VP, Enterprise PMO

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Hiring Remotely in USA
Remote
260K-330K Annually
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Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Fintech • Professional Services • Software • Analytics • Financial Services
Workiva is the world's leading cloud platform for transparent reporting.
The Role

The Vice President, Enterprise PMO will be a key member of our operational leadership team, responsible for overseeing and optimizing internal operations and initiatives to ensure the efficient execution against our business strategies and objectives. This role demands a strategic thinker with hands-on leadership experience, particularly in the SaaS industry, who can drive continuous improvement and manage complex cross functional strategic initiatives across the organization.
Responsibilities for this role include leading cross functional programs, overseeing strategic objectives, and optimizing operations to meet and exceed goals. The VP will also be tasked with fostering a culture of innovation, simplifying the company's operating processes, and ensuring that different departments work cohesively towards common organizational objectives. The ideal candidate will have prior leadership experience in operations, business transformation, and/or enterprise program management, and a proven track record of success in a high-growth, fast-paced environment.
What You'll Do

  • Design and execute key strategic initiatives accelerating the execution of strategic objectives and business outcomes at scale
  • Partner with cross-functional leaders to develop compelling business cases for change
  • Improve collaboration, execution and visibility of cross functional strategic initiatives
  • Ensure end to end alignment of functional efforts with strategic operational objectives
  • Reduce delivery timelines and ensure success of all approved initiatives directly or indirectly: exemplary initiatives may include items related to digital transformation, market and/or geographic expansion, commercial offerings, significant compliance & regulatory changes impacting operations, white-glove operations, innovative adoption deal mechanisms, and partnership opportunities
  • Lead the management, implementation, and reporting of large cross-functional programs/initiatives by working across functional leaders to develop roadmaps, plans/timelines, and helping to determine resourcing decisions based on current and future needs
  • Ensure global operations projects and initiatives are delivered on time, within budget and scope, while meeting privacy/security and regulatory standards
  • Inspire, mentor, and lead a high-performing PMO team
  • Define, articulate, and execute a cohesive vision for strategic initiative delivery
  • Develop an organizational capacity planning model to enable strategic decision making and prioritizing
  • Develop key operational tools (dashboards, roadmaps, resource planning) across operational initiatives to ensure resources are focused on efforts with highest impact and value
  • Maintain a firm understanding of all programs at a high level - working with the PMO team to mitigate risks, triage issues, and generally problem solve. Act as an escalation point for the PMO team
  • Hire, manage, recruit, coach, and mentor a talented, high performing team
  • Develop executive-level reporting regarding status and risks across programs


What You'll Need
Minimum Qualifications

  • 15+ years of experience in Operations, Transformation and/or Enterprise PMO leadership roles, demonstrating increasing complexity, scale and responsibility
  • Experience leading strategic operations teams, programs and processes at scale (in organizations exceeding $1B revenue with 5,000+ employees globally)
  • Proven experience leading B2B SaaS organizations through transformational change
  • Experience leading a large portfolio of programs/projects and associated ongoing prioritization and resource allocation
  • Undergraduate Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in a relevant field


Preferred Qualifications

  • MBA or equivalent advanced degree is desirable
  • Excellent leadership and communication skills, capable of inspiring teams and driving forward-looking strategies as well as presenting to executives and collaborating with team members
  • Ability to analyze complex issues, prioritize tasks, and drive resolution
  • Process-oriented mindset with the ability to balance detail with practicality
  • Strong conflict management and resolution skills and the ability to build consensus, anticipate and solve problems
  • Personally demonstrates Workiva's culture of collaboration, innovation, talent development and operational excellence


How You'll Be Rewarded
• Salary range in the US: $260,000.00 - $330,000.00• A discretionary bonus typically paid annually
• Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire
• 401(k) match and comprehensive employee benefits package
The salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this job in the US. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience and other relevant factors.
Workiva is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We believe that great minds think differently. We value diversity of backgrounds, beliefs, and interests, and we recognize diversity as an important source of intellectual thought, varied perspective, and innovation. Employment decisions are made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other protected characteristic. We strongly encourage and welcome people from historically marginalized groups to apply.
Workiva is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. To request assistance with the application process, please email talentacquisition@workiva.com.
Workiva employees are required to undergo comprehensive security and privacy training tailored to their roles, ensuring adherence to company policies and regulatory standards.
Workiva supports employees in working where they work best - either from an office or remotely from any location within their country of employment.
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Year Founded: 2008

What We Do

Workiva simplifies complex work for thousands of organizations around the world, including 85% of the Fortune 500®. Our cloud technology, the Workiva platform, is a fit-for-purpose, connected reporting and compliance platform that enables our customers to streamline processes, connect data and teams, and ensure consistency—all within a controlled, secure, audit-ready platform. Workiva customers connect critical business data directly from source systems to our cloud platform, seamlessly enabling collaboration and deep integration into existing workstreams. The Workiva platform provides unparalleled trust, transparency, and assurance for all stakeholders. That’s why thousands of enterprises across 170 countries use the Workiva platform.

Why Work With Us

Our mission at Workiva—powering transparent reporting for a better world—is driven by company values and principles. They inspire and guide what we do—from how we build our software to how we treat our employees. Here you have the freedom and resources you need—backed by a culture of collaboration and diverse thought—to keep breaking new ground.

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