Senior Program Manager / Interim IT Leader
Do you speak both business and technology fluently? If yes, keep reading!
Would you like to join the leading business technology company in the Nordics with the fastest time-to-value in the gen AI era? Do you speak both business and technology fluently? If yes, keep reading!
We are seeking a highly skilled and versatile Senior Program Manager / Interim IT Leader to join our team.
The team you will be working in specializes in managing complex projects and multi-stream programs that can be carve-outs, greenfield software implementations or organizational changes. In addition, there is frequent need to fill out interim CIO/CTO/CDO/Expert positions in our customers’ organizations. Your leadership skills will be put to test as you work in interim positions: you build IT and process capabilities, budget and lead programs and projects, manage cross-functional and organizational teams and collaborate directly with executives.
The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in leading large-scale projects/programs, sparring with management teams and guiding organizations to the right direction. This role requires a can-do attitude because you will be the first person to break ground at the customer, you will build everything from scratch. Sometimes you work on your own without a direct supporting team and sometimes you can hand pick your team.
Your main responsibilities include:
Hands-on involvement in designing, building and operating business and IT
Designing IT operating models and business processes
Program management and team leadership
Strategic advisory and IT leadership
Customer relationship management and collaboration with Sales to find growth opportunities
What we expect from you:
Excellent people management skills, over 8 years of leadership experience
Strong program management and change management experience, over 8 years of experience
Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities
Enterprise applications (ERP, CRM, HCM) and Copilot/ChatGPT/LLM's experience
Proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel
Strong references
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!
2,5 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 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 everyone’s 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 by 22.2.2026. For additional information you can reach out to Markus Junttila, +358 40 746 6372 on Tuesday 3.2. between 13 and 15 EET, and Thursday 19.2. between 12 and 14 EET.
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. That’s how we create sustainable customer value. In 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.
- Locations
- Helsinki, Oulu, Tampere
- Remote status
- Hybrid
About Sofigate
We are more than 800 top notch professionals with diverse backgrounds, working with customers from all sectors and various industries. We are a people business, and we believe it’s our people’s competence that counts.
We want you to add your skills into the mix. At Sofigate, you will find plenty of collective know-how to draw on, along with opportunities to learn and grow
Our values Dare, Care and Grow are visible in our every day life - find out more about Sofigate and join us!