Director - Finance Program & Change Management (Remote)

Stanford Health Care; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanford Health Care seeks a Director of Finance Program & Change Management to lead finance transformation initiatives within the Finance Controller's Office. The role translates strategic priorities into executable program plans, manages governance, budgets, risks, and benefits realization, and advances standardization across the organization.

You will partner with finance leaders, business analysts, TDS partners, operational stakeholders, and executives to drive adoption, strengthen internal

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university required
• Master's degree preferred
• Eight (8) years of progressively responsible, directly related experience in program/project/change management or business transformation leadership

Responsibilities

• Lead finance program and change management activities for transformation initiatives.
• Establish and oversee program structures, including charters, scope, schedules, and budgets.
• Ensure governance, policy compliance, and audit readiness across projects.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and development for program managers and change managers.
• Engage stakeholders across Stanford Medicine, TDS partners, and executives to align priorities and enable success.
• Monitor and report on program performance, budgets, risks, and benefits.
• Oversee communications, training, and readiness activities for adoption and change.

Skills

Program management

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Finance transformation

Project budgeting

Agile

PMP

Scrum Master

Prosci/CCMP

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

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A Brief Overview

The Director of Finance Program & Change Management leads finance program and change management activities within the Finance Controller's Office in support of SHC Finance priorities. This role oversees the planning, prioritization, and execution of complex finance transformation initiatives, translating strategic priorities into executable program plans, governance structures, implementation roadmaps, change management strategies, and measurable outcomes. The director partners closely with functional finance leaders, business analysts, TDS partners, operational stakeholders, and executive leadership to advance transformation efforts, drive process standardization and operating model improvements, manage interdependencies, support strong internal controls and compliance, and enable adoption. This role is accountable for program schedules, budgets, risks, outcomes, and benefit realization, while also leading the development of program and change management standards, practices, and team capabilities for Stanford Health Care Finance.

Locations

Stanford Health Care

What you will do

• Strategic Program Leadership: Lead finance program and change management activities for transformation initiatives. Partner with Finance executive leadership to plan, prioritize, implement, and monitor strategic initiatives aligned with the Finance Controller's Office strategy and institutional mission. Implement new programs, processes, products, and plans that advance finance transformation priorities.
• Program Governance and Oversight: Establish and oversee program structures, including charters, scope, organizational design, schedules, and budgets, while ensuring appropriate governance, disciplined execution, process standardization, and operating model improvement across projects. Ensure transformation initiatives support strong internal controls, policy compliance, and audit readiness.
• Resource and Team Management: Assign or secure the resources needed to support execution. Provide leadership, coaching, and development for program managers, change managers, and other direct reports.
• Stakeholder Engagement and Cross-Functional Partnership: Build and sustain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including functional and operational leaders across Stanford Medicine, TDS partners, and account executives, to understand business needs, align priorities, and support program success.
• Performance Management and Risk Monitoring: Monitor and report on program and project performance, including schedules, budgets, risks, and benefit outcomes. Define success metrics, track the realization of financial, operational, and service improvements, and identify and elevate significant risks to leadership for timely mitigation.
• Communications and Change Enablement: Oversee communications, training, and readiness activities related to program and project progress to support alignment, transparency, adoption, and sustaining change across impacted stakeholders.
• Leadership and Team Development: Build and develop a high-performing team by articulating a clear vision for the future of finance program and change management, fostering culture of accountability, operational excellence, and collaboration, and using influence to build consensus and drive transformative outcomes. Perform supervisory responsibilities, including interviewing, selecting, training, evaluating, coaching, and addressing employee relations matters, as appropriate.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. Required
• Master's degree from an accredited college or university. Preferred

Experience Qualifications

• Eight (8) years of progressively responsible, directly related experience in program management, project management, change management, or business transformation leadership.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional programs with accountability for scope, schedule, budget, risk management, stakeholder engagement, and achievement of measurable business outcomes.
• Experience developing and executing organizational change management strategies, including stakeholder impact assessments, communications, training, readiness activities, and adoption measurement.
• Finance, ERP, or business transformation experience within a complex healthcare, academic medical center, or similarly matrixed environment preferred.
• Project management certification, such as PMP, is required.
• Agile certification, such as Certified Scrum Master, is required.
• Change management certification such as Prosci, CCMP, or equivalent is preferred.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated ability to lead complex