Manager-Business Analysis-Business Systems Implementation

TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agricultural technology firm in the UK is seeking an experienced Manager to lead internal business applications deployment. You will standardize deployment processes, manage a team of analysts and project managers, and ensure successful adoption of new systems. The ideal candidate will demonstrate excellence in project leadership, operational readiness, and stakeholder management. This role offers a challenging and rewarding opportunity in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible working hours

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven commitment to take ownership of mid to large-scale system deployments.
• Expertise in system implementation best practices and deployment methodologies.
• Exceptional ability to lead translation of complex business needs into technical specifications.
• Strong experience in leading and mentoring a high-performing team.
• Capability to effectively collaborate and influence leaders across business functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team responsible for planning, configuration, testing, and deployment of business applications.
• Standardize deployment methodology and ensure systems are adopted successfully.
• Oversee system configuration, data migration, and testing to meet functional requirements.
• Develop and execute organizational change management and training strategies.
• Act as the liaison between business stakeholders and technical architects.

Skills

Project Leadership & Accountability

Operational Excellence

Systems Expertise & Business Analysis

People Management & Development

Stakeholder Management

Job description

TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods (TAC) is a great place to work. This is reflected in our diverse and engaged team members whose unique contributions set us apart from the competition. Our success is built as much on the strength of our team as the innovative technology solutions we offer.

Our team members are enthusiastic, innovative, passionate, and energetic individuals like you. We believe that you'll find our high-performance culture personally fulfilling, professionally challenging, and financially rewarding.

Here’s the impact you will make

TAC is leveraging world-leading technology to tackle one of the most pressing social challenges of our time: achieving more efficient production while lowering the impact on the environment. We believe that by delivering data insights and digital solutions that empower and connect producers to consumers, we can improve the quality, safety, and sustainability of our food and consumer goods.

We offer an unmatched suite of innovative solutions for every participant in the supply chain, from farmers to consumer goods companies. Our solutions enable our customers to optimize their businesses with more accuracy, efficiency, and profit, creating unified, trusted, and sustainable value chains.

The Data & Technology (D&T) team mission is to empower TAC to become a truly data-driven, digitally-enabled organization that delivers exceptional value to our customers & stakeholders through strategic innovation & technological excellence.

Your Role and Mission

You will be an internally-facing Manager responsible for leading the team that executes the planning, configuration, testing, and deployment of all major internal business applications. Your immediate focus will be on standardizing our deployment methodology, scaling our capacity, and ensuring all new systems are adopted successfully by end-users.

You will be instrumental in adding structure and governance to our deployment pipeline, ensuring that every system rollout is delivered on time, within budget, and with robust change management to minimize disruption and maximize value.

Here’s How

• Deployment Governance & Methodology: Working with our colleagues in CIO, standardize the full-cycle implementation process, including creating consistent templates for requirements, testing scripts, and go/no-go criteria. Define clear approval and escalation workflows to ensure project health and predictability.
• Team Leadership & Capacity Management: Lead, mentor, and manage Business Systems Analysts and Project Managers. Plan how the team are deployed to enable multiple projects to run in parallel.System Integrity & Operational Readiness: Oversee meticulous system configuration, data migration, and integrated testing to ensure all deployed solutions meet functional and non-functional requirements. Ensure robust post-launch support and stabilization plans are in place for every rollout.
• Change Management & Adoption: Partner with functional leaders to develop and execute comprehensive organizational change management (OCM) and training strategies. Drive high user adoption by focusing on a seamless user experience and clear communication of system benefits.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Act as the central liaison, connecting with all business stakeholders (e.g., Sales, Delivery, Marketing), technical architects, and IT Operations to ensure full alignment, successful integration, and proper handoff for long-term system support.

What you bring

• Project Leadership & Accountability: Proven commitment to taking ownership of mid to large-scale system deployments, managing risk effectively, and driving multi-phase projects to successful completion while fostering a collaborative team environment.
• Operational Excellence: Expertise in system implementation best practices, deployment methodologies (Agile/Waterfall), and process optimization to deliver predictable, high-quality results.
• Systems Expertise & Business Analysis: Exceptional ability to lead the translation of complex business needs into detailed technical and functional specifications for business systems.
• People Management & Development: Strong experience in leading, mentoring, and building a high-performing team, including resource forecasting and workload management.
• Stakeholder Management: The capability to effectively collaborate and influence leaders across different business functions to negotiate priorities, manage expectations, and ensure successful cross-departmental alignment.

Values for success

• Accountability: Taking full ownership of project deadlines, budgets, and successful system stability.
• Precision: Maintaining meticulous attention to detail in system configuration, requirements documentation, and testing.
• Transparency: Communicating openly and proactively about project status, resource constraints, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Service-Centricity: Ensuring the internal client (our employees) receives maximum value and minimal disruption from new technology.
• Adaptability: Remaining flexible and solution-oriented to address technical challenges or shifting business priorities during a deployment.

Join us

This role can be based anywhere in the UK.

Collectively, our talented team and integrated solutions uniquely position us to transform collaboration within the industry at a global level, empowering and connecting producers to consumers for a more efficient, sustainable future.

Everyone belongs at TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods. We are committed to fair employment practices and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

Together, let’s make the future friendly.