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Context and case for change

The Technology Business Management (TBM) Office is providing management capabilities for technology value, cost transparency, Bill of IT, planning, forecasting and business-facing decision support. The current team covers core tooling operations, data processing and authorisations. The next maturity step is sustained ownership of business processes, financial governance, planning, demand management and stakeholder adoption. TBM director role ensures that these capabilities will be added in the TBM Office.

Role purpose

The TBM director acts as the strategic business and finance lead within the TBM Office, ensuring that TBM becomes embedded in the way Philips plans, governs, forecasts, funds and optimizes technology investments. The role bridges IT, Finance, Businesses, Regions and Functions by creating a common financial language, driving transparency through the Bill of IT, and enabling fact-based decisions about technology consumption, service demand and portfolio investments.

Why this position is a critical success factor for TBM in Philips

• It positions TBM as a strategic management function: This additional role positions TBM not only as a program or reporting solution, but a permanent capability for technology financial management, transparency, demand governance, service economics and investment decision support.

• It creates a balanced TBM Office operating model: The move completes the operating model by combining strategy, tooling, data and finance/business partnering in one integrated office.

• Future priorities are finance-intensive: Bill of IT, IT forecasting, service costing, AOP planning and demand management all require strong financial leadership. These activities cannot be managed effectively as a side activity alongside another Finance role.

Key responsibilities

• TBM business partnering: Act as the primary TBM liaison across IT Finance, Business Units, Regions and Functions, translating TBM insights into actionable recommendations and driving adoption across Philips.

• Financial governance and TBM processes: Own TBM financial governance, month-end quality controls, definitions, allocation methodologies and operating model routines to ensure consistent alignment between TBM data, financial records and planning assumptions.

• Bill of IT and cost transparency: Lead the evolution and adoption of the Bill of IT by ensuring services, costs, consumption drivers and allocations remain transparent and are used to identify optimization opportunities.

• Planning, forecasting and AOP: Integrate TBM into annual operating planning and forecasting by partnering with Service Managers, Finance and business stakeholders.

• Service economics and value management: Own service costing governance and service economics by reviewing consumption patterns, cost drivers and benchmarking opportunities, while shaping pricing, showback and chargeback methodologies where applicable.

• Portfolio and investment transparency: Partner with Portfolio Management and Finance to support investments prioritisation through TBM insights and align portfolio decisions with business value outcomes.

• TBM maturity and transformation: Co-own the TBM maturity roadmap with the Head of TBM Office by leading the people, process, governance, adoption and change dimensions.

Required skills, experience and capabilities

• Strategic business acumen: The role requires strategic thinking, commercial judgement and the ability to guide value-based technology investment and enterprise governance decisions at executive level.

• Advanced financial leadership: The role requires strong technology financial management expertise across cost transparency, planning, forecasting, scenario modelling, investment analysis and business case development.

• Technology Business Management expertise: Deep understanding of TBM taxonomy, IT financial management, service-based costing, technology portfolio management, unit economics and consumption modelling.

• Change leadership: The role requires proven change leadership across transformation programs, organizational change, communications, training, capability building and operating model design.

• Data and analytics literacy: The role is not expected to be the technical builder, but must understand Apptio outputs, cost models, financial analytics, Power BI reporting, service consumption metrics and data governance principles.

Typical qualifications and experience

• Education: Master’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Engineering or a related field is expected, with MBA, CPA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent qualifications preferred.

• Experience: 12 to 15+ years of experience across IT Finance, FP&A, Technology Financial Management, business partnering, portfolio governance and digital transformation.

• Preferred experience: Preferred experience includes Technology Business Management, Apptio, FinOps, large-scale technology portfolio governance and global matrix organizations.

• Leadership experience: Demonstrated leadership experience includes influencing executive stakeholders, leading enterprise-wide transformation initiatives and driving cross-functional governance processes.

Expected outcomes

• Trusted and business-accepted Bill of IT.

• Consistent TBM financial definitions, allocation logic and governance.

• Improved forecasting accuracy and stronger AOP integration.

• Increased transparency of technology costs and consumption.

• Better alignment between IT investments and business priorities.

Success measures

• Business stakeholders understand their Bill of IT and can explain key cost and consumption drivers.

• TBM definitions, allocation methods and service costing logic are documented, reviewed and consistently applied.

• AOP and forecast assumptions are visibly linked to service demand, consumption and cost drivers.

• Finance and TBM outputs reconcile through agreed control points and governance routines.

• Optimization opportunities are identified through TBM insights and translated into business or IT actions.

• TBM adoption increases across Finance, IT and business-facing teams.

Compensation & benefits

Doing meaningful work should come with fair, transparent rewards. The base salary range for this role is € 93,049 – € 155,081. We determine pay within the range using objective factors, like the skills the role requires, your relevant experience and the responsibility you'll have in this role, alongside internal equity and local market considerations. 

This role is eligible for 6% annual bonus with your rewards linked to KPIs and the company’s performance. We’ll share the full approach with you during the interview process, so you can make a clear, informed decision. Benefits include generous paid leave, paid parental leave, employer pension contributions, health and wellbeing programs and discounts on Philips products. Discuss in more detail with your recruiter.

How we work together
This position requires working onsite in the office for a minimum of three days per week.

About Philips

Are you ready to do the work of your life to help the lives of others? Learn more about our business, discover our rich and exciting history and learn more about our purpose. If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our culture of impact with care.