Manager, Business Relationship; BRM

Business Relationship Manager

Find a better way: the Sysmex Way. This is the time to let your talent come to life. To maximize your knowledge and use it for the greater good. To work with the best professionals using state-of-the-art technology, and improve lives with your innovative ideas and ambitious dreams. Headquarter in Kobe, Japan, Sysmex is located in Lincolnshire, Illinois. Renowned worldwide for the very finest in quality, innovative diagnostic equipment and information-management systems, we apply science to enhance the quality of life on a global scale.

Our agile, resourceful team is committed to realizing critical breakthroughs in laboratory diagnostics, information technology, workflow analysis and life sciences for the clinical laboratory.

We currently have a great opportunity available for a Business Relationship Manager. The Business Relationship Manager (BRM) serves as the strategic interface between business functions and One IT, ensuring alignment between business priorities and enterprise technology capabilities. The BRM partners with business and technical stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable technology initiatives and communicate technical opportunities, constraints, and risks to leadership.

Acting as a trusted advisor, the BRM facilitates informed decision-making, supports prioritization of technology investments, and helps ensure solutions deliver measurable business value. The role requires strong business acumen, technical fluency, and the ability to operate effectively across complex, cross-functional environments.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The Business Relationship Manager connects business priorities with enterprise technology capabilities to ensure initiatives are clearly defined, appropriately prioritized, and delivered in alignment with organizational objectives.

1. Enterprise Strategic Alignment Partner with business leaders to align technology capabilities and investments with organizational priorities and translate strategic objectives into actionable initiatives and roadmaps.

2. Business Relationship Leadership (One IT) Serve as the primary One IT relationship lead for assigned business functions, building trusted partnerships and actively participating in technology planning and prioritization discussions.

3. Business–Technical Translation Analyze business needs, document requirements, and translate them into actionable technology direction while supporting initiatives from concept through implementation and ensuring shared understanding of constraints, risks, and opportunities.

4. Demand Intake & Initiative Evaluation Facilitate structured intake of requests and evaluate scope, impact, and alignment with business priorities, enterprise standards, and delivery capacity to drive clarity and alignment across stakeholders.

5. Solution Effectiveness & Stakeholder Health Checks Conduct post-implementation health checks with stakeholders to assess solution effectiveness, confirm alignment with intended outcomes, and identify improvement or adoption opportunities.

6. Governance Collaboration & Risk Awareness Work with governance functions to support review processes, ensure initiatives align with enterprise standards and risk management practices, and escalate material risks when appropriate.

7. Cross-Functional Coordination & Continuous Improvement Identify systemic issues, integration impacts, and process gaps while driving improvements that strengthen collaboration and alignment between business and technology teams.

8. Other Duties as Assigned Perform additional responsibilities and strategic initiatives as required to support evolving organizational priorities.

Travel: 10%

The salary range for this role is $150K.

- $180K. Within this range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. The total compensation package for this position also includes a choice of health care plan (medical, vision, and dental insurance), an annual incentive bonus, paid time off, parental leave, bereavement leave and a 401(K) for all eligible…