Senior ERP Business Transformation Leader

IMPORTANT NOTE: Chelan PUD does not sponsor work visas such as H-1B, E-3, F-1, OPT, student visas, TN, or any other visas. Candidates and employees must be eligible to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.

SALARY RANGE

The starting annual salary range for this position is $175,440 - $219,300 (based on qualifications). With tenure and strong performance in this role an employee may earn up to a maximum of $263,160, annualized.

Introductory Period: New employees holding regular positions must complete an introductory period of twelve months.

BENEFITS EPOA

In addition to competitive wages Chelan PUD employees also enjoy outstanding benefits which include zero cost e mployer funded medical, dental, and vision healthcare benefits, access to the employee assistance program, and a VEBA health reimbursement account.

Washington state retirement PERS participation and optional 457 plan participation with an employer matching 401(a) plan.

Leave, life & disability benefits including paid leave starting at 21 days per calendar year up to 35 with tenure, 12 paid holidays per calendar year, paid jury duty, short-term disability & long-term disability, and basic life, AD&D, and optional voluntary life.

The work life benefits include optionalflexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care, educational assistance, various rewards and recognition programs and position specific stipends.

For more explanation of the district benefits please visit our benefits website

JOB POSTING

Leader, Sr. ERP Business Transformation

Overview

The Sr. ERP Business Transformation Leader provides strategic leadership for the District's enterprise-wide ERP Business Transformation Program. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and accountable to the Executive Steering Committee, this position is responsible for delivering the District's ERP Business Transformation Program by integrating business process transformation, enterprise technology, organizational readiness, and program management into a coordinated enterprise initiative.

Working within the governance established by the Executive Steering Committee, the ERP Business Transformation Leader translates strategic direction into executable plans, leads multidisciplinary teams, aligns organizational resources, manages enterprise risks and dependencies, and ensures the successful implementation and adoption of future-state business processes and technology. The position fosters enterprise collaboration and enables the District to realize the intended business outcomes and long-term value of the transformation.

Responsibilities

• Business Transformation & ERP Implementation: Direct the design and implementation of future-state business processes, operating models, and supporting ERP technology and data. Challenge existing practices and drive standardization, efficiency, and modernization across the District to achieve approved transformation outcomes and strategic objectives.
• Integrated Program Leadership: Direct and integrate Project Management, Functional, Technical, and Organizational Readiness/Change Management workstreams. Establish the program delivery structure, priorities, accountabilities, dependencies, and resource requirements; assess and recommend staffing and coordinate with business leaders to secure resources and plan necessary backfills and transitions.
• Program Performance & Value Realization: Oversee program performance and value realization, ensuring effective management of scope, schedule, budget, quality, business-case objectives, operational efficiency, risk reduction, and other approved measures of transformation success.
• Risk Management & Decision-Making: Manage significant program risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and competing organizational priorities. Establish effective program-level decision processes and make timely decisions within delegated authority, including when information is incomplete; evaluate risks, trade-offs, and consequences, drive issues to resolution, and elevate matters requiring COO or Executive Steering Committee direction.
• Organizational Readiness & Adoption: Direct organizational readiness and adoption, ensuring effective change management, communications, training, workforce readiness, and adoption strategies prepare the broader organization for transformation impacts and sustained use of new business processes and technology.
• Program Governance & Executive Direction: Establish and manage governance for program execution within the governance and strategic direction established by the COO and Executive Steering Committee. Establish decision rights, escalation paths, and execution expectations; provide direction to program leads and the System Integrator; and ensure executive decisions are translated into program execution.
• Team Leadership & Development: Lead and develop the ERP transformation leadership team, providing direction, coaching, performance management, and accountability for Project Management, Functional, Technical, and Organizational Readiness/Change Management leads. Leverage internal and external expertise and coordinate subject matter experts, consultants, vendors, and other resources necessary to execute the transformation.
• Maintain regular and predictable attendance: Perform related duties and responsibilities as required. Comply with District policies. Complete all required training. Maintain a working knowledge and comply with District safety procedures and specific safety requirements of this position, and those in accordance with applicable provisions of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) and Washington Administrative Code (WAC).

People Management

• This position manages/supervises people. Direct Resources Managed: 2-9. Indirect Resources Managed: None.

Reports To

Chief Operating Officer

Overtime exemption

Exempt

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's Degree Business Administration, Information Technology, Engineering, Organizational Leadership, Public Administration or a related field or equivalent work experience. required.
• Master’s Degree Business Administration, Organizational Leadership, Engineering, Information Systems or related field preferred.

Experience

• 10+ years progressively responsible leadership experience managing large, complex programs, business operations, and/or organizational transformation initiatives. required.
• 5+ years experience leading cross-functional teams and large programs with executive visibility required.
• 5+ years experience in utility industry, power generation industry, or closely related regulated environment required.
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale ERP implementations or similar enterprise technology programs preferred.

Skills and Abilities

• Able to shape strategic direction and lead enterprise transformation by evaluating decisions from a District-wide perspective, translating strategy into actionable plans, and delivering sustainable business results.
• Able to build organizational alignment, collaboration, trust and credibility across organizational boundaries; influence leaders, employees, and stakeholders without relying solely on formal authority; and translate alignment into coordinated action.
• Skilled at complex decision-making, negotiation, conflict resolution, and problem-solving, including making sound decisions with incomplete information and evaluating risks, trade-offs, and driving issues to timely resolution.
• Able to lead, develop, and empower high-performing teams through other leaders, leverage the expertise of others to establish direction and advance work while building leadership capability and bench strength, planning for future talent needs, and fostering engagement and accountability.
• Able to anticipate change, promote innovation, challenge existing practices, and drive standardization and continuous improvement while maintaining reliable operations.
• Able to lead effectively in complex, ambiguous, and high-demand environments while balancing strategic priorities, operational needs, organizational capacity, and customer-owner value.
• Skilled at communicating and building productive relationships with executive leaders, governing bodies, employees, customers, regulators, public officials, consultants, vendors, and industry partners.
• Skilled at developing and executing strategic and operational plans while effectively managing budgets, resources, competing priorities, and organizational performance.
• Knowledge of enterprise business transformation and ERP implementation, including organizational design, business process redesign and standardization, implementation lifecycle, and benefits realization.
• Knowledge of program and project management principles, including planning, budgeting, resource management, risk management, performance measurement, and delivery of complex, multi-year initiatives.
• Knowledge of organizational change management, including workforce readiness, stakeholder engagement, communications, training, adoption, and leadership development.
• Knowledge of enterprise technology concepts, including cloud applications, systems integration, cybersecurity, data governance, testing, and deployment.
• Knowledge of utility operations, public sector governance, financial management, continuous improvement, and Health & Human Performance (H&OP) principles.
• Must be proficient in reading, writing and speaking English.

Background Screening

Chelan County Public Utility District #1 conducts background screening of senior management personnel and personnel who have substantial authority over Finance, Energy Trading, Procurement, Internal Audit, Information Technology or Compliance activities.

Physical Demands

• Sitting Regularly 67-100%
• Standing Occasional 11-33%
• Walking Occasional 11-33%
• Lifting 1-10 lbs Floor-Waist Seldom 0-10%
• Lifting 1-10 lbs Waist-Shoulders Occasional 11-33%
• Lifting 1-10 lbs Above Shoulders Seldom 0-10%
• Lifting 11-25 lbs Floor-Waist Seldom 0-10%
• Lifting 11-25 lbs Waist-Shoulders Seldom 0-10%
• Lifting 25 - 50 lbs Floor-Waist (copier paper) Seldom 0-10%
• Climb Stairs Seldom 0-10%
• Twisting at Waist Seldom 0-10%
• Stooping/Bending Occasional 11-33%
• Reach Floor to Waist Seldom 0-10%
• Reach Waist to Shoulder Occasional 11-33%
• Reach Above Shoulder Seldom 0-10%
• Wrist/hand/fingers manipulation (keyboarding, mousing, etc.) Frequent 34-66%
• Hand Controls (joy stick, controls on equipment, etc.) Seldom 0-10%
• Repetitive Motions Frequent 34-66%
• Talking Frequent 34-66%
• Hearing Frequent 34-66%
• Visual - Near Acuity Occasional 11-33%
• Visual - Far Acuity Occasional 11-33%
• Visual - Depth Perception Occasional 11-33%
• Visual - Color Discrimination Occasional 11-33%

Working Conditions

Noise Intensity Level: - Moderate

District Values

• Trust - We act with integrity, empathy, competence, and transparency, earning the confidence and respect of each other and the public we serve.
• Safety - We protect what matters most through the choices we make.
• Stewardship - We responsibly manage and thoughtfully oversee all resources entrusted to us for the benefit of future generations.
• Collaboration - We transform our deep expertise from individual advantage into shared power - partnering across teams to maximize our impact and secure our future.
• Courage - We boldly step into the unknown to do what matters, seeking opportunities to grow and lead.

Equal Opportunity/ADA

Chelan PUD is an Equal Opportunity Employer (Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities) We value diversity and all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected classifications as defined by law.

EEO Law Posters can be found on the main Careers (chelanpud.org) page in English and Spanish.

The job functions and physical requirements described above are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

BACKGROUND SCREENING

Pursuant to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) standards, Chelan County Public Utility District #1 conducts background screening of personnel who have access to the District's critical physical and/or cyber assets.

DISCLAIMER

The statements contained herein reflect general details as necessary to describe the principal functions for this job, the level of knowledge and skill typically required, and the scope of responsibility. This should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements. Individuals may perform other duties as assigned, including work in other functional areas to cover absences or relief, to equalize peak work periods or otherwise to balance the workload.

As part of its recruiting process, Chelan PUD may engage a third-party vendor to perform previous employment verification, education verification, and reference checking.

EEO

Chelan PUD is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

We value diversity at all levels of the organization. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected classifications as defined by law.

EEO Law Posters can be found on the main Careers page in English and Spanish.

Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-I.35(c)

Chelan PUD will not be offering any work visa sponsorship for this role.