Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Procurement

Transamerica • Cedar Rapids, IA

30d • $134,000 - $170,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a strategic and experienced Procurement Technology leader with a Financial Services / Insurance background to lead the global technology platforms, integrations, data capabilities, and engineering teams that support enterprise procurement. This role is responsible for enabling efficient, compliant, and scalable source-to-pay, procure-to-pay, supplier management, contract management, purchasing, invoice, and spend analytics capabilities across a global insurance organization, Aegon / Transamerica. The leader will partner closely with Global Procurement, Finance, Enterprise Architecture, Security, Data Governance, and regional Procurement business stakeholders to modernize procurement technology, improve operational resilience, strengthen controls, optimize vendor and SaaS ecosystems, and advance automation and AI-enabled procurement capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (e.g. computer science, information systems, math, engineering) or equivalent education/experience
• Eight years of experience with modern distributed applications, and microservices
• Six years of experience in delivery of large-scale design projects involving interaction with a broad spectrum of enterprise operational functions
• Four years of experience managing a diverse team and leading cross-functional teams.
• Strong background in the execution of DevOps methodologies and continuous integration/continuous deliver, and accomplishments in architecture and strategy.
• Experience managing vendor relationships, including product/service evaluation, contract negotiations, and on-going relationship management
• Results oriented with a strong customer focus
• Strong communication skills to delivery highly relevant and effective information to the Board, executives, and employees.
• Ability to synthesize ambiguous and complex information in a way the leads to substantive actionable outcomes.
• Proactive mindset to drive change, question assumptions and push for innovation solutions.
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Technical communication skills and the ability to present information to all levels of the organization
• Problem-solving and technical communication skills
• Ability to work in a highly matrixed environment and identify, define, and resolve organizational issues
• Creative analytical thinker
• Ability to prioritize workload to meet tight deadlines
• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Procurement platforms like Ariba, Oracle Fusion, Sirion CLM etc.
• Experience with AI, GenAI, advanced analytics and machine learning concepts and technology implementations
• Experience with solution architecture and implementation
• Technology or platform certifications (e.g. Oracle Fusion, AWS, Microsoft)
• Knowledge of the financial services industry

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a forward-looking global Procurement Technology strategy and roadmap aligned to business priorities, procurement operating model needs, enterprise architecture standards, regulatory obligations, and regional execution requirements.
• Serve as the technology owner and strategic partner for procurement platforms and capabilities, including source-to-contract, procure-to-pay, supplier lifecycle management, contract lifecycle management, purchasing, invoice automation, vendor master, spend analytics, supplier risk, and procurement reporting.
• Evaluate, rationalize, modernize, and integrate procurement technology solutions across global and local environments, balancing business agility, operational risk, total cost of ownership, security, data quality, and enterprise standardization.
• Identify and implement opportunities to leverage cloud-native platforms, SaaS platforms, API-led integration, automation, workflow orchestration, data management, analytics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Generative AI to improve procurement productivity, policy compliance, exception management, supplier insight, and decision support.
• Partner with enterprise architecture, information security, data governance, risk, and procurement leadership to ensure procurement solutions comply with internal standards, privacy requirements, third-party risk expectations, audit controls, and regional regulatory requirements.
• Establish clear technology guardrails and design patterns for procurement solutions, integrations, reporting, data flows, user access, and support models across global and regional teams.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a geographically distributed team of software engineers, platform owners, analysts, and external delivery partners supporting procurement technology globally.
• Foster a culture of inclusion, accountability, engineering excellence, operational ownership, continuous improvement, and customer-focused delivery.
• Partner with Global Procurement, Finance, Legal, Risk, Compliance, and regional technology teams to align priorities, manage demand, resolve conflicts, and deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Build the team’s capability across procurement processes, financial services controls, SaaS platform management, integration patterns, data quality, cloud engineering, automation, and production support.
• Manage resource capacity, budget, vendor performance, delivery plans, and support coverage across multiple geographies and time zones.
• Oversee the design, implementation, integration, maintenance, and modernization of global procurement technology platforms and related enterprise integrations.
• Drive reliable end-to-end procurement technology delivery across source-to-pay and procure-to-pay processes, including requisitioning, approvals, purchase orders, supplier onboarding, contract data, invoice processing, payment handoffs, vendor risk workflows, reporting, and analytics.
• Ensure procurement systems are scalable, secure, resilient, supportable, and compliant with financial services / insurance control expectations, including audit readiness, segregation of duties, data protection, records retention, and third-party risk management requirements.
• Champion modern engineering practices, including DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, secure development, release management, incident management, batch/API reliability, and documentation.
• Improve procurement data quality and governance across supplier, contract, spend, and performance data domains.
• Lead technology input into procurement transformation efforts, SaaS platform upgrades, ERP integrations, finance transformation initiatives, operating model changes, and global standardization efforts.
• Partner with enterprise data, finance, and procurement analytics teams to strengthen spend visibility, contract compliance reporting, supplier performance insight, category analytics, and executive-level procurement dashboards.
• Ensure production stability through clear ownership, support models, service level expectations, monitoring, problem management, and root cause analysis for critical procurement processes.
• Provide technical guidance and leadership to development, platform, and support teams to deliver high-quality procurement solutions used by multiple business units, regions, and shared service functions.
• Partner with senior leadership and stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Translate strategic priorities into defined roadmaps, tactical action plans, milestones, measurable outcomes, and execution governance.
• Act as a strategist and champion for enterprise architecture, data governance, cybersecurity, operational resilience, and design principles as they apply to procurement technology.
• Participate in whiteboard discussions, roadmap reviews, steering committees, architecture forums, vendor reviews, and executive presentations.
• Act quickly and appropriately to solve problems, bring clarity, remove delivery impediments, and minimize business impact from incidents, defects, platform constraints, and unforeseen circumstances.
• Drive a culture of change, excellence, prudent experimentation, and innovation that constructively challenges the status quo while maintaining strong risk, control, and production stability discipline.
• Manage budget, expenditures, vendor performance, licensing, contracts, renewals, and technology investment tradeoffs in partnership with Procurement, Finance, and Technology leadership.
• Support audit, regulatory, risk, and compliance activities by ensuring accurate documentation, evidence, control execution, remediation tracking, and technology ownership across procurement systems.

Benefits

• Competitive Pay
• Bonus for Eligible Employees
• Benefits Package
• Pension Plan
• 401k Match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Disability Insurance
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Employee Discounts
• Career Training & Development Opportunities
• Paid Time Off starting at 160 hours annually for employees in their first year of service.
• Ten (10) paid holidays per year (typically mirroring the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) holidays).
• Be Well Company holistic wellness program, which includes Wellness Coaching and Reward Dollars
• Parental Leave – fifteen (15) days of paid parental leave per calendar year to eligible employees with at least one year of service at the time of birth, placement of an adopted child, or placement of a foster care child.
• Adoption Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Back-Up Care Program
• PTO for Volunteer Hours
• Employee Matching Gifts Program
• Employee Resource Groups
• Inclusion and Diversity Programs
• Employee Recognition Program
• Referral Bonus Programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior