Director, IT Business Relationship Manager (EMEA)

Job title: Director IT Business Relationship Management EMEA

Department: IT

Location: Southampton UK

GLS: M05

Working hours: 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday (3 days in the office 2 working from home)

A brighter future awaits you

Job Summary

As Director IT Business Relationship Management EMEA youll be a strategic technology partner to the regional Commercial leadership team and the primary representative of the global IT organization within the region.

As a member of the Regional Commercial Leadership Team youll participate in business strategy and operating discussions to ensure technology considerations are incorporated into business planning and that emerging business strategies are translated into future technology and capability requirements.

Youll provide regional leadership with a holistic view of technology helping leaders understand technology opportunities constraints investment considerations risks dependencies and implications. Conversely youll provide the global IT organization with a comprehensive understanding of regional strategy and priorities and ensure appropriate IT functions are engaged to address them.

Youll be responsible for shaping and managing regional technology demand aligning technology roadmaps and investment priorities with business strategy facilitating investment decisions and business cases monitoring delivery of significant regional priorities and ensuring technology investments achieve intended business outcomes.

Essential Responsibilities

• Executive Business Partnering & IT Representative
• Strategic Planning & Technology Alignment
• Demand & Investment Management
• Technology Leadership & IT Orchestration
• Portfolio & Deliver Oversight
• Business Value & Outcomes
• Leadership

Full job description available on request

Knowledge Skills Abilities and Experience

This position requires broad IT expertise strong commercial and business acumen executive presence strategic thinking and the ability to influence decisions and coordinate outcomes across business and technology organizations without direct authority.

• An extensive successful career of progressive Information Technology experience within large or mid-size global organizations.

• 8 years of experience in senior Business Relationship Management technology strategy business technology leadership enterprise applications or comparable roles involving significant business and IT partnership.

• Demonstrated experience serving as a strategic technology advisor to senior business leaders.

• Significant experience working across multiple IT disciplines and coordinating technology solutions that span organizational and technology boundaries.

• Demonstrated experience translating business strategy into technology roadmaps capability requirements demand and investment priorities.

• Experience influencing significant technology investment decisions and managing competing business priorities within constrained investment and delivery environments.

• Experience with large-scale enterprise technologies business transformation and complex technology portfolios.

• Demonstrated experience influencing senior stakeholders across global and matrixed organizations without direct authority.

• Commercial business experience or significant experience partnering with Commercial organizations is strongly preferred.

• Healthcare life sciences or medical device industry experience is preferred.

• CBRM PMP or relevant business and technology certifications are a plus.

What we offer:

Youll receive competitive compensation and a fantastic benefits package including bonus private medical health cash plan 25 days holiday pension scheme life assurance access to our Wellness Platform to support you in mental health and wellbeing a discounted contact lens scheme and much more!

We are committed to our employees personal and professional development and offer extensive training to support your career growth and help every individual to reach their full potential. To help us achieve our goals well give you everything you need to help you achieve yours.

We also provide access to LinkedIn Learning to help you develop your career and grow with CooperVision.

What you can expect:

As a CooperVision employee youll be welcomed into a diverse and progressive global business. We appreciate how important fostering a diverse and inclusive culture is and how different perspectives add value and contribute to our success. With our CooperPride African Descent Womans Impact Network and Mind Body and Wellbeing Employee Resource Groups we offer opportunities for employees to learn and grow within an inclusive and safe space.

If you like what you see take the first step towards your Brighter Future and apply today!All suitably qualified applicants will receive equal consideration and opportunities from CooperVision.

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