purpose of this role is to drive Cybersecurity strategic objectives through thought leadership, organizational design, management, execution and delivery of a portfolio of projects. Responsible for providing oversight and accountability for all Cybersecurity projects/programs of varying sizes, including transformational initiatives, with a focus on risk identification and remediation. Influences and leads large-scale change initiatives. Responsible for project financials, resource management and allocation, portfolio health, and executive reporting.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.
Provides thought leadership, organizational design, management and execution of an SLT-designated core function(s) or program(s).
Directs and oversees financial management, organizational planning and design, planning and coordination of Cyber programs.
Directs organizational efforts to partner closely with cyber domain managers and subject matter experts to develop program design, plan, metrics, and execution strategy.
Ensures that business cases are developed for budgeting, planning, and tracking revenue and/or expense.
Directs and oversees relationships with business owners and technology leads to support overall program needs.
Ensures that program activities are on a path to deliver benefits realization.
Ensures implementation and oversight of appropriate risk management plans for program initiatives in area of responsibility.
Monitors and challenges performance of current systems and processes.
Identifies and advocates for solutions designed to deliver value and mitigate risk as appropriate.
Vets new solutions and determines at what point larger issues require escalation to upper management. Leads teams or multiple teams of internal and/or external resources.
Analyzes and collectively manages variances to the program plan and overall portfolio and makes recommendation and/or creates action plan to mitigate negative variances or to resolve issues. Articulates overall performance of multiple programs and initiatives via dashboard reporting for use by key executives.
Required Qualifications:
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Bachelor's degree and eight years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience to include
general business management, consulting-type work, or other disciplines related to business management and/or technology.
In-depth and broad knowledge within own professional discipline, such as finance, project management, change management, strategy development, etc.
Ability to interpret internal and external business challenges, and apply best practices to improve products, processes, or services. Ability to lead projects of significant complexity and risk exposure. Ability to exercise judgment in solving technical, operational, and organizational challenges.
Experience managing a team, including identifying and recruiting talent, managing performance, and making decisions about resource allocation.
Executive level communication skills, including negotiation, persuasion and ability to influence others to adopt a new perspective and handle interpersonal issues with tact and diplomacy.
Preferred Qualifications:
Demonstrated experience in technology organization management, financial management, risk management, people management, issue resolution, influencing team members and other stakeholders, conducting difficult negotiations and managing to stringent timelines for project deliverables.
Demonstrated superior understanding of business and technology organization, resources, priorities, needs and policies.
Demonstrated leadership in the implementation of complex programs and projects.
Ability to bring clarity to ambiguous assignments.
Demonstrated executive level verbal and written communication skills.
Superior working knowledge of business matters, finance, planning, and forecasting.
Strong skills in MS Office Suite (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Visio, Project) Experience with both Agile and waterfall project management methodologies.
Strong grasp of technology development lifecycle and required tollgating.
Advanced degree in a relevant field of work (e.g., MBA) and/or PMP certification. Financial services technology experience highly beneficial.
Experience implementing large/complex initiatives across a matrix organization.
In-depth knowledge of management and planning systems theory and practical application to complex initiatives.
Experience with financial measurements and metrics.
Knowledge of business unit's mission and processes.
Experience implementing large/complex initiatives across a matrix organization. Highly articulate and demonstrates executive presence