SR Manager - Business Transformation

Work Shift:

Day

Pay Type:

Salary

Hourly Rate (if applicable):

N/A

Targeted Base Salary Range (if applicable):

$140,800.00 - $182,600.00

JOB OVERVIEW:

The Senior Manager – Business Transformation: Manufacturing, Finance, and HR is responsible for leading enterprise business transformation efforts by identifying opportunities, aligning cross-functional needs, and ensuring data, analytics, and digital-enabled initiatives deliver measurable business outcomes.

Reporting to the Senior Director, Data Management Office (DMO), this role serves as the primary business-facing leader for transformation initiatives and owns the execution of the DMO project and portfolio management function. The role ensures initiatives are well-defined, properly aligned, delivered with discipline, and adopted by the business, bridging strategy, execution, and value realization across business units.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Partner with business unit leadership to identify, shape, and prioritize data, analytics, and digital-enabled transformation opportunities
• Facilitate cross-functional discussions to align on business problems, scope, and success criteria
• Ensure transformation opportunities are grounded in business strategy and supported by clear value cases
• Lead the definition and documentation of business problems, requirements, and success measures
• Validate data, process, and organizational readiness prior to initiatives entering delivery
• Ensure master data, data quality, and system dependencies are identified early and addressed proactively
• Design and operate the DMO project and portfolio management processes
• Ensure consistent planning, milestone definition, risk and dependency management across initiatives
• Drive delivery discipline to ensure initiatives are executed on time, within scope, and with transparency
• Provide regular portfolio status reporting to DMO and executive leadership
• Support enterprise intake and prioritization by ensuring requests are well-defined, aligned, and ready for evaluation
• Recommend priorities, sequencing, and delivery approaches based on business value, readiness, and capacity
• Ensure alignment between business expectations and delivery realities
• Coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT) and ensure business readiness prior to deployment
• Lead change management and adoption planning in partnership with business stakeholders
• Ensure delivered solutions are understood, adopted, and embedded into business processes
• Partner with Finance and business leadership to track realized business value against expected benefits
• Assess whether delivered solutions meet business needs and success criteria
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement based on outcomes and feedback
• Establish and own measures related to: reduction in rework caused by misalignment or unclear requirements, on-time and on-scope delivery of initiatives, business unit engagement and participation (including UAT), transparency of portfolio status/risks/dependencies, and stakeholder satisfaction

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Operations Management, Supply Chain, other technical degrees
• 10 years of experience delivering enterprise-wide business transformation initiatives
• Demonstrated experience leading project management and portfolio delivery in complex organizations
• Strong understanding of data and analytics–enabled transformation
• Proven ability to facilitate cross-functional prioritization and alignment
• Experience leading change management and driving adoption
• Strong business case development and financial acumen
• Experience working in SAP-centric enterprise environments

Total minimum number of years of experience required in lieu of degree

• 20 or more years

• Experience in CPG, FMCG, manufacturing, agriculture, or similarly complex enterprise environments
• Experience supporting analytics, data platform, or digital transformation initiatives
• Experience working across multiple business units with competing priorities
• Familiarity with formal PMO practices and portfolio governance models

• N/A

• Must be able to work in office/desk environment for extended periods.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Office
• Occasional travel may be required to support business unit engagement

Blue Diamond Growers is an Equal Opportunity and E-Verify Employer

​EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability

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