Director, IT Business Relationship Manager (EMEA)

CooperVision; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Private medical

Health cash plan

25 days holiday

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Wellness Platform

Contact lens discount

Job summary

CooperVision seeks a Director, IT Business Relationship Management, EMEA, to partner with regional Commercial leadership and represent IT in the region. You will shape technology demand, align roadmaps with business strategy, and ensure investments deliver outcomes.

You’ll lead cross-functional teams, influence senior stakeholders, and oversee significant regional priorities, while working in a hybrid model with both office and home-based days.

Qualifications

• Broad IT expertise with strong commercial/business acumen.
• Executive presence and strategic thinking to influence decisions.
• Ability to coordinate outcomes across business and technology without direct authority.
• Extensive career in IT within large or mid-size global organizations.
• Experience as strategic technology advisor to senior leaders.
• Experience translating business strategy into technology roadmaps and investments.
• Experience influencing major technology investment decisions within constrained environments.

Responsibilities

• Executive Business Partnering & IT representative for regional leadership.
• Strategic planning and technology alignment with business strategy.
• Demand & investment management across regional priorities.
• Technology leadership and IT orchestration across portfolios.
• Portfolio delivery oversight and measurement of business outcomes.
• Leadership responsibilities within IT and business teams.

Skills

Executive presence

Strategic thinking

Influence decisions

Business relationship management

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

PMP certification

CBRM certification

Job description

Job Description

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, you’ll 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, you’ll 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.

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

You’ll 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

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

You’ll 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, we’ll 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, you’ll 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, Woman’s 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.

All suitably qualified applicants will receive equal consideration and opportunities from CooperVision.

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