At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

F5 is seeking an experienced and strategic Director of Finance & Legal Systems to lead the to lead technology delivery for our Finance (including Finance/Accounting, Procure-to-Pay, SCM, Revenue Management, and more), Legal, Platform services, and beyond. In this role, you will serve as the primary technology partner to these business teams — driving the strategy, design, and delivery of scalable solutions that enhance service execution, streamline operations, and improve the end-to-end user experience.

This role also oversees cross-functional technology capabilities that are foundational to the broader Employee Experience ecosystem, which sits within the Digital organization.

You will collaborate closely with leaders across Finance, Procurement, Legal, Compliance, Digital, and People orgs. to ensure our platforms and tools align with business objectives, increase productivity, and deliver measurable impact. You’ll also play a pivotal role in defining and implementing AI capabilities across the Employee Experience pillar — leveraging intelligent automation, predictive insights, and next-generation employee engagement tools to enable smarter, simpler, connected and frictionless experiences.

Key Responsibilities:

· Act as the strategic technology partner for Finance, Procurement, Legal and Platform Services leadership, translating business objectives into a cohesive technology roadmap.

· Lead the delivery of technology solutions supporting various functions within the Employee Experience pillar

· Oversee the implementation/optimization of Oracle EBS, Workday and other critical Finance, HR, Legal technology solutions including services platforms like ServiceNow, integrations platforms.

· Lead complex cross-functional transformation initiatives across Finance, Procurement, and Legal Technology to streamline and automate operations and enterprise workflows.

· Drive innovation in Enterprise operations, incorporating fintech solutions, intelligent automation, and data-driven insights.

· Build and lead a high-performing team of Product Managers, Engineers, technologists, and experience designers focused on enterprise-wide solutions.

· Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders to prioritize and deliver high-impact, user-friendly tools that improve the day-to-day experience for employees and managers across all supported functions.

· Manage a set of shared services, including UX/UI design, systems integration, security oversight, and environment management.

· Define strategy for implementing AI capabilities across the Employee Experience pillar, leveraging automation, intelligent workflows, and predictive analytics to improve service efficiency, personalization, and customer satisfaction.

· Partner with Enterprise Architecture and Data teams to ensure cohesive governance, architecture, and delivery.

· Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing team of technology professionals and manage key vendor and partner relationships.

· Define and monitor KPIs for platform performance, service delivery efficiency, customer satisfaction, and employee productivity.

· Ensure all technology initiatives comply with enterprise security, privacy, and governance standards.
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Qualifications & Experience

· 10–15+ years of experience in technology leadership roles, with a strong background supporting G&A functions.

· Demonstrated success in delivering complex enterprise solutions across G&A landscape (Oracle EBS, Coupa, Workday, ServiceNow, plus any other relevant systems).

· Proven success in leading complex, enterprise-wide technology or experience transformation initiatives involving Finance, Legal & People systems.

· Knowledge of Workday (and similar HCM platforms).

· Strategic thinker with strong systems thinking, program leadership, and change management skills in a global context.

· Demonstrated experience collaborating effectively across business, People (HR), Finance, and Legal functions in a large, matrixed environment.

· Strong communication skills, and ability to influence at all levels of the organization.

· Familiarity with automation and AI/ML applications in service operations (e.g., virtual agents, intelligent routing, predictive support).

· Strong ability to align technology strategy with business goals and drive adoption across global teams.

· Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

· Background in digital transformation and cross-functional program leadership.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field; MBA or advanced degree is a plus.

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.

You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.