Senior Business Operations Manager

NetApp•San Jose, NC

About The Position

Who do we look for? Are you a thought and process leader, a change agent who wants to partner with a team of forward-thinking, smart, dedicated technologists that approach every problem with fresh eyes? If you answered yes, you may be who we are looking for! We are looking for a passionate and results-oriented Senior Business Operations Program Manager to drive executive support for multiple Product Group leaders and their teams. The role requires an individual with excellent program and project management abilities and an outstanding track record of delivering results.

Requirements

10+ years experience as a Program Manager in managing the organizational business cadence of large technology teams
BS/BA or equivalent job-related experience
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with highly technical engineering teams, with a history of leading the team in delivering against product requirements
Solid ability to provide structure and vital process without compromising execution or the needs of the team, customer or product

Responsibilities

Strategic Planning: Annual Fiscal Year (FY) Planning & Management
Own the annual AOFP process bottoms up and tops down target planning
Build monthly OPEX forecast for each team, review with Finance for submission each month; participate in monthly OPEX reviews with Finance; provide variance analysis as needed
Drive quarterly CAPEX planning, CAPEX requests and monitor execution for supported teams; act as focal point for changes and/or ad hoc requests throughout the quarter
Manage Cloud Spend forecast data by leader, project, and product to rationalize latest spend trends. Represent changes in product execution strategy back to cloud spend budget changes.
Ensure monthly, quarterly and annual budget and headcount targets are met with little variance
Ensure per geo headcount targets are met (including site strategies for hiring), oversee requisition staffing process & reporting
Ensure pipeline at the early in career/intern levels are properly staffed
Contracts & PO (Purchase Order) management as needed
Organization Planning & Design : Determine what headcount gaps exist per org and determine affordability
Maintain close partnerships with HRBPs
Rhythm of the Business: Monthly & Quarterly Reporting
Partner with VPs/Dir+ to create monthly & quarterly reporting decks
Create & run forums for priority project tracking & reporting to management
Create & run forums for quarterly Business Reviews
Oversee regular headcount updating & hierarchies and provide reporting with insights
All Hands Team leadership offsites planning and facilitation
Staff meetings – agenda, notes & action item tracking/closure
Execution of Organizational Wide Priority Activities & Programs
Program manage and drive org-wide programs and initiatives that may involve cross-functional collaboration both within your leader’s team and across the Product Group & company, such as: Training New Hires Interns Site activities
Cross-Functional Alignment
Ensure that group priorities, processes and actions are in alignment with practices across the Product Group & company, drive closure on areas where there is not alignment
Relationship building with peers across the Product Group, Finance, HR & Legal