Senior Manager, Value Realization

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Assist in defining and advancing Versant’s approach to value realization across enterprise transformation initiatives.

• Construct and uphold frameworks for identifying, sizing, governing, and monitoring value across various programs and workstreams.

• Create and support business cases, assumptions, and benefits models linked to priority initiatives.

• Establish standards for defining directional, committed, realized, and reinvested value.

• Aid in prioritization and sequencing decisions by evaluating relative value, feasibility, timing, and dependencies.

• Rigorously test value assumptions and pinpoint areas needing validation, trade-offs, or adjustments.

• Define and monitor financial and operational metrics that measure expected and realized value.

• Develop dashboards, summaries, and executive-ready reports for leadership.

• Connect initiative execution to financial and business outcomes.

• Track progress against anticipated value and identify risks, gaps, and opportunities.

• Translate program activities into clear insights for leadership.

• Collaborate with Finance, business leaders, and initiative owners to confirm assumptions, outcomes, and realized impact.

• Link value across changes in operating models, process optimization, global delivery, AI/automation, and third-party spending.

• Connect initiative execution to quantifiable business results and enhance accountability.

• Support leadership discussions regarding trade-offs, prioritization, sequencing, and value capture.

• Reinforce the enterprise discipline regarding the delivery of committed value.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in Finance, Business, Operations, Strategy, or a related field.

• Over 7 years of experience in value realization, FP&A, transformation finance, strategic operations, consulting, program leadership, or similar roles.

• Strong analytical and modeling capabilities, with the ability to interpret intricate financial and operational data.

• Proven experience in building business cases, benefits frameworks, and executive reporting.

• Experience in supporting cross-functional transformation, operating model, or portfolio initiatives at the enterprise level.

• Ability to convert program activities and operational changes into tangible business and financial implications.

• Strong strategic thinking combined with a focus on execution and follow-through.

• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and cross-functional partnership skills.

• Comfort in dynamic environments with shifting priorities and numerous stakeholders.

• Preferred: experience in supporting enterprise transformation, cost transformation, or portfolio governance efforts.

• Preferred: experience working closely with Finance and initiative leaders in matrixed environments.

• Preferred: background in media, entertainment, broadcast, or technology sectors.

• Preferred: familiarity with business intelligence tools, Excel-based modeling, workflow platforms, or transformation reporting tools.

• Preferred: experience across multiple value levers, including labor, non-labor, process optimization, automation, or changes in operating models.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• 401(k) plan.

• Paid leave.

• Tuition reimbursement.

• A variety of other discounts and perks.

• Bonus eligible.