IT Business Engagement Lead

PERNOD RICARD SINGAPORE PTE LTD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global tech firm in Singapore is seeking a Business Engagement Lead to drive tech strategy and roadmap at the affiliate level. The role involves promoting tech products, ensuring local needs are met, and facilitating the adoption of global products. Candidates should have expertise in market challenges, strong stakeholder management skills, and a solid understanding of agile principles. This position offers the opportunity to shape tech strategies in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Expertise in market scope with a deep understanding of tech and business challenges.
• Experience in managing internal business stakeholder relationships, driving engagement at leadership level.
• Strong understanding of adoption and change management methods and tools.

Responsibilities

• Promote Tech products, provide advisory based on local expertise.
• Own and communicate affiliate tech roadmap, ensure monthly reports.
• Act as the single point of contact for tech-related matters.

Skills

Expertise in market scope

Managing internal business stakeholder relationships

Communication and animation skills

Strategic thinking

Understanding of agile principles

Understanding of change management methods

Technical foundation

Understanding of business end-to-end process

Job description

ABOUT THE TECH TEAM

Our global Tech team operates in an agile manner within a dynamic product organization. Immerse yourself in a collaborative environment where innovation thrives, and your contributions will play a direct role in shaping the path of our cutting‑edge products. As a key player in our agile setup, you'll have the opportunity to enhance efficiency, foster creativity, and play a pivotal role in our product development process. Become part of a team that embraces adaptability and values continuous improvement, ensuring we stay at the forefront of global technology advancements.

THE PRODUCT(S) YOU WILL WORK ON / THE TEAM YOU WILL WORK WITH

• The discussion about the Product/Team will take place as part of the People Engagement Process and throughout the Onboarding phase.
• The Business Engagement lead will work closely with the C3 and Corporate & Operations Proximity Leads within the Management Entity Proximity team to define the strategic priorities and demand for their respective domains.
• She/He will also develop synergies with the other Business Engagement Leads within the Management Entity.
• She/he reports to the ME Proximity Director, building jointly the strategy and long‑term roadmap for the affiliates under his/her scope.

WHAT IS EXPECTED OF YOU

The Business Engagement Lead is the voice of the Tech Function at the affiliates under his/her scope. She/He promotes Tech products, provide advisory based on local expertise, ensures the capture of local needs & feedbacks to fuel local product strategy and roadmap and secure its continuous improvement. She/He drives deployment and adoption of functional products in the affiliate(s) under his/her scope.

• Securing market relevancy of Tech strategy and roadmap: Understand business priorities and monitor pain points within their affiliate, coordinating with Proximity Leads to identify affiliate needs by domain, and interacting closely with their business counterparts at affiliate level. Translate business priorities and pain points into ideas for product backlog, articulating them with global product teams
• Management and steering of Affiliate Tech roadmap: Own and communicate marketers, ensuring monthly reports to affiliates and Management Entity Proximity Directors. Share communication to appropriate scope during major incidents
• Driving business engagement at Affiliate level: Act as the affiliate's single point of contact for all tech-related matters and participate monthly in the market/brand Codi on the tech agenda, to present the evolution of the tech roadmap and lead arbitrage. Promote and align affiliate leaders on tech strategy and roadmap
• Securing deployment and adoption of global products at Affiliate level: Oversee and support roll‑out and change management activities performed by Proximity teams to ensure local adoption and value realization of global products

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

• Expertise in market scope with a deep understanding of tech and business challenges
• Experience in managing internal business stakeholders relationships, driving engagement at leadership level
• Communication/animation skills, fostering collaborative agility & team empowerment
• Strategic thinking & value-driven mindset
• Understanding of agile principles & ways of working
• Understanding of adoption and change management methods & tools
• Technical foundation
• Strong understanding of business end‑to‑end process