# Principal Technology Business Management (TBM) Analyst

## About the Role

The Principal TBM Analyst will lead technology and transformation financial management, investment governance, and value realization across Technology Solutions, Digital, Data & Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Innovation, and enterprise transformation initiatives.

This role will establish frameworks, processes, reporting standards, and operating models that improve cost transparency, investment accountability, portfolio oversight, and measurable business outcomes. The position partners with executive leadership, Finance, and transformation leaders on budgeting, forecasting, investment prioritization, and long-range financial planning.

The analyst will provide executive-level insight into the cost, performance, risk, and value of technology and transformation investments. The role also supports financial management for AI, cloud, digital, product, and transformation portfolios.

## Job Details

– **Location:** Remote, North Dakota
– **Time Zone:** Central Time
– **Schedule:** Full time, 40 hours per week
– **Shift:** 8-hour day shifts
– **Salary:** $53.00–$87.50 per hour
– **Pay Information:** Starting pay is $53.00 per hour and increases based on applicable experience
– **Department:** Transformation & AI, including transformation budgets for Technology and Digital
– **Job Function:** Information Technology
– **Req. Number:** R-0275609

## Key Responsibilities

– Lead the enterprise Technology Business Management and IT financial management strategy, governance framework, and operating model.
– Establish standards for service costing, benchmarking, cost transparency, investment accountability, and value realization.
– Develop sustainable practices for funding, budgeting, forecasting, cost allocation, and cost management.
– Create governance processes, decision criteria, and accountability models for evaluating and prioritizing technology and transformation investments.
– Facilitate executive governance forums supporting investment and portfolio decisions.
– Oversee investment portfolios by monitoring financial health, performance, risk, strategic alignment, and value realization.
– Lead benefits realization and value management programs covering cost savings, cost avoidance, productivity improvements, capacity creation, revenue enhancement, and strategic value.
– Develop business cases, executive scorecards, metrics, dashboards, and portfolio reporting.
– Partner with Finance to validate financial outcomes and maintain consistent measurement and reporting.
– Support annual planning, capital allocation, strategic investment decisions, and long-range financial planning.
– Translate complex financial and operational information into recommendations for executives, governance councils, and steering committees.
– Collaborate with Finance, Technology Solutions, Digital, Data & Analytics, Innovation, Operations, and Value Engineering leaders.
– Lead cross-functional initiatives that promote accountability, transparency, continuous improvement, and outcome-based decision-making.

## Required Skills

– Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, healthcare administration, information systems, or a related field.
– At least 10 years of progressive experience in Technology Business Management, financial management, strategic planning, transformation leadership, portfolio management, consulting, or a related discipline.
– Experience leading enterprise governance, investment management, portfolio oversight, or value realization programs.
– Demonstrated experience developing business cases, return-on-investment methodologies, benefits realization frameworks, and executive reporting.
– Experience partnering directly with executive leadership on strategic investment and prioritization decisions.
– Strong understanding of technology cost structures, cloud economics, digital and AI investments, product funding models, and financial planning processes.
– Experience developing executive dashboards, performance metrics, and portfolio reports.
– Demonstrated leadership, consulting, communication, and organizational skills.

## Preferred Skills

– Master’s degree.
– Healthcare industry experience.
– Experience supporting Digital, Data & Analytics, AI, Innovation, Technology Solutions, or enterprise transformation portfolios.
– Experience with Apptio, Power BI, ServiceNow, or comparable portfolio and financial management platforms.

## Cloud Platforms & Technologies

– **Portfolio and Financial Management:** Apptio, ServiceNow
– **Reporting and Business Intelligence:** Power BI
– **Technology Domains:** Cloud, Artificial Intelligence, Digital, Data & Analytics

## FinOps Responsibilities

– Advance Cloud FinOps, cloud optimization, consumption governance, and cost transparency.
– Establish AI financial management practices covering consumption forecasting, token management, return on investment, and chargeback models.
– Develop chargeback and showback models for technology and transformation investments.
– Improve cost allocation, cost management, financial analytics, and investment accountability.
– Support product-based and outcome-based funding models, agile portfolio funding, and value stream economics.
– Monitor and optimize cloud, AI, digital, product, and transformation investment portfolios.
– Establish sustainable budgeting, forecasting, funding, and long-range financial planning practices.

## Benefits

Depending on eligibility, benefits may include:

– Health, dental, and vision insurance
– Life insurance
– 401(k) retirement plan
– Work/life balance benefits
– Generous paid time off

## Useful Links

– Benefits: https://sanfordcareers.com/benefits

## Why You Might Be Interested

This role offers the opportunity to shape enterprise-wide financial management and investment governance across technology, cloud, AI, digital, and transformation portfolios. It provides direct exposure to executive leadership and cross-functional partnership with Finance, Technology, Digital, Data & Analytics, and Operations teams. The position combines strategic planning, portfolio oversight, value realization, and FinOps responsibilities in a fully remote role.