Senior Manager, Business Transformation & Optimization; BT&O

Senior Manager, Business Transformation & Optimization (BT&O)

Join Cohesity, a leader in AI‑powered data security and management, and help shape the future of our industry. As Senior Manager, Business Transformation & Optimization (BT&O), you will play a strategic execution leadership role in driving Cohesity’s most critical enterprise initiatives and ensuring measurable value realization across the organization. Reporting to the Director, BT&O, you will lead cross‑functional efforts to reshape how the company operates, enabling scalability, competitive advantage, and long‑term value creation.

• Lead and execute high‑impact transformation programs that enable sustained enterprise performance, operational maturity, and long‑term shareholder value.
• Translate strategic objectives into clear, executable transformation roadmaps with outcomes, milestones, owners, and financial impact defined upfront.
• Partner closely with business and functional leaders to identify, scope, and deliver solutions to Cohesity’s most critical enterprise challenges.
• Serve as a force‑multiplier for executive intent—converting vision into execution without adding bureaucracy.

• Analyze complex business problems, synthesize insights, and develop practical, decision‑ready recommendations that drive real change.
• Connect dots across the organization to surface interdependencies, risks, structural inefficiencies, and opportunities for optimization.
• Bring structure, clarity, and forward momentum to ambiguous initiatives.
• Take initiative to identify pain points and drive clarity without waiting for direction.
• Operate comfortably in imperfect‑data environments while maintaining analytical rigor.

• Identify and implement opportunities to streamline and unify business processes, reduce duplication, and improve scalability.
• Support the design of new operating models and governance frameworks that enable speed, consistency, and accountability.
• Drive continuous improvement by embedding efficiency, simplification, and accountability into daily ways of working.
• Apply Lean, Agile, or similar methodologies as tools—to accelerate outcomes.

• Define and track value realization metrics to assess financial, operational, and strategic impact of transformation work.
• Provide executive‑level visibility into progress, outcomes, risks, and lessons learned.
• Contribute to the development of tools and frameworks that enhance how the organization measures strategic success.
• Ensure every major initiative has a quantified business case, benefits tracking, and post‑implementation validation.

• 8+ years of experience in business transformation, consulting, program management, or operational excellence within a technology‑driven environment.
• Proven success leading complex, cross‑functional initiatives that deliver measurable business impact.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills; able to distill complexity into clarity.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience working with senior leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to drive operational efficiency and process improvement across diverse functions.
• Comfortable operating at both strategic and tactical levels using project and change frameworks as tools to enable outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and support decision making.

• MBA or advanced degree in business, management, or related field.
• Background in consulting or enterprise transformation within SaaS or technology organizations.
• Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, and/or Agile methodologies.
• Highly collaborative, curious, and proactive; thrives in fast‑moving, ambiguous environments.
• Trusted problem‑solver and connector who builds strong relationships across the enterprise.
• Confident and thoughtful communicator who can respectfully challenge assumptions and align stakeholders toward the best outcome.

Pay Range: $–$ per year. (Annualized hourly rate assuming normal full‑time employment.) The position…