Regional Technology Partner

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Position Overview:

The Regional Technology Partner serves as the strategic technology partner for an assigned region, ensuring technology enables an exceptional employee and shop experience. This role bridges Technology Operations, Service Excellence, and business leadership by providing proactive regional engagement, operational support, and continuous service improvement.

The Regional Technology Partner acts as a trusted advisor to Area Regional Vice Presidents and business leaders—understanding operational priorities, identifying technology improvement opportunities, and partnering across IT to deliver reliable, scalable, and user-focused solutions.

This position plays a critical role in improving the employee experience through proactive support, AI-enabled service improvements, knowledge management, automation opportunities, and data-driven decision making while serving as the regional escalation point for complex technology issues.

Job Qualifications:

Required Experience:

3+ years of progressive technical experience in an enterprise IT operations or Tier 2/3 service desk role, with proven experience acting as an escalation point for complex endpoint and identity issues.

Hands-on experience implementing AI/ML workflows, agent-based automation, or self-service tools in enterprise environments to reduce support friction.

Administration of core Endpoint & Identity platforms, including Microsoft 365, Entra  (Azure AD), Okta, Microsoft Intune, and JAMF Pro.

Executive & VIP Support presence, with the communication skills necessary to interface directly with senior leaders while translating complex technical issues into actionable solutions.

AV & Shop Technology Familiarity, including basic operational knowledge of shop audio systems nationwide and general familiarity with corporate office conference room tech (e.g., Teams/Zoom Rooms) to assist Level 1 support.

Device Lifecycle & Deployment at Scale, using zero-touch staging platforms such as Windows Autopilot and Apple Business Manager.

Willingness to travel up to 40% nationwide to retail shops to assist with complex troubleshooting, staff training, and hardware/equipment implementations.

ITSM & Problem Management Accountability, including root-cause analysis, ticket SLA attainment, and authoring knowledge base articles/runbooks.

Preferred Experience:

Bachelor's or associate degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related technical discipline.

Active Industry

Certifications:

Microsoft (MD-102, SC-300, AZ-104) , JAMF Certified Associate/Tech, CompTIA Network+, or Cisco ECMS
1.Networking & Infrastructure Exposure:
Basic understanding of Cisco Meraki, LAN/WAN, and Wi-Fi troubleshooting in multi-unit retail, restaurant, or high-volume enterprise environments.

Location Requirement:

This role is located in Tempe, Arizona. This position is required to be in office 4 days per week (Mon-Thurs);
Fridays are optional remote work days.

Key Result Areas (KRAs):

Regional Partnership & Business Engagement Build trusted relationships with Area Regional Vice Presidents, shop leadership, and corporate partners.

Serve as the primary regional technology liaison between Shops and the Technology Department.

Identify coaching and training opportunities for shop leaders and employees.

Understand business priorities and proactively align technology support with operational needs.

Participate in regional planning activities, new shop openings, relocations, remodels, and special initiatives.

Communicates Technology roadmaps, service improvements, planned maintenance, policies, and standard operational practices clearly to regional leaders and stakeholders to ensure technology alignment.

Supervision & Execution:
Execute day-to-day regional technology tasks, deployments, and escalations under the direct supervision and operational guidance of Technology Operations and Service Excellence leadership.

Operational Targets:
Focus on achieving key regional performance metrics, SLA targets, and first-contact resolution goals across assigned region.

Policy & Practice Communication:
Articulate standard IT facts, security policies, and operational practices clearly to shop employees, leadership, and non-technical stakeholders to drive compliance and proper tool adoption.

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