Digital, Data, & IT Business Partner, Acute Care

Digital, Data, & It Business Partner, Acute Care & Gbs

Location:

Minneapolis, MN, US Job Family:
Information Technology Country/Region:
United States

Job Function

Summary:

The It Business Partner has a dual role serving both as a strategic advisor linking Digital, Data & It with the business need in the Bu/Function to drive growth, innovation and transformation and overseeing the activities within the Bu/Function.

Key elements of the role:

Strategic Alignment: Translates business strategies into clear, accountable DD&It outcomes, ensuring organizational commitment to shared priorities.

Business Partnering and Program Leadership: Acts as a trusted advisor to senior executives, manages DD&It portfolios, leads programs within the Bu/Function and drives collaboration across business units to deliver timely, value-driven solutions.

Stakeholder Engagement: Builds strong relationships with governance bodies, executives, and external vendors, effectively communicating the benefits and priorities of DD&It initiatives.

Major Areas of Accountability:

Strategic Alignment: Translate business strategies into accountable and measurable DD&It outcomes. Ensure alignment and organizational commitment to shared goals and priorities.

Business Partnering: Act as a trusted advisor to Bu Evp and senior leadership, embedding business perspectives into DD&It roadmaps Manage intake and prioritization of business requests, coordinating with architects, delivery teams Shape and own the DD&It portfolio for the Bu´s, lead programs in the Bu/Function and ensures transparency in scope, funding, and value realization Drive seamless collaboration between business units and process excellence, and enterprise architecture Provide technology advisory, identifying opportunities to innovate and create business value through emerging technologies Elicit, analyse, and document business needs, processes, and requirements in collaboration with stakeholders Support business in translating requirements into user stories, functional specifications, and acceptance criteria for delivery teams Facilitate workshops (e.g., requirement sessions, process design, and solution validation) and ensure alignment across stakeholders Support solution evaluation by partnering with architects and product teams to assess options, impacts, dependencies, and risks Define and track benefit and KPI measures together with the business to support value realisation and continuous improvement.

Program Management: Lead global programs within the area of responsibility Define program scope, objectives, and success metrics in collaboration with the leadership team in the relevant area. Lead steering committee sessions and prepare stakeholder updates. Set direction and governance, managing interdependence and risks. Ensure timely delivery of solutions that meet business objectives and compliance standards. Appoint and manage multiple cross-functional teams organized in program tracks including DD&It Project managers, Business PMs, Solution Architects, and external vendors.

Develop and maintain program roadmaps with clear milestones, dependencies, and risk mitigation plans.

Stakeholder Engagement: Foster strong relationships with governance bodies and senior stakeholders to drive alignment on priorities, resources, and timelines Communicate value propositions and long-term benefits of DD&It initiatives to business leaders, including Bu/Function leadership teams Lead communication efforts across program phases, including change management and training.

Organizational Enablement & Change Leadership: Set overall direction for the programs within scope and ensure effective execution and value generation Empower project managers to operate effectively in strategic contexts Act as a change agent to embed enterprise-wide strategic initiatives and promote a culture of digital transformation.

Communication and stakeholder interaction:
Internal stakeholders – Executive Leadership (Elt-1);
Business Unit Leaders/Country Managers; DD&It Leadership Team;
Evp for the assigned Function;
Corporate Functions (Hr, Finance, Legal, Compliance) Ability to negotiate critical matters and handle tough…