Sr. Mgr, Program Management - SOX PMO

Itron, Inc. • Liberty Lake, WA

2d • $125,000 - $200,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Itron is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water. We create a more resourceful world to protect essential resources for today and tomorrow. Join us. We believe the way we manage energy and water will define this century. By joining Itron, you can help ensure these critical resources are delivered reliably, securely, and sustainably to communities around the world. As a technology leader in the Utilities & Energy sector, Itron is committed to customer-centric innovation, strong governance, and accountable execution. Are you up for the challenge? Itron has an exciting opportunity for a Sr. Manager, Program Management – SOX PMO to lead and mature the company’s SOX 404 (ICFR) compliance program. This role provides strategic and operational leadership over the SOX PMO, partnering closely with Finance, IT, Operations, Internal Audit, and External Audit to ensure high-quality, timely SOX execution. The role emphasizes enterprise program management, governance, standardization, and continuous improvement to strengthen internal controls and support a dynamic, technology-driven business.

Requirements

• 8+ years of progressive experience leading cross-functional programs or complex project portfolios, with significant hands-on leadership in SOX 404 / ICFR compliance within a public company or similarly regulated environment.
• Demonstrated strength in program management, including integrated planning, dependency management, governance facilitation, and driving accountability across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Deep understanding of internal controls, risk management, audit coordination, and SOX program lifecycle management.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively and authentically with senior leaders, auditors, and process owners, translating compliance requirements into practical, business-aligned outcomes.
• Experience working in a SOX or audit management platform (e.g., AuditBoard), including test plans, evidence workflows, issue remediation tracking, and program reporting.
• Prior people leadership experience, including coaching, performance management, and workload planning, with a focus on collaboration, development, and quality execution.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting technology-enabled transformations (e.g., ERP implementations, system upgrades, automation initiatives, or acquisitions) within a SOX-regulated environment.
• Advanced degree in a related discipline.
• Professional certifications such as PMP, CISA, CIA, CPA, or equivalent.
• Experience operating in a global, matrixed organization within the Utilities, Energy, or technology sectors.
• Demonstrated success driving continuous improvement and innovation within a SOX PMO or compliance program.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end SOX PMO annual program, including planning, scoping, walkthroughs, testing, deficiency evaluation, remediation, and year-end reporting, ensuring milestones, deliverables, and quality standards are consistently met.
• Serve as a trusted, collaborative partner to Finance, IT, and Operations process owners, as well as Internal Audit and External Audit, to confirm SOX scope, align expectations, manage interdependencies, and proactively resolve timing or resource constraints.
• Drive standardization, quality, and scalability of SOX documentation, including process narratives, risk and control matrices, and evidence standards, ensuring documentation supports a technology-enabled, customer-centric utilities environment.
• Oversee and govern control deficiency remediation, including root cause analysis, corrective action plans, due dates, validation of completion, and transparent status reporting to senior leadership.
• Coordinate SOX testing execution in partnership with Internal Audit by maintaining an integrated testing calendar, ensuring evidence readiness, aligning control owners to timelines, and escalating risks or roadblocks in an accountable and timely manner.
• Establish and lead SOX governance routines, including program kickoffs, weekly status meetings, readiness reviews, and steering committee updates; maintain clear program reporting through dashboards, metrics, and action registers.
• Provide people leadership to SOX PMO staff, including work planning, prioritization, coaching, professional development, performance feedback, and fostering an inclusive, high-performing team culture.
• Advise stakeholders on SOX and ICFR implications related to process changes, policy updates, system implementations, organizational changes, and digital transformation initiatives; ensure impacts are assessed, documented, and incorporated into scope and testing.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across the SOX program, including SOX tooling optimization, evidence quality enhancements, automation opportunities, and harmonization of controls and processes across business units.
• Develop and manage program plans for cross-functional initiatives impacting ICFR (e.g., ERP upgrades, acquisitions, system implementations), ensuring controls are appropriately designed, implemented, and sustained in an agile and innovative technology environment.

Benefits

• This position also includes a competitive benefit package including; financial, social, health and wellbeing programs, paid vacation, 401k matching, employee stock purchase program, hybrid work schedule, and more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees