Senior Manager, Program Management

Palo Alto Networks•Office - USA - CA - Headquarters, CA

2d•$154,400 - $249,700•Onsite

About The Position

Drive change across the CFO organization and be willing to wear multiple hats (strategy development, deployment of projects) to do what it takes to support the business. Drive the end-to-end execution of initiatives that support finance-wide transformation through AI and workflow reimagining. Establish simple, repeatable ways to gather information and drive accountability, ensuring business readiness. Use first principles to design future state business workflows to create operational efficiencies. Work collaboratively across a cross-functional set of stakeholders (finance and operations, IT, go-to-market, product) to gather the right information, pressure test hypotheses, articulate complex business problems, mobilize a project team, implement solutions and drive accountability. Structure and size large complex projects into outcomes. Develop roadmaps, key metrics, change management strategies, communication plans and conduct post implementation reviews to ensure the value of a project was successfully unlocked. Create deliverables (business case memos, key decision documents, presentations, etc.) for executive level consumption.

Requirements

8-10 overall years of experience within tech, including industry experience in transformation function at a top-tier tech company
Strong AI and Data & Analytics skillset including but not limited to building agentic workflows combined with efficient use of deterministic code (e.g. JIRA Query Language and Google Apps Script) for scaling project delivery
Extensive project management skills, including system implementations, international compliance initiatives and AI-enabled redesign
Familiarity with Cognitive Project Management for AI (CPMAI) principles
Understanding of end-to-end financial processes (Order-to-Cash financial process (from order management & fulfillment, provisioning, billing & invoicing, revenue through to cash)
Experience in implementing and managing complex, cross-functional programs within a technology company's finance or enterprise engineering organization
Proficiency with JIRA and Asana platforms
Strong expertise in SAP (preferably RAR, BRIM / SD and S/4 HANA), SFDC (preferably CRM and CPQ) and Order-to-Cash modern boundary systems.
Deep understanding of financial systems for a large scale global technology company, with a focus on unification and harmonization as well as automation across these domains
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Hands-on and results oriented leader with problem solving and action oriented mindset
Intellectual curiosity, self-starter and critical thinker
Ability to work in a fast paced environment
Ability to deal with ambiguity, deal with changing priorities and drive accountability
Passion for continuous improvement of systems and workflows

Responsibilities

Drive change across the CFO organization and be willing to wear multiple hats (strategy development, deployment of projects) to do what it takes to support the business
Drive the end-to-end execution of initiatives that support finance-wide transformation through AI and workflow reimagining
Establish simple, repeatable ways to gather information and drive accountability, ensuring business readiness
Use first principles to design future state business workflows to create operational efficiencies
Work collaboratively across a cross-functional set of stakeholders (finance and operations, IT, go-to-market, product) to gather the right information, pressure test hypotheses, articulate complex business problems, mobilize a project team, implement solutions and drive accountability
Structure and size large complex projects into outcomes
Develop roadmaps, key metrics, change management strategies, communication plans and conduct post implementation reviews to ensure the value of a project was successfully unlocked
Create deliverables (business case memos, key decision documents, presentations, etc.) for executive level consumption