SVP of Transformation

Spaulding Ridge is an advisory and IT implementation firm. We help global organizations get financial clarity into the complex, daily sales, and operational decisions that impact profitable revenue generations, efficient operational performance, and reliable financial management. At Spaulding Ridge, we believe all business is personal. Core to our values is our relationships with our clients, our business partners, our team, and the global community. Our employees dedicate their time to helping our clients transform their business, from strategy through implementation and business transformation. Spaulding Ridge is seeking a Senior Vice President of Transformation to lead Enterprise Transformation & Technology and modernize the internal enterprise through technology, data, cybersecurity, process transformation and sustained adoption. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, the SVP of Transformation will turn strategic priorities into measurable, lasting improvements in how the firm operates, combining a focused, high-impact internal transformation capability with accountability for a secure, reliable and effective enterprise technology environment. This executive will partner with executive and functional leaders to prioritize enterprise needs, simplify processes, redesign operating models and enable data-informed decisions and AI-powered workflows. The mandate extends beyond implementing systems: the SVP of Transformation will connect technology and process improvements with the change leadership required for sustained adoption and business ownership. This permanent C-suite role will make Spaulding Ridge easier to work in, easier to work with and more capable—not build a traditional PMO, a technology purchasing function or an oversized transformation organization. The ideal candidate combines executive experience delivering complex, cross-functional transformation with strategy-consulting rigor, hands-on implementation and strong technology fluency. Success requires a builder’s mindset, the ability to earn trust and challenge constructively, and a commitment to simplicity, evidence and lasting business ownership. Performance will be measured by realized and sustained business value; improvements in cycle time, quality and productivity; reduced employee and client friction; sustained adoption; enterprise technology reliability and security; greater value from existing systems; and functional independence after handoff. Responsibilities: - Partner with the CEO and executive team to define the internal enterprise modernization agenda, identify constraints and sequence transformation priorities based on business value, urgency and strategic impact, focusing limited capacity on the work that matters most. - Build and lead a focused internal consulting capability that diagnoses enterprise challenges, challenges assumptions, redesigns processes, implements practical solutions and transfers lasting ownership to the business. - Apply the discipline Eliminate → Simplify → Standardize → Automate → Agentify to remove unnecessary work and redesign poor processes before adding technology. - Lead Enterprise Technology across infrastructure, cybersecurity, enterprise applications, architecture, IT operations, access and vendor management, ensuring a secure, reliable technology environment and measurable value from technology investments. - Partner with functional leaders to strengthen enterprise data quality, governance and accessibility, enabling trusted reporting, better decisions and effective technology-enabled workflows. - Enable enterprise knowledge management by making institutional knowledge easy to capture, find, trust and reuse across functions, creating a foundation for better decisions, consistent ways of working and AI-powered workflows. - Partner with the CXiO to translate AI and intelligent capabilities into practical, redesigned workflows, improving the employee experience and embedding the technical readiness and behavior change needed for sustained adoption. - Establish clear baselines, target outcomes, adoption measures and accountability; partner with the Chief Financial Officer to validate business cases and economic benefits, and with functional leaders to sustain results. - Maximize value from existing technology platforms before adding more, reducing unnecessary complexity and improving the employee and client experience. - Collaborate with the COO on delivery and client operating-model redesign and with the Chief Commercial Officer on resolving commercial-system friction. - Co-own implementation and adoption with functional leaders, embedding new ways of working before transferring ownership so the business can operate independently and sustain value after handoff. Qualifications: - 15+ years of progressive leadership experience leading enterprise transformation, technology strategy, business process optimization, and organizational change initiatives, including at least 5 years in a senior executive leadership role. - Demonstrated success modernizing internal enterprise operations through integrated technology, data and process transformation, with measurable business outcomes and sustained adoption. - A blend of strategy-consulting rigor, operational pragmatism, technology fluency and hands-on change leadership. - Strong understanding of enterprise IT, cybersecurity, data governance, applications and architecture, with sound judgment in technology investment decisions. - A track record redesigning processes and operating models—not simply implementing systems or managing programs. - Experience building business cases, measuring adoption and benefits, and transferring ownership to operating leaders. - The ability to earn trust quickly, challenge senior peers constructively and work effectively with frontline employees. - A bias toward implementation, simplicity and evidence, with the judgment to distinguish real transformation from activity. Spaulding Ridge is committed to helping team members thrive in their work and life, and we invest in comprehensive total rewards to support this goal. Our benefits include generous time off, paid holidays, paid parental leave, a 401(k) with company match, and subsidized health, dental, and vision plans. We also offer company-paid life and disability insurance, a monthly allowance for well-being and technology expenses, and reimbursement for approved learning and development initiatives within defined limits. Spaulding Ridge is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary range for this position in the United States across locations is reflected below. In addition to base salary, this executive role is eligible to participate in an annual discretionary bonus program and has long-term incentive (LTI) potential, providing meaningful opportunities to share in the company's success and long-term value creation. Actual compensation will be determined based on a range of factors, including skills, experience, qualifications, and location. Please note that the compensation range provided is subject to change at any time in accordance with internal policies and applicable law. Salary Range- $300,000-350,000 Spaulding Ridge’s Commitment to an Inclusive Workplace When we engage the expertise, insights, and creativity of people from all walks of life, we become a better organization, we deliver superior services to clients, and we transform our communities and world for the better. At Spaulding Ridge, we believe our team should reflect the rich diversity of society and we take seriously the responsibility to cultivate a workplace where every bandmate feels accepted, respected, and valued for who they are. We do this by creating a culture of trust and belonging, through practices and policies that support inclusion, and through our employee led Employee Resource Groups (ERGs): CRE (Cultural Race and Ethnicity), Women Elevate, PROUD and Mental Wellness Alliance. The company is committed to offering Equal Employment Opportunity and to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with Spaulding Ridge and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to our VP of Human Resources, Cara Halladay ([email protected]). Requests for reasonable accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability.