Business Relationship Manager

Permanent Placement / Direct Placement

Job Title: Sr. IT Business Relationship Manager, Program/Project Manager

Compensation: Base salary of $135k - $150k plus benefits, commensurate with experience

Location: Hybrid - Onsite in Piscataway, NJ 3 days per week.

Position Description:

Our client is a technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.

In this role you will act as the Sr. IT Business Relationship Manager with the responsibility of representing IT to the business and project teams. The primary responsibility of the role is to be the IT point of contact for the enterprise functions of those areas and be their liaison for all IT related matters.

The day-to-day will involve a lot of strategic engagement with the business teams and IT teams. This role will be focused on building strategic partnerships across the business units and understanding the technology and digital product needs. You will need to be able to discuss strategy and high-level IT solutions involving but not limited to a digital transformation focused on product oriented delivery which they are currently working on.

This job reports to the Senior Director, IT Global Business Relationships and will start as an individual contributor role and could eventually manage 2-4 direct reports.

Responsibilities:

• Serves as the key point of contact for IT business stakeholders. Accountable for the alignment between the IT Team and the Business units, ensure that projects are effectively managed and follow organizational goals; identify opportunities for leveraging IT tools/services and creating value.
• Oversee the end-to-end IT project lifecycle, across all projects, from initiation to close, proactively identify risks and develop mitigation strategies to minimize impact on project timelines and budget. Ensure effective communication and informed alignment between IT teams and Business stakeholders.
• Use knowledge of the client’s business, and risk management to identify, recommend, and promote IT solutions that best serve the customer, and drive innovation in the portfolio.
• Combine business acumen and IT knowledge to identify opportunities and promote solutions where technology can add value and enhance business processes; translate business needs and strategy into IT requirements.
• Drive innovation by staying current on new software, tools, platforms, methods, standards, and industry trends and partner with business teams to identify novel business use-cases and applications.
• Gather strategic product requirements from stakeholders to inform technical roadmap definition; collaborate with IT Architecture & Software Engineering teams to determine the best technical implementation methods.
• Informs and influences business in the technology selection while advocating for IT strategies around re-use, standard platforms, SaaS/PaaS and Cloud first.
• Partners with the business to develop the budget and plans for their IT initiatives
• Communicates to business all IT capabilities, activities and achievements

Required Experience:

• Minimum of 7-10 years of experience planning and implementing IT solutions
• Ability to stay abreast of constantly evolving IT technology trends.
• Ability to drive the delivery of projects on time and on budget.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building/management skills.
• Ability to express technical concepts in business term
• Ability to understand and communicate business needs and identify solutions.
• Ability to understand business strategies and to identify cost effective technology solutions to enable those strategies
• Good understanding of our client's business and operating model
• Strong written and oral communications skills.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, MIS, or a similar degree.
• Master's degree in information technology or an MBA is preferred

Benefits:

• 401K
• Medical / Dental / Vision

Equal Opportunity Statement:

RCM is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Pay Transparency:

RCM believes in transparency and fairness in compensation. We are committed to providing our employees with competitive salaries that reflect their skills, experience, and contributions to our organization. As part of our commitment to pay transparency, we want to provide you with as much information as possible about our compensation practices.

Disclaimer:

This job posting is intended to describe the general nature and the level of the work to be performed. It is not intended to include every job duty and responsibility specific to the position. RCM reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.

About RCM:

RCM is a leading provider of Business, IT, and Engineering Services to over 1,000 clients in the commercial marketplace. RCM partners with clients to define, implement and manage a broad range of technologies across multiple platforms, systems, and networks. Our broad geographic presence ensures that a proven and reliable tactical and strategic capability is available and deployable virtually everywhere in North America.