The GBO Advanced Capabilities COE Senior Manager supports an Innovation Incubator to identify, pilot, and scale emerging technologies (e. g. , GenAI, automation, advanced analytics) that unlock new value for Finance, also serving as the connective tissue between the Finance Leadership Team (Finance LT) and BI&T. This role helps in translating GBO strategic priorities into a clear performance reporting, analytics and capabilities roadmap, oversees end-to-end delivery, and ensures sustainable operations leveraging a Hyderabad-based team. The position supports in accelerating digital proficiency and AI utilization across Finance by standing up scalable products, governed processes, and measurable value realization.
Responsibilities
- Innovation Incubator: Support Innovation Incubator for GBO, scanning emerging technologies, prioritizing high-impact use cases, and working with BI&T to convert successful pilots into production capabilities.
- Sustainment & Run Operations: Support DS COE team in establishing a robust build-to-run model that utilizes a team to operate and sustain capabilities post-implementation, including championing continuous improvement. As needed, create ecosystem of external partners to supplement team, including strategy for leveraging company partnerships with hyper-scalers (e. g. , AWS)
- Data & Analytics Value Realization: Execute value frameworks (efficiency, accuracy, cycle-time, decision quality); help instrumenting products for usage/impact analytics; support publishing quarterly value reports.
- Operating Model & Ways of Working: Lead engagement models between GBO , BI&T, and external partners; clarify RACI across discovery, build, and run.
- Portfolio Governance & Prioritization: Lead prioritization and portfolio planning for Advanced Capabilities initiatives based on business impact, strategic priorities, and capacity; Oversee portfolio delivery, including milestones, risks, dependencies, and value realization
- Team Leadership & Capability Development: Lead, coach, and develop Advanced Capabilities COE team members, including Manager I and Manager II associates; Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, continuous learning, and capability development
- Stakeholder Engagement & Change Adoption: Build and maintain partnerships across GBO, Finance, BI&T, and business stakeholders to drive adoption, value realization, and sustainable business impact from Advanced Capabilities solutions
Educational Qualifications
- Bachelors degree required in Finance, Business Administration, Analytics, Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field
- MBA, PhD, or relevant master s degree preferred
Required Skill Set
- 7+ years in Finance, BI/Analytics, Digital Transformation or Technology roles, with 5+ years experience leading cross-functional product or capability portfolios
- Experience identifying, prioritizing, and scaling analytics, automation, AI/GenAI, and digital capability initiatives
- Proven track record translating business strategy and stakeholder needs into scalable analytics, technology, and capability roadmaps
- Strong understanding of data and analytics ecosystems, including data platforms, visualization tools, AI/ML enablement, and digital products
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing capability delivery from ideation through adoption and value realization
- Excellent communication, storytelling, and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex concepts to both technical and business audiences
- Fluency in data/analytics platforms (data lake/warehouse, visualization, ML/AI enablement), and product management practices.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to engage senior leaders across Finance, GBO, BI&T, and other functions
- Familiarity with SAP, SAP BI, Hyperion, and enterprise reporting and analytics environments
How We Work
Where you work matters - because collaboration, innovation and patient impact happen in many settings. Our roles are structured across four work models: site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design. The model assigned to this role is based on its core responsibilities.