Technology Business Partner

Alzheimer's Society; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Alzheimer's Society seeks a Technology Business Partner to connect business areas with Technology, IT, Data and Digital to drive change. You will translate strategic needs into technology offerings and build trust across senior leaders and teams.

You’ll focus on gathering requirements, shaping roadmaps, managing demand, and defining new services with Product Owners, while championing Technology Champions across the Society. This role supports flexible working and learning opportunities.

Qualifications

• Proven analytical skills for transforming business needs into technology products, solutions, and services.
• Experience within a Business Partnering or similar business relationship role.
• Effective stakeholder management skills, with experience building long-term relationships and shared goals.
• Experience collating and translating technical information for diverse audiences.
• Familiarity with IT and data processes, organisational operations, and change management.
• Knowledge of product management concepts and the ability to lead requirements and capability gathering workshops.
• Good working knowledge of the Microsoft suite, ITIL framework, and project management methodologies such as Prince2 and Agile.

Responsibilities

• Act as the strategic link between Product Owners and the Technology functions that support business change.
• Understand the strategic and technology needs of assigned business areas and ensure our service offer meets them.
• Maintain and nurture stakeholder relationships to manage demand, expectations, and the delivery of technology solutions.
• Gather high-level business requirements and define scope through interviews, workshops, and cross-functional sessions.
• Work with Business and Data Analysts to define new capabilities, create project documentation, and support pipeline demand management.
• Help define and communicate new services, ensuring alignment between business needs and technical capabilities.
• Work with the IT Trainer to develop a community of Technology Champions across the Society.

Skills

Analytical skills

Business partnering

Stakeholder management

Requirements gathering

IT and data processes

Product management concepts

Microsoft Suite

ITIL framework

Prince2 & Agile

Job description

About The Role

What if you could use your relationship-building skills and passion for technology to help shape the way one of the UK's leading charities uses technology? Imagine being the bridge between our people and the technology that powers the vital support we provide to everyone affected by dementia.

As Technology Business Partner, you'll connect our business areas with the Technology, IT, Data and Digital functions that make change happen. You'll develop a deep understanding of the strategic needs of your assigned business areas and make sure our technology offer genuinely meets them. Your ability to listen, influence, and build trust will be just as important as your technical knowledge.

From supporting Product Owners through change programmes to managing stakeholder relationships and helping build product roadmaps, you'll be at the centre of how we deliver technology that makes a difference.

About you:

You're someone who genuinely enjoys building relationships and can communicate with equal confidence whether you're talking to a senior leader or a colleague who is still finding their feet with new technology. You're curious, motivated, and able to translate complex technical concepts into language that makes sense to the people who need to hear it.

You understand that technology is only as valuable as the trust people place in it, and you take pride in being the person who builds that trust.

You’ll have:

• Proven analytical skills for transforming business needs into technology products, solutions, and services.
• Experience within a Business Partnering or similar business relationship role.
• Effective stakeholder management skills, with experience building long-term relationships and establishing shared goals.
• Experience collating and translating technical information for diverse audiences.
• Familiarity with IT and data processes, organisational operations, and change management.
• Knowledge of product management concepts and the ability to lead requirements and capability gathering workshops.
• Good working knowledge of the Microsoft suite, ITIL framework, and project management methodologies such as Prince2 and Agile.

What you’ll focus on:

• Acting as the strategic link between Product Owners and the Technology functions that support business change.
• Understanding the strategic and technology needs of assigned business areas and ensuring our service offer meets them.
• Maintaining and nurturing stakeholder relationships to manage demand, expectations, and the delivery of technology solutions.
• Gathering high-level business requirements and defining scope through interviews, workshops, and cross-functional sessions.
• Working with Business and Data Analysts to define new capabilities, create project documentation, and support pipeline demand management.
• Helping define and communicate new services, ensuring alignment between business needs and technical capabilities.
• Working with the IT Trainer to develop a community of Technology Champions across the Society.

Important dates:

Application deadline: Sunday 13th September at 23:59pm

1st stage interviews begin: Thursday 24th September

2nd stage interviews begin: Wednesday 30th September

About Alzheimer's Society

Dementia is the UK's biggest killer. One in three people born in the UK today will develop dementia in their lifetime.

At Alzheimer's Society, we're the UK's leading dementia charity and the only one to tackle all aspects of dementia by giving help and hope to people living with dementia today and in the future. We give vital support to people facing the most frightening times of their lives, while also funding groundbreaking research and campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be.

Together with our supporters, we're working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives.

Our values make sure that our focus is clear for the challenges and opportunities ahead and remind us of what we all stand for.

Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We need to ensure the voices around our table better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Alzheimer's Society.

We want everyone we work with, as a colleague, volunteer, supporter, or someone we support, to feel included and that they belong at Alzheimer's Society.

Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee forum and Employee Lived Experience network groups help us promote inclusion and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.

Our hiring process

During your recruitment process we want to make sure that you bring your whole self and can be at your best. We are working hard to ensure our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible, so please do inform us of your experience and anything you think we could do better by completing our candidate survey when you apply.Please also contact Alzheimer's Society Talent Acquisition Team via [e-mail] for application support or any adjustments you might need.

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed. We recognise the benefits of AI, but if you're considering using it to submit your application, we encourage you to reflect on the value it truly adds. AI tools often lack the personal touch and authenticity that set candidates apart. We want to hear your unique perspective, experiences, and skills, so we encourage you to showcase them in your own voice.

We try to avoid closing roles early where possible, however if we receive a high volume of applications, we may close earlier than the advertised closing date. Should this occur, we will aim to provide you with at least 48 hours' notice.

We are committed to safer recruitment and ensuring the welfare of those we work with, due to the nature of some of our roles, we might need to carry out a Criminal Record Check at the relevant level. You can read more information via our Website.

Giving back to you

Our employees work hard every day to make a true difference in people's lives. We are proud to support them with a range of benefits, recognition and many options for working agilely, all contributing to a strong work life balance. We also have various learning programmes to support you in your development and help you grow to realise your potential and shape a career with Alzheimer's Society.

You can also visit our Working for Us pages, which give you more information about what it's like to be an employee at the Society.