Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Procurement

Job Family IT - General About Us At Transamerica, hard work, innovative thinking, and personal accountability are qualities we honor and reward. We understand the potential of leveraging the talents of a diverse workforce. We embrace an environment where employees enjoy a balance between their careers, families, communities, and personal interests. Ultimately, we appreciate the uniqueness of a company where talented professionals work collaboratively in a positive environment — one focused on helping people look forward and plan for the best life possible while providing tools and solutions that make it easier to get there. Who We Are We believe everyone deserves to live their best life. More than a century ago, we were among the first financial services companies in America to serve everyday people from all walks of life. Today, we’re part of an international holding company, with millions of customers and thousands of employees worldwide. Our insurance, retirement, and investment solutions help people make the most of what’s important to them. We’re empowered by a vast agent network covering North America, with diversity to match. Together with our nonprofit research institute and foundation, we tune in, step up, and are a force for good — for our customers and the communities where we live, work, and play. United in our purpose, we help people create the financial freedom to live life on their terms. What We Do Transamerica is organized into three distinct businesses. These include 1) World Financial Group, including Transamerica Financial Advisors, 2) Protection Solutions and Savings & Investments, comprised of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits, retirement plans, and Transamerica Investment Solutions, and 3) Financial Assets, which includes legacy blocks of long term care, universal life, and variable and fixed annuities. These are supported by Transamerica Corporate, which includes Finance, People and Places, General Counsel, Risk, Internal Audit, Strategy and Development, and Corporate Affairs, which covers Communications, Brand, and Government and Policy Affairs. Transamerica employs nearly 7,000 people. It’s part of Aegon, an integrated, diversified, international financial services group serving approximately 23.9 million customers worldwide.* For more information, visit transamerica.com. Job Description Summary We are seeking a strategic and experienced Procurement Technology leader with a Financial Services / Insurance background to lead the global technology platforms, integrations, data capabilities, and engineering teams that support enterprise procurement. This role is responsible for enabling efficient, compliant, and scalable source-to-pay, procure-to-pay, supplier management, contract management, purchasing, invoice, and spend analytics capabilities across a global insurance organization, Aegon / Transamerica. The leader will partner closely with Global Procurement, Finance, Enterprise Architecture, Security, Data Governance, and regional Procurement business stakeholders to modernize procurement technology, improve operational resilience, strengthen controls, optimize vendor and SaaS ecosystems, and advance automation and AI-enabled procurement capabilities. Job Description Responsibilities Leadership, Technical Strategy & Innovation Build and maintain a forward-looking global Procurement Technology strategy and roadmap aligned to business priorities, procurement operating model needs, enterprise architecture standards, regulatory obligations, and regional execution requirements. Serve as the technology owner and strategic partner for procurement platforms and capabilities, including source-to-contract, procure-to-pay, supplier lifecycle management, contract lifecycle management, purchasing, invoice automation, vendor master, spend analytics, supplier risk, and procurement reporting. Evaluate, rationalize, modernize, and integrate procurement technology solutions across global and local environments, balancing business agility, operational risk, total cost of ownership, security, data quality, and enterprise standardization. Identify and implement opportunities to leverage cloud-native platforms, SaaS platforms, API-led integration, automation, workflow orchestration, data management, analytics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Generative AI to improve procurement productivity, policy compliance, exception management, supplier insight, and decision support. Partner with enterprise architecture, information security, data governance, risk, and procurement leadership to ensure procurement solutions comply with internal standards, privacy requirements, third-party risk expectations, audit controls, and regional regulatory requirements. Establish clear technology guardrails and design patterns for procurement solutions, integrations, reporting, data flows, user access, and support models across global and regional teams. Team Management Lead, mentor, and grow a geographically distributed team of software engineers, platform owners, analysts, and external delivery partners supporting procurement technology globally. Foster a culture of inclusion, accountability, engineering excellence, operational ownership, continuous improvement, and customer-focused delivery. Partner with Global Procurement, Finance, Legal, Risk, Compliance, and regional technology teams to align priorities, manage demand, resolve conflicts, and deliver measurable business outcomes. Build the team’s capability across procurement processes, financial services controls, SaaS platform management, integration patterns, data quality, cloud engineering, automation, and production support. Manage resource capacity, budget, vendor performance, delivery plans, and support coverage across multiple geographies and time zones. Technology Execution Oversee the design, implementation, integration, maintenance, and modernization of global procurement technology platforms and related enterprise integrations. Drive reliable end-to-end procurement technology delivery across source-to-pay and procure-to-pay processes, including requisitioning, approvals, purchase orders, supplier onboarding, contract data, invoice processing, payment handoffs, vendor risk workflows, reporting, and analytics. Ensure procurement systems are scalable, secure, resilient, supportable, and compliant with financial services / insurance control expectations, including audit readiness, segregation of duties, data protection, records retention, and third-party risk management requirements. Champion modern engineering practices, including DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, secure development, release management, incident management, batch/API reliability, and documentation. Improve procurement data quality and governance across supplier, contract, spend, and performance data domains. Lead technology input into procurement transformation efforts, SaaS platform upgrades, ERP integrations, finance transformation initiatives, operating model changes, and global standardization efforts. Partner with enterprise data, finance, and procurement analytics teams to strengthen spend visibility, contract compliance reporting, supplier performance insight, category analytics, and executive-level procurement dashboards. Ensure production stability through clear ownership, support models, service level expectations, monitoring, problem management, and root cause analysis for critical procurement processes. Other Responsibilities Provide technical guidance and leadership to development, platform, and support teams to deliver high-quality procurement solutions used by multiple business units, regions, and shared service functions. Partner with senior leadership and stakeholders at all levels of the organization. Translate strategic priorities into defined roadmaps, tactical action plans, milestones, measurable outcomes, and execution governance. Act as a strategist and champion for enterprise architecture, data governance, cybersecurity, operational resilience, and design principles as they apply to procurement technology. Participate in whiteboard discussions, roadmap reviews, steering committees, architecture forums, vendor reviews, and executive presentations. Act quickly and appropriately to solve problems, bring clarity, remove delivery impediments, and minimize business impact from incidents, defects, platform constraints, and unforeseen circumstances. Drive a culture of change, excellence, prudent experimentation, and innovation that constructively challenges the status quo while maintaining strong risk, control, and production stability discipline. Manage budget, expenditures, vendor performance, licensing, contracts, renewals, and technology investment tradeoffs in partnership with Procurement, Finance, and Technology leadership. Support audit, regulatory, risk, and compliance activities by ensuring accurate documentation, evidence, control execution, remediation tracking, and technology ownership across procurement systems. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (e.g. computer science, information systems, math, engineering) or equivalent education/experience Eight years of experience with modern distributed applications, and microservices Six years of experience in delivery of large-scale design projects involving interaction with a broad spectrum of enterprise operational functions Four years of experience managing a diverse team and leading cross-functional teams. Strong background in the execution of DevOps methodologies and continuous integration/continuous deliver, and accomplishments in architecture and strategy. Experience managing vendor relationships, including product/service evaluation, contract negotiations, and on-going relationship management Results oriented with a strong customer focus Strong communication skills to delivery highly relevant and effective information to the Board, executives, and employees. Ability to synthesize ambiguous and complex information in a way the leads to substantive actionable outcomes. Proactive mindset to drive change, question assumptions and push for innovation solutions. Ability to work as part of a team and independently Analytical and problem-solving skills Technical communication skills and the ability to present information to all levels of the organization Problem-solving and technical communication skills Ability to work in a highly matrixed environment and identify, define, and resolve organizational issues Creative analytical thinker Ability to prioritize workload to meet tight deadlines Preferred Qualifications Experience with Procurement platforms like Ariba, Oracle Fusion, Sirion CLM etc. Experience with AI, GenAI, advanced analytics and machine learning concepts and technology implementations Experience with solution architecture and implementation Technology or platform certifications (e.g. Oracle Fusion, AWS, Microsoft) Knowledge of the financial services industry Working Conditions Hybrid-Office environment (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays) Work outside of normal business hours may be required Some travel required This job description is not a contract of employment nor for any specific job responsibilities. The Company may change, add to, remove, or revoke the terms of this job description at its discretion. Managers may assign other duties and responsibilities as needed. In the event an employee or applicant requests or requires an accommodation to perform job functions, the applicable HR Business Partner should be contacted to evaluate the accommodation request. Compensation The Salary for this position generally ranges between $134,000 - $170,000 annually. Please note that the salary range is a good faith estimate for this position and actual starting pay is determined by several factors including qualifications, experience, geography, work location designation (in-office, hybrid, remote) and operational needs. Salary may vary above and below the stated amounts, as permitted by applicable law. Additionally, this position is typically eligible for an Annual Bonus based on the Company Bonus Plan/Individual Performance and is at the Company’s discretion. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time. This is a hybrid position requiring three days in office per week in one of our hub locations (Philadelphia, PA; Cedar Rapids, IA; Denver, CO). Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position. What We Offer For eligible employees, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support both the personal and financial well-being of our employees. Compensation Benefits Competitive Pay Bonus for Eligible Employees Benefits Package Pension Plan 401k Match Employee Stock Purchase Plan Tuition Reimbursement Disability Insurance Medical Insurance Dental Insurance Vision Insurance Employee Discounts Career Training & Development Opportunities Health and Work/Life Balance Benefits Paid Time Off starting at 160 hours annually for employees in their first year of service. Ten (10) paid holidays per year (typically mirroring the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) holidays). Be Well Company holistic wellness program, which includes Wellness Coaching and Reward Dollars Parental Leave – fifteen (15) days of paid parental leave per calendar year to eligible employees with at least one year of service at the time of birth, placement of an adopted child, or placement of a foster care child. Adoption Assistance Employee Assistance Program Back-Up Care Program PTO for Volunteer Hours Employee Matching Gifts Program Employee Resource Groups Inclusion and Diversity Programs Employee Recognition Program Referral Bonus Programs Inclusion & Diversity We believe our commitment to diversity and inclusion creates a work environment filled with exceptional individuals. We’re thrilled to have been recognized for our efforts through the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index, Dave Thomas Adoption Friendly Advocate, and several Seramount lists, including the Inclusion Index, 100 Best Companies for Working Parents, Best Companies for Dads, and Top 75 Companies for Executive Women. To foster a culture of inclusivity throughout our workforce, workplace, and marketplace, Transamerica offers a wide range of diversity and inclusion programs. This includes our company-sponsored, employee-driven Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), which are formed around a shared interest or a common characteristic of diversity. ERGs are open to all employees. They provide a supportive environment to help us better appreciate our similarities and differences and understand how they benefit us all. Giving Back We believe our responsibilities extend beyond our corporate walls. That's why we created the Aegon Transamerica Foundation in 1994. Through a mix of financial grants and the volunteer efforts of our employees, the foundation supports nonprofit organizations focused on the things that matter most to our people in the communities where we live and work. Transamerica’s Parent Company Aegon acquired the Transamerica business in 1999. Since its start in 1844, Aegon has grown into an international company serving more than 23.9 million people across the globe.* It offers investment, protection, and retirement solutions, always with a clear purpose: Helping people live their best lives. As a leading global investor and employer, the company seeks to have a positive impact by addressing critical environmental and societal issues, with a focus on climate change and inclusion and diversity. * As of December 31, 2023 At Transamerica, hard work, innovative thinking, and personal accountability are qualities we honor and reward. We understand the potential unleashed by leveraging the talents of a diverse workforce. 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