Senior Operations Development Lead Senior Program Manager

We are seeking a highly skilled and versatile Senior Operations Development Lead / Senior Program Manager to join our team in Helsinki Tampere or Oulu.

The team you will be working in specializes in helping customers develop their operations business processes IT operating models and transformation capabilities. Our assignments range from complex multi-stream development programs and business technology transformations to organizational change and interim leadership roles.

In this role you will help customers clarify direction structure ambiguous situations improve ways of working and turn strategic goals into practical execution. You will work closely with business and IT stakeholders build bridges between different parts of the organization and lead change in a hands-on and pragmatic way.

The ideal candidate has a proven track record in leading large-scale development initiatives and transformation programs acting as a trusted sparring partner for both executives and employees and helping organizations move in the right direction. You are comfortable moving between strategic advisory program leadership and hands-on execution depending on the customers needs maturity and scale.

We provide a structured onboarding and role-specific training phase to ensure you are set up for success before stepping into customer assignments.

Your main responsibilities include:

• Leading business operations development transformation and change initiatives in customer organizations

• Assessing current ways of working identifying improvement opportunities and turning them into practical development roadmaps

• Designing and improving IT operating models governance structures business processes and cross-functional ways of working

• Leading complex programs projects and multi-stream development initiatives

• Acting as a bridge between business and IT translating business needs into practical technology process and operating model improvements

• Supporting customer leadership teams as a trusted advisor sparring partner and hands-on change leader

• Taking interim leadership roles when needed for example in business technology operations or transformation leadership

• Managing customer relationships and collaborating with Sales to identify growth opportunities

What we expect from you:

• Several years of experience in leading business operations development transformation change or program management initiatives

• Excellent stakeholder management and people leadership skills with the ability to engage naturally with both executives and employees

• Strong ability to structure ambiguous situations create clarity and drive practical progress

• Experience in designing or improving operating models governance business processes or cross-functional ways of working

• Willingness to work hands-on while translating business needs into practical IT process and operating model improvements

• Ability to adjust your approach according to the customers maturity scale and operating environment from hands-on execution to senior-level advisory and leadership

• Understanding of enterprise applications such as ERP CRM or HCM

• Experience with Copilot ChatGPT or other generative AI tools is essential

• Proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel

• Strong references and a proven ability to create customer value

• Fluency in both English and Finnish is required

What We Offer:

• Challenging customer assignment opportunities environments varying from large internationally operating companies to public organizations.

• Opportunities for professional growth and development.

• Great internal training selection access to Sofigate Academy!

• 25 days of holiday accrual from the beginning of your employment

• Competitive salary and benefits package to support your well-being

Take ownership of your work. Own your future

As a Sofigator you get the opportunity to work with knowledgeable and driven colleagues develop and challenge yourself and create sustainable value for our customers. You get to be involved in cutting-edge projects that are shaping the future of our industry. We have an international vibrant and fun culture with great openness and flexibility. We value every Sofigator and strive to build a diverse equal and inclusive workplace where everyones voice is heard and where everyone can become the best versions of themselves. We value a healthy work life balance and support you in maintaining it.

Growth is not just a corporate thing for us it is personal. There is so much to explore and learn within our community and together with our customers that having a bit of fun is unavoidable.

We do not leave the future up to chance. We take ownership of it. You can too. Own your future!

Interested Share your background skills and motivation to join us latest on 24.5.2026. For additional information you can reach out to Anne Karinen on 7.5.2026 at 10:00-11:00 EEST and on 14.5.2026 at 13:00-14:00 EEST.

About Sofigate

We are The Business Technology Company with the fastest time-to-value in the gen AI era. We achieve that by combining our transformation expertise with low/no-code platforms and generative AI. Thats how we create sustainable customer practice that means helping our customers to develop the interplay between business and technology: to design build and implement transformations and business-friendly technology solutions like Salesforce ServiceNow and SAP.

As leaders of Business Technology management we are the founder of the Business Technology Forum the developer of the Business Technology Standard. Our team of 800 professionals based in 8 offices across 5 countries: Finland Sweden Denmark Hungary and Poland are always ready to help both our colleagues and our customers. At the very core of our being are our values: dare care and grow. We dare to challenge the market foster a community that cares about our people and drive growth with a customer centric business vision.