Program Director
SimCorp
Cloud
Program Director, EPM
insightsoftware
full-time
Posted on:
Location: 🇺🇸 United States
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Lead
About the role
- Serve as project director on large or complex EPM implementations, owning delivery governance, commercials, and client success
- Establish programme structure, communication cadence, and risk‑management processes across customer, partner, and insightsoftware teams
- Drive steady progress toward scope, schedule, and margin goals; intervene to remove road‑blocks
- Provide technical and functional vision, guidance, and quality assurance to Solution Architects across parallel work‑streams
- Champion delivery standards, agile best practices, and continuous‑improvement initiatives
- Escalate and resolve project issues promptly, protecting customer satisfaction and commercial outcomes
- Lead services‑scoping workshops during sales cycles and craft persuasive Statements of Work (SOWs)
- Collaborate with Account Executives to build delivery road‑maps and value propositions; present proposals and architectures to C‑suite and senior finance leadership
- Identify upsell and cross‑sell opportunities and contribute to quarterly revenue forecasting, pipeline reviews, and pricing strategy
- Build and nurture relationships with strategic implementation partners and mentor/coach Solution Architects and Consultants
- Own utilization and margin targets for assigned portfolio; dedicate up to 50% of time to pre‑sales activities
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive experience delivering Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) or Finance Transformation programmes
- At least 5 years in a senior engagement-lead or programme-director role
- Deep functional knowledge of Finance, FP&A, and Accounting processes
- Hands-on expertise with at least one leading EPM platform (e.g., Anaplan, OneStream, SAP BPC, CCH® Tagetik)
- Proven track record scoping and negotiating multi‑million‑dollar SOWs and exceeding services KPIs (bookings, revenue, margin, utilization)
- Demonstrated success leading geographically dispersed, multi‑vendor delivery teams using agile / hybrid methodologies
- Strong commercial acumen and executive‑level communication skills
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Analytics, Information Systems, or related discipline (MBA or equivalent experience preferred)
- Willingness to travel up to 25%
- Must be eligible to work in the country where the position is located (no sponsorship)
- Background checks are required for employment where permitted by law
- Personal attributes: Leadership, Business Acumen, Persuasiveness, Resilience, Calm Under Pressure, Methodical, Innovative, Articulate, Active Listener, Coaching Mind‑set
- 8+ years’ experience in accounting or finance with strong focus on budgeting and forecasting (listed in posting)
