Digital and IT Partner

Rolls-Royce; Indianapolis (IN); Hybrid; USD 127,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Rolls-Royce is hiring a Digital and IT Partner in Indianapolis, IN. The role acts as the single point of accountability for business technology outcomes, aligning D&IT strategy with business goals and driving value across the organization.

You will build a strategic partnership with senior leaders, shape roadmaps, manage investments, and ensure delivery excellence within the Defense business and Digital & IT functions.

Qualifications

• Experience building business strategies with leaders and translating them into roadmaps and deliverables (Digital & IT experience a plus).
• Strong relationship and stakeholder management at senior levels.
• Customer excellence including clear communication and influencing skills.
• Experience solving problems with broad business context and strong business acumen.
• Experience managing multiple projects or programs; IT knowledge and leadership (ITIL, TOGAF a plus).
• Experience in or knowledge of the Defense sector.

Responsibilities

• Enhanced Strategic Alignment and Collaboration - manage strategic digital relationships to ensure relevancy and performance (cost, delivery, SLAs).
• Enhanced Business Agility - keep digital roadmaps current with multiyear investment plans.
• Increased Cost Transparency and Control - ensure total cost of ownership is clear with lifecycle investment considerations.
• Optimized Service Delivery - ensure IT services meet SLA and are relevant, with risk visibility and planned retirement of outdated services.
• Value Enablement & Innovation - advocate for digital change and share opportunities to enable business with tools and roadmaps.
• Reduced Risk and Improved Security - proactively identify IT risks and safeguard data and operations.

Skills

Strategic relationship management

Stakeholder management

Communication & influencing

IT governance

Education

Associate’s degree

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

JD/PhD

9 years experience in digital (in lieu of a degree)

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: Digital and IT Partner

Working Pattern: Fulltime, (2-3 days onsite)

Working Location: Indianapolis, IN

Relocation assistance will be provided if applicable.

Why Rolls-Royce?

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

By joining Rolls-Royce, you’ll have the opportunity to create world-class power and propulsion solutions, pushing your problem-solving and ingenuity, to deliver real impact that puts safety first.

You’ll be given responsibility and the opportunity to grow in our high-performance culture. This is Infinite Potential. And it’s your chance to really shine and contribute to one of the world’s most recognized brands and a beacon for engineering excellence.

Position Summary

We have an exciting opening for a Digital and IT Partner to join our Digital and IT team. The Digital & IT Partner acts as the single point of accountability for business technology outcomes within the Partnering Domain. This role moves beyond reactive support, serving as a trusted advisor who ensures that D&IT strategies are closely aligned with business objectives. By leveraging the 7 Pillars of Partnering (Innovation, Service & Risk Management, Value Enablement, Portfolio Management, Digital Strategy, Communication & Engagement and Delivery), the Partner proactively enables business value, drives operational efficiency, and strengthens collaboration across the organization.

Our Group Digital and IT function is at the heart of enabling our business to become the world’s leading industrial technology company. We are changing as an IT organization, reshaping how we organize ourselves and how work flows through our organization. Moving towards a simpler, cleaner, more aligned product structure which empowers businesses within a framework that drives innovation, greater control, and risk mitigation.

This role will give you the opportunity to build a strategic partnership with senior levels in the organization, both within the Defense business and the Digital and IT function, building and influencing the business Digital and IT strategy to meet the goals of the Defense business. You’ll help establish a roadmap of future capability development that is then prioritized, sponsored, invested in, and delivered enhancing business performance.

What you will be doing:

• Enhanced Strategic Alignment and Collaboration - Accountable for managing strategic digital relationships across the business and Digital and IT to ensure relevancy and performance for the business (cost, delivery, SLAs etc). Working with business stakeholders and product managers to understand and develop business strategies, requirements, and processes and translate those into clear value propositions and requirements for digital capability while ensuring the Digital and IT strategy supports the business goals.
• Enhanced Business Agility - Ensure digital roadmaps remain relevant and associated multiyear investment plans are in place to unlock digital value and maintain business continuity
• Increased Cost Transparency and Control - Ensure that total cost of ownership for digital capabilities is clear, and decisions taken consider through life investment commitments and digital capabilities deliver business benefits to time, cost, and quality - with appropriate sponsorship, governance and escalations in place across the Business teams and Digital and IT
• Optimized Service Delivery - Ensure that IT services remain appropriate and relevant within your area of accountability. Assuring they are run to the agreed service levels, risks are visible, and retirement of non-relevant services are planned
• Value Enablement & Innovation - Be an advocate for innovation, end user experience and promote digital culture by being a champion for Digital change within RR, a voice into Digital and IT and sharing opportunities to enable the business using existing tools and future roadmaps
• Reduced Risk and Improved Security: Proactively identify IT risks, ensure compliance, and safeguard data, systems, and operations.

Basic Requirements:

• Associate’s degree with 7 years of experience in digital in a corporate environment, OR
• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of experience in digital in a corporate environment, OR
• Master’s degree with 3 years of experience in digital in a corporate environment, OR
• JD/PhD, OR
• 9 years of experience in digital in a corporate environment in lieu of a degree
• To be considered for this opportunity, you must be a US Citizen

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience working with business leaders on the development of business strategies and the ability to translate into roadmaps and deliverables (Digital and IT experience an advantage)
• Strong proven relationship & stakeholder management at a senior level
• Customer excellence including strong communicating & influencing skills
• Experience in problem solving & understanding of the broader business context (business acumen)
• Experience of managing a range of projects or programs
• IT functional knowledge and leadership (ITIL, TOGAF awareness an advantage)
• Experience of working in or knowledge of the Defense sector

Our vision is to ensure that the quality and dynamism that shaped our history continues into our future. It’s a bold pursuit, and we never stop striving to go further, faster, and better. We lead progress, creating the technologies that move us forward. If you’re driven to grow, to learn, and to make a lasting difference, this is where you belong.

Rolls-Royce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics. We are committed to providing a respectful and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued and everyone can thrive.

Infinite Potential

Closing Date: November 3, 2026

Job Category

Information Technology

Job Posting Date

27 Oct 2026; 00:10

Pay Range

Pay ranges for remote employees are based on the state where the employee resides and may vary from the posted range.

$126,694 - $205,878-Annually

Location:

Indianapolis, IN

Benefits

Rolls-Royce provides a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that includes base pay and a discretionary bonus plan. Eligible employees may have the opportunity to enroll in other benefits, including health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; a flexible spending account; a health savings account; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match; Employee Assistance Program; Paid Time Off; certain paid holidays; paid parental and family care leave; tuition reimbursement; and a long-term incentive plan. The options available to an employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as date of hire, employment type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.