Sr. Procurement Specialist – International

Your Role

Are you someone who wants to lead corporate finance projects in your career? Do you understand Procurement and Purchasing processes? As a Corporate Program manager, you’ll have a significant impact on the growth of our business through collaborating and working through corporate programs and projects. We look for candidates who are competent and committed to the SolarWinds Mission and display exemplary attitude and professionalism.

Your Impact

• Work with business leaders to implement continuous maturity across procurement and purchasing by refining current processes with modern approaches such as AI, Automation, etc.
• Lead corporate programs and projects, providing essential support to our Finance function (which includes accounting, finance, FP&A, tax & treasury, corporate planning, and business analytics) throughout its transformation journey
• Collaborate closely with key business stakeholders to drive strategic initiatives
• Oversee large cross-functional projects, delivering significant value to the organization
• Manage day-to-day activities of project execution, with a focus on achieving excellence, while monitoring and reporting on progress
• Develop and implement strategies to enhance and mature business processes, leverage financial software tech stack, and ensure project execution
• Establish best practices and set the standard for managing corporate programs

Your Experience

• Preferred experience managing Finance projects or supporting digital transformation-type projects at the corporate level
• Experience managing the project delivery stream to ensure timely and quality outcomes
• Can take ownership of assigned projects, managing, influencing, and reporting on progress
• Can lead design reviews, requirements gathering, sprint planning, retrospectives, and validate proposals
• Can facilitate local and remote daily standups and project meetings with distributed teams
• Develop strategies that support transparency, validation, and execution with global teams
• Create and oversee the execution of project plans and charters
• Ability to collaborate with Marketing, Sales, R&D, Product, Legal, and other corporate services related to the projects or programs
• Experience verifying timelines and project schedules based on plans and business strategies
• Can identify and remove project impediments and barriers
• Ensures projects are completed comprehensively, including documentation, training, production monitoring, and escalation paths

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in project management or a related field
• Agile/Scrum Certifications (CSM/CPO certification preferred), and/or ITIL, Lean, PMI, Six Sigma Training (preferred)
• Over two years of relevant experience, particularly with organizations that manage corporate programs
• Strong organizational and project management skills, with proven experience managing global program deployments
• Proficiency with SaaS technologies and software delivery
• Solid understanding of business processes with a strong corporate acumen
• High proficiency in Jira, Teams, Tableau, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Knowledgeable of NetSuite and general ledger concepts
• Experience managing Finance-related programs, projects, and operations (preferred)
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with globally distributed resources