DIRECTV

Senior Director, Business Operations

DIRECTV

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: California • United States

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Salary

💰 $147,830 - $268,307 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Overall IT Budget with emphasis on Sustaining and Cost Transformation/Save To Invest - 35%
  • Own the IT Cost Transformation program, strategically managing the IT budget and influencing cost-reduction decisions through cross-functional collaboration with IT and Finance, including annual budget allocation, budget-to-actual variance management, IT Integrated Operating Planning (IOP), and headcount and requisition oversight.
  • Provide governance to the IT leadership team through the IT Operating Committee, managing OpCo Metrics and OKRs across the IT Leaders.
  • Identify and prioritize discussions through leading agenda topics for the weekly Improvement Initiatives and IT executive leaders.
  • Take lead on Chief of Staff, Compliance, and HR training initiatives.
  • Lead a best-in-class employee experience inspiring a culture of health through positive ways of challenging each other, delivering results, and showing we care through connections and innovation in support of the overall DIRECTV Strategic Goals.
  • Cultivate an environment of growth for employees through leading the Rewards and Recognition Program, promoting communications to keep employees informed and providing employee engagement opportunities with transparency including oversight of the IT Intern Program.
  • Providing oversight/governance for all strategic vendors providing IT Services.
  • Drive vendor strategy through strategic resource plans (by domain) to transform the cost structure.
  • Partner with organizations across IT to assist in establishing new agreements; a liaison to Strategic Sourcing for status and prioritization, as well as work with finance on accruals and validating budget for approving request.
  • Ensure employees and stakeholders successfully adopt the new global capabilities center by managing communications, training, stakeholder alignment, and readiness throughout the transition.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field preferred
  • MBA a plus
  • 10+ years of progressive IT leadership with a proven track record in large-scale delivery transformation, including 5+ years in business operations or transformation leadership roles
  • Proven experience establishing and leading global delivery teams, designing and operating scalable delivery models that drive efficiency, consistency, and high performance across geographies
  • Hands-on experience in SAFe or similar scaled agile environments with multiple ARTs/value streams
  • Expertise in portfolio governance, budgeting, and forecasting (capex/opex, vendor mgmt, cost optimization)
  • Strong command of delivery and DevOps/SRE metrics; ability to translate insights into action
  • Experience driving enterprise-wide change in a complex, matrixed environment
  • Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work hours
  • Paid time off
  • Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
IT budget managementcost transformationportfolio governancebudgetingforecastingvendor managementDevOps metricsSRE metricsSAFelarge-scale delivery transformation
Soft Skills
cross-functional collaborationleadershipemployee engagementstakeholder managementexecutive communicationstrategic thinkingteam buildingchange managementorganizational growthculture of health
Certifications
Bachelor’s in Information SystemsBachelor’s in Computer ScienceBachelor’s in EngineeringMBA