Finance Project Manager, Change Management

NetApp, Inc.•Wichita, KS

2d•$129,200 - $152,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Finance Project Management Office provides project leadership, consulting, change management, and process improvements across Accounting, FP&A, Tax, Treasury, and cross-functional initiatives. It curates the master portfolio of work, develops plans, and executes high-priority projects while cultivating a high-performing team. The Finance Project Manager leads enterprise-wide initiatives within NetApp’s Finance organization. The primary assignment for each initiative will be either project management or change management, based on portfolio priorities, project needs, and the pipeline of work; some initiatives may require contributions across both disciplines. The role uses project, program, and change management experience to understand business requirements, shape and guide plans, align stakeholders, assess impacts and readiness, and drive successful delivery and adoption. Strong communication skills and command of business processes are key to success. A proven track record on AI initiatives is strongly preferred. This is a hybrid role with in-office expectations. Hiring is limited to San Jose, California, or Raleigh, North Carolina.

Requirements

Strong project, program, and change management experience.
Strong communication skills and command of business processes.
Ability to understand business requirements, shape and guide plans, align stakeholders, assess impacts and readiness, and drive delivery and adoption.
Experience organizing, leading, and facilitating cross-functional teams.
Ability to manage project costs, resources, schedules, stakeholders, governance, risks, dependencies, and accountability.
Ability to assess readiness and resistance, conduct change impact assessments, and develop mitigation strategies and integrated change plans.
Ability to develop communications, training strategies, adoption activities, and metrics in collaboration with subject-matter experts.
Ability to identify root causes and develop recovery plans.
Ability to create and deliver executive presentations and perform cost-benefit analyses.

Nice To Haves

A proven track record on AI initiatives.
Formal change management training or certification, such as Prosci.
PMI Certified Professional in Managing AI (PMI-CPMAI) certification.
Group facilitation experience.
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in business or a related field.
Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Responsibilities

Flex between project management and change management assignments based on portfolio priorities and pipeline needs, taking end-to-end ownership of the assigned discipline for each initiative.
Organize, lead, and facilitate cross-functional project teams focused on finance and operations business systems and initiatives.
Determine project costs, resource requirements, and timing based on project scope and complexity.
Manage stakeholder alignment, communications, governance updates, decisions, risks, dependencies, and accountability.
Partner with leaders, project teams, and subject-matter experts to assess stakeholder readiness and resistance using surveys, interviews, focus groups, or other methods, and summarize findings for operating and steering committees.
Map current and future states, develop and prioritize change impact assessments, and present impact readouts to stakeholder and governance groups.
Identify and communicate change-specific risks and develop practical mitigation strategies.
Develop and execute integrated change management plans covering stakeholder engagement, communications, training, change champion networks, behavior change, and adoption activities.
Craft communications that connect corporate and departmental messaging, business context, and values for affected audiences.
Develop and implement training strategies and supporting materials in partnership with subject-matter experts.
Identify, motivate, and coordinate change champions to share information, surface feedback, and reinforce adoption within their teams.
Collaborate with subject-matter experts to develop and monitor metrics for process improvement, business readiness, technology readiness, adoption, and utilization.
Identify root causes of project or adoption issues and develop recovery plans.
Develop and deliver concise executive presentations with analysis, metrics, recommendations, project improvements, and controls.
Research and apply project and change management best practices; document and share lessons learned to support continuous improvement.
Perform cost-benefit analyses to help prioritize projects and change investments.