Senior Director, Business Systems Technology

Senior Director (Business Systems and Technology) Optomi, in partnership with a leading curriculum and assessment company, is looking for a Senior Director, Business Systems and Technology to join their team. The right candidate will own the enterprise platforms that run the business: sales, finance, supply chain, customer experience, and HR. The role sets the multi-year roadmap, leads a team of managers over 30+ employees, consultants and offshore partners, owns the budget, and drives AI and automation across Business Systems.

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What the right candidate will enjoy!Contributing to educational solutions that reach millions of learners and educators around the world.Working within an organization that actively connects educational research, professional learning, and classroom innovation.Collaborating with cross-functional teams at the intersection of technology, content, and education.Joining an established education technology organization with more than two decades of experience advancing teaching and learning.
Experience of the right candidate:12+ years in enterprise business systems, 5+ leading managers and multi-team orgsLed a 30+ person business systems org (blended FTE, consultants, offshore) with a multi-million-dollar budgetExpert architect in at least 2 of: NetSuite, Salesforce, Workday, BoomiDelivered a major platform implementation, re-platform or consolidationBuilt or rebuilt a delivery model (Agile, SDLC, release, QA) with measurable resultsTook AI or automation from concept to production and measured the ROINegotiated and managed SI and staff aug contractsComfortable presenting to executives and partnering with VpsEdTech or high-growth SaaS, ideally subscription plus physical fulfillmentQuote-to-cash: CPQ, billing, revenue recognition between CRM and ERPSalesforce Agentforce/Einstein, Workday AI, Boomi AIModern data stack (Snowflake, dbt, Fivetran)Led an IT turnaround or maturity shiftITIL, NIST xzbcwsv or COBIT; Salesforce, NetSuite, Workday or Prosci certifications
Responsibilities of the right candidate:Lead managers over development, integration and data engineering teamsOwn the enterprise applications roadmap: rationalize the portfolio, retire tech debt, tie investments to KPIsDefine the delivery model: SDLC, release management, quality, environmentsTake AI use cases to production (Salesforce Agentforce, NetSuite forecasting/close automation, Workday self-service)Own the Business Systems budget and govern SI and staff augmentation partnersKeep systems audit-ready with Finance and InfoSec (GITC controls)