IT Business Partner

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

IT BRM

• Recruit, coach, develop and motivate team to create a work environment that retains personnel who deliver innovative, value add IT services across the business. 
• Provide leadership, direction and guidance to the business analyst team, ensuring quality of functionality, products and services matches business expectations. 
• Support the standardization of the IT environment as much as possible, moving toward a centralized IT operating model. 
• Identify opportunities for the appropriate and cost-effective investment of financial resources in IT infrastructure and security. 
• Lead IT strategic and operational planning to achieve business goals by fostering innovation, prioritizing IT initiatives, and coordinating the evaluation and deployment of secure technology across Samuel.
• Act as an advocate for IT strategy and initiatives via regular communications with the organization’s executives, department heads, and end users. 
• Accountable for delivering accurate business cases and statements of work in a timely manner and helping the business realize return on Investment (ROI). 
• Collaborates with IT leadership and internal stakeholders to influence project prioritization and resource planning aligned with Business priorities.  
• Translate business vision to enable shared understanding and rapid execution by business and IT personnel.
• Works with various levels of IT and Business leadership to raise awareness and advise on technology advancements.

Product Owner 

• Perform precursory evaluation of business processes, analyze client requirements, and determine how software can best meet client’s strategy & goals. 
• Document functional design, including integration points, workflows, data flows and security requirements. 
• Maintain testing repository, including development & maintenance of test cases ensuring complete lifecycle management.
• Oversee Business and IT testing activities (unit, integration, and user acceptance).  Assist with unit & integration testing as needed. 
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architect & Business Leaders to identify & implement desired functionality and enhancements to maximize technology investment and drive continuous improvement. 
• Provide leadership, direction and guidance to vendor partners and/or development team, ensuring quality of functionality, products and services matches business expectations.

EDUCATION: 

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, or related or equivalent experience 
• Business Relationship Management Professional Certification an asset 
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification an asset
• Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP) an asset 
• ITIL Foundations an asset

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 

• Minimum of 8 to 10 years of leadership within IT with demonstrated ability to influence key Business Decisions

SKILLS: 

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, a strong team player, and the ability to effectively work with all levels, internally within Samuel and externally. 
• Substantial exposure to data processing, hardware platforms, enterprise software applications, and collaboration platforms. 
• Considerable working knowledge of IT architecture, programs, and processes. 
• Experience with complex SaaS, Cloud, and Hosted environments. 
• Ability to work through conflict, gain trust, and persuasively influence outcomes. 
• Flexible, able to adjust and change direction as the business environment and technology universe evolves and changes. 
• Action oriented and able to work proactively with little or no direct management.
• Familiar with fundamentals of Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) framework.
• Solid understanding of business analyst and project management principles.  

SAMACO

Samuel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  In the United States, we utilize E-Verify.