Senior Director, Digital Transformation

VSP Vision Care•Town of Caroline, NY

3d•$136,500 - $215,250•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Director, Digital Transformation is responsible for partnering with business and technology leadership to set the strategy of digital, technology, business process, data and organizational transformation to achieve defined business value outcomes. This role will also be required to build credible partnerships across supply chain lines of business and enterprise teams to collaborate effectively, outline change management approach, and ensure successful adoption of transformational initiatives to expedite significant value targets. Work in close coordination with project management offices across the enterprise to align and drive program management for initiative delivery based on strategic plans Partner with functional leads to understand the depth and breadth of internal organizational functions and processes Scan external ecosystems to identify current technology, resources, or vendors that are viable partners to complement, innovate and add value to strategic initiatives. Support identifying and building the team to be engaged in initiatives at global and regional levels to enable enterprise-level and local operational efficiencies while ensuring sufficient capability and capacity to adopt and realize change Manage communications and change management plans, align complex dependencies, and project execution to enable high adoption and value delivery Assemble cross-functional resourcing and engage with external vendors as necessary to support an effective transformation Mentor and develop staff using a supportive and collaborative approach involved in initiatives: assign and maintain accountabilities, establish clear and mutually agreed expectations, set objectives, establish priorities, and monitor and evaluate results

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience; Minimum of 3 additional years of experience related to functional area.
Minimum of 6 years of management experience with responsibilities for hiring, training, assigning work, and managing performance of direct reports.
6+ years of experience leading technology initiatives including large-scale business transformations.
Proven experience in partnering with business leaders to deliver enterprise-wide digital initiatives.
Ability to formulate and communicate strategies across all levels of technical and functional leaders.
Strong track record of innovation, collaboration and developing high-performing teams – able to work with diverse teams in diverse locations, engaging their input and commitment to success.
High level of organization, managing risk and decision-making skills working in a fast-paced environment.
Systematic approach to work maintaining accountability, plans and demonstrations of success.
Experience with large-scale vendors including defining business requirements and negotiating contracts.
Experience in business process re-engineering or process improvement involving systems, utilizing tools to effect business change.
Demonstrated experience in translating business strategies, across several business units, into effective solutions.
Possess ability to extract and translate business strategy into technology requirements.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited information is available.
For roles that are remote (i.e., Work From Home (WFM)) or hybrid (i.e., partial onsite at a VSP location and WFM), must demonstrate a high level of engagement in virtual environments, including maintaining camera presence during meetings to support effective communication and team alignment.

Nice To Haves

Experience with SAP S/4 HANA Transformation
Experience with SAP S/4 Central Finance implementation
Experience with Finance Transformation
Experience with Risk, Governance & Delivery Excellence

Responsibilities

Partnering with business and technology leadership to set the strategy of digital, technology, business process, data and organizational transformation to achieve defined business value outcomes.
Build credible partnerships across supply chain lines of business and enterprise teams to collaborate effectively, outline change management approach, and ensure successful adoption of transformational initiatives to expedite significant value targets.
Work in close coordination with project management offices across the enterprise to align and drive program management for initiative delivery based on strategic plans.
Partner with functional leads to understand the depth and breadth of internal organizational functions and processes.
Scan external ecosystems to identify current technology, resources, or vendors that are viable partners to complement, innovate and add value to strategic initiatives.
Support identifying and building the team to be engaged in initiatives at global and regional levels to enable enterprise-level and local operational efficiencies while ensuring sufficient capability and capacity to adopt and realize change.
Manage communications and change management plans, align complex dependencies, and project execution to enable high adoption and value delivery.
Assemble cross-functional resourcing and engage with external vendors as necessary to support an effective transformation.
Mentor and develop staff using a supportive and collaborative approach involved in initiatives: assign and maintain accountabilities, establish clear and mutually agreed expectations, set objectives, establish priorities, and monitor and evaluate results.