Senior Director, Transformation & Enterprise Data - FTC for 1 year

Overview 

The Senior Director, Transformation & Enterprise Data leads Keyloop's enterprise transformation agenda — owning the pace, prioritisation, governance and value realisation of the portfolio of multi-functional and cross-functional transformation programmes, at the speed of decision-making expected in a PE-backed business. This is a builder's role: the successful candidate operates close to execution while architecting the operating model, governance and ways of working that let Keyloop scale, rather than running a purely administrative programme office. 

The role also operates as a delivery partner to the CFO/COO and senior leaders, driving accountability across teams outside the direct reporting line, and owns group-level, cross-functional data and reporting — driving towards a common platform and single dataset that gives the business one consistent, trusted view of performance.

• Global remit across all regions and functions, including leadership of multiple PMOs (functional and/or regional) through senior leads 

• Accountability for multi-year, multi-functional and cross-functional transformation programmes 

• Direct line of sight to the CFO/COO and Executive Leadership Team on portfolio health, pace and value delivery 

• Operates within a PE-backed environment, with a direct connection to value creation plan milestones and investor reporting 

• Ownership of group-level, cross-functional data and reporting, driving towards a common platform and single dataset across the business 

• Dotted-line influence over programme resources embedded within functions 

• CFO / COO 

• CEO and Executive Leadership Team 

• Private Equity sponsor / investor stakeholders (value creation plan reporting) 

• Function heads across IT, HR, Finance, Product, Engineering and Commercial 

• Programme and project sponsors 

• Technology and Data teams 

• External delivery partners and consultancies 

• Define and lead the transformation operating model, structure and standards across the portfolio 

• Own the enterprise transformation portfolio, prioritisation and governance framework, setting and enforcing consistent reporting, RAID management, stage gates and benefits tracking 

• Drive pace and delivery discipline across multi-year, cross-functional transformation programmes 

• Act as delivery partner to the CFO/COO and senior leaders, translating enterprise strategy into detailed plans, accountable owners and tracked outcomes 

• Drive accountability for tasks, deadlines and results across teams and individuals outside the direct reporting line, partnering with function heads and sponsors to unblock delivery and manage cross-functional dependencies 

• Identify initiative dependencies and risks across the portfolio, develop mitigation plans, and act as senior escalation point for programme risks and cross-functional conflicts 

• Build and scale transformation delivery capability across the business, standardising ways of working 

• Lead, develop and performance-manage a global team of transformation/programme leaders 

• Build executive-level presentations and materials to share insights, provide progress updates and escalate critical items 

• Refine and embed business processes, operational best practice and change management approaches across the organisation, drawing on external best practice adapted to Keyloop 

• Own group-level, cross-functional data and reporting, driving towards a common platform and single source of truth that replaces fragmented tools and datasets across functions 

• Champion a fast-paced, outcome-focused delivery culture suited to a PE-backed business 

• On-time and on-budget delivery of the transformation portfolio 

• Pace of programme delivery against plan (cycle time and milestone adherence) 

• Realisation of programme benefits and value against the value creation plan 

• Portfolio governance maturity and adoption of standard ways of working 

• Quality and timeliness of executive and PE reporting 

• Risk and issue resolution cycle time 

• Stakeholder satisfaction across function heads and sponsors 

• Adoption of a common group-level data platform and reduction in fragmented, duplicate reporting 

• Proven track record leading large-scale, multi-year, cross-functional transformation programmes at pace, ideally in a PE-backed or high-growth environment 

• Experience leading or building an Enterprise/Global PMO or portfolio management function — PMO experience is expected as a foundation for this role, not its primary focus 

• Deep understanding of PE-backed business dynamics: value creation plans, investor reporting and rapid decision cycles 

• Experience driving enterprise data and reporting standardisation, ideally including delivery of a common BI/reporting platform and single dataset across a global organisation 

• Proven leadership of multi-layer, global teams through senior leaders 

• Excellent stakeholder management skills at CFO/COO, Executive and investor level 

• 7–10 years of experience in strategic planning, programme management and change management, including 5–7 years in end-to-end business process redesign 

• 7–10 years working directly in technology or enterprise software companies 

• Ability to analyse complex problems, identify operational gaps and develop integrated solutions through cross-functional teams without a direct reporting structure 

• Executive-level verbal and written communication and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate at all levels of the organisation 

• A strong sense of urgency and drive for results, with a demonstrated desire for continuous learning and improvement 

• Familiarity with programme/portfolio tools (e.g. Smartsheet, Jira, MS Project, Power BI) 

• Experience in software/SaaS or technology-led businesses, including on-premise to SaaS transformation (desirable) 

• Project and change management certification desirable (e.g. PMP, PRINCE2, MSP, Prosci) — not required 

• MBA (desirable)