IT Business partner

We are looking for a IT Business Partner (ITBP) who will report to the Senior director, ITBP and Delivery, and who’ll be working closely with leaders and their team members to identify, formulate, and prioritize investment opportunities that leverage information systems and technology to enable business strategy and drive change. As part of your role, you’ll also be accountable for project initiation, delivery and closure of the portfolio of projects of BRP’s Marketing and Digital selected from the above opportunities list, and maximizes value delivery by providing I&T project delivery management expertise.

YOU’LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO:

• Be a strategic partner to the key stakeholders and actively participate in key strategic discussions and decisions

• Act as a I&T contact for BRP’s Marketing and Digital through participation of the governance and one on one meetings to establish positive business relations with the key stakeholders

• Build a global view of the business needs, providing advice, and identifying, formulating and evaluating opportunities

• Establish awareness of I&T requirements, to allow for better decisions regarding investments

• Manage budget I&T funded projects that are related to their tower

• Support business case development, technical feasibility analysis, high level solutioning, and cost and time estimates of the I&T components

• Work with the business to facilitate request prioritization, to optimize investments and to manage expectations

• Oversee and proactively manage the I&T initiative portfolios of the business tower under their responsibility to contribute to the active management of the BRP project portfolio.

• Assess major I&T risks that may impact the business and ensure measures are established to manage these risks

• Understand the I&T service offer to provide relevant recommendations and identify opportunities for synergy between the different business areas.

• Monitor I&T performance for the business tower under their responsibility and proactively manage expectations

• Participate in relevant I&T project governance committees to have a view of the scope, budget, timeline and expected benefits and to help remove obstacles

• Be the interface between the business needs and I&T/Technology vendors. Ensure vendor solutions meet functional and nonfunctional requirements

• Ensure business and technical architecture & cybersecurity recommendations are followed to avoid over complexity and secure solutions long term sustainability

• Contribute to and influence the I&T strategic planning exercise to support the achievement of their business tower objectives.

YOU’LL THRIVE IN THIS ROLE IF YOU HAVE THE FOLLOWING SKILLS AND QUALITIES:

• Minimum of 5-10 years of business/industry work experience, including at least 3 in the management of I&T business solutions project delivery, significant leadership responsibilities and proven ability to influence senior level management and key stakeholders.

• Demonstrated experience in relationship management, customer service and business analysis.

• Experience in the areas of Marketing and Digital

• Experience in evaluating the costs, risks, and profitability of an IT project.

• Demonstrated execution of effective management of a portfolio of IT investments.

• Experience in areas such as consulting, process re-engineering, organizational transformation, Six Sigma or Lean is an asset.

• Experience in leveraging technology to enable business strategy and drive change.

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s in Business technology management, commerce, engineering or a related discipline.

• Ability to exercise good judgment and exercise tact when resolving sensitive situations.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.

• Great capacity for analysis and spirit of synthesis.

• Ability to influence, convince and initiate change.

• Ability to prioritize and complete tasks in a fast-paced environment.

• Solid experience in an environment that promotes teamwork and collaboration.

• Stress resistance.

• Bilingualism (French and English) is an asset.

Do you have other qualifications? Tell us what is unique about you that would be a great addition to the team.

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