Senior Director/Director, Enterprise Resource Planning Program (Odyssey) at SDG&E
San Diego, California, United States -
Full Time


Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

18 Jun, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

20 Mar, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

No

Skills

Programming/Scripting, Requirements Management, SDLC, Software Testing, Operating Systems, DevOps, Database Management Systems, Agile Methodologies, Debugging, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Resource Planning, SAP S/4HANA, Finance Transformation, Strategy, Governance

Industry

Utilities

Description
SDG&E is not just an energy company, we are the architects of a brighter, cleaner future. Our employees power everyday life for 3.7 million people – bringing the energy to support their passions, ambitions, and the heartbeat of our community.   We call Southern California our home. It’s where we chase our dreams and raise our families. That’s why the people who live here deserve an energy company unlike any other, and that’s why every day, SDG&E employees strive to be at the forefront of innovations to reduce emissions, modernize the electric grid, and enable our customers to make the transition to clean technologies. We’re redefining sustainability, advancing zero-emissions solutions, and driving the electric vehicle revolution.   It takes the best to build the best – join us!   Career Level: L5 Primary Purpose: Provides enterprise‑wide technology leadership, guiding strategy, architectural direction, major investments, and organizational capability. Shapes long‑range technology vision, influences executive decision‑making, and ensures alignment across multiple divisions and functions. The Director, Financial Systems & Finance Enterprise Resource Planning Transformation will lead SoCalGas and SDG&E through an enterprise-wide finance transformation, serving as the executive business owner for the SAP S/4HANA–enabled modernization of ERP platforms and processes. This role is accountable for delivering measurable business value, ensuring regulatory alignment, driving organizational adoption, and leading the finance systems support team. This leader will define the end-state finance systems strategy and oversee end-to-end delivery of the SAP finance transformation, including serving as the primary policy witness for regulatory cost recovery approval. The role establishes strong governance, drives continuous improvement, and integrates emerging technologies, including AI-enabled automation, to improve efficiency and performance. The Director oversees technical, functional, and organizational change management workstreams; manages relationships with ERP vendors, system integrators, and external partners; and ensures effective communication and alignment across internal stakeholders. Duties and Responsibilities: * Defines enterprise technology strategy and ensures alignment with organizational goals. * Leads large, complex portfolios involving multiple functions, business units, or global teams. * Oversees strategic planning, budgeting, and investment decisions for major technology domains. * Shapes multi‑year modernization or transformation efforts with enterprise‑level impact. * Partners with senior executives to guide prioritization, sequencing, and value realization for technology initiatives. * Ensures governance frameworks, operating models, and organizational structures scale with business growth. * Represents the technology organization in high‑level decision forums, steering committees, and strategic partnerships. * Identifies emerging risks, opportunities, and trends to shape future technology direction. * Performs other duties as assigned. Qualifications Required Qualifications: * Requires a 4 year degree. * Typically requires 12 years of related experience. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: * Programming/Scripting - Applies a computer language to communicate with computers using a set of instructions and to automate the execution of tasks. * Requirements Management - The process of documenting, analyzing, tracing, prioritizing and agreeing on requirements and then controlling change and communicating to relevant stakeholders. * Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - A process used by the software industry to design, develop and test high quality software.  * Software Testing - An investigation conducted to provide stakeholders with information about the quality of the software product or service under test. * Operating Systems - System software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs. * DevOps - A set of practices that combines software development and information-technology operations which aims to shorten the systems development life cycle and provide continuous delivery with high software quality. * Database Management Systems - A software package designed to define, manipulate, retrieve and manage data in a database. * Agile Methodologies - A project management approach utilized in software development, which is characterized by the division of tasks into short phases of work (known as sprints) and frequent reassessment and adaptation of plans. * Debugging - The process of finding and resolving bugs within computer programs, software, or systems. * Cloud Computing - Cloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage and computing power, without direct active management by the user. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status. 
Responsibilities
This role provides enterprise-wide technology leadership, guiding strategy, architectural direction, and major investments while shaping long-range technology vision and influencing executive decision-making. The Director will lead a finance transformation using SAP S/4HANA, ensuring regulatory alignment, driving adoption, and overseeing end-to-end delivery of the finance systems strategy.
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