Principal IT Business Partner

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Business customers to identify opportunities for adding business value through automation and ensure that IT digital solutions are aligned with business objectives.
• Lead IT due diligence sessions with Business customers to define detailed requirements and business cases with benefits justification for IT investment projects.
• Partner with Enterprise IT and FPA’s to develop solutions, cost estimates and IT schedule for IT projects based on business requirements and scope.
• Negotiate for financial funding and business case approval once the project is funded, negotiate with Enterprise IT for resource allocation to support the project.
• Coordinate business participation in project team including participation in Enterprise IT project status meetings for IT projects in execution, User Acceptance Test (UAT) planning and UAT execution to support on-time delivery and cost objectives.
• Manage portfolio of Rapid Delivery Projects (RDPs) including launch and project management to successful completion. This includes coordinating Business customer participation.
• Facilitate escalations from Business customers for IT projects, Rapid Deliveries, or IT incident tickets.
• Support the development of the Aero Procurement and Sourcing IT roadmaps.
• Help enable the digital transformation strategy in support of the Aero Global Design Model (GDM).
• Track and report on IT project portfolio status and metrics to leadership.
• Identify potential risks with platforms and tools partnering with service owners to define mitigations and solutions including remediation for tech debt.
• Develop and maintain a productive working relationship with project sponsors, Business customers, stakeholders, IT and suppliers.
• Support STRAP and AOP activities.

Qualifications

• You Must Have:
• A Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, Supply Chain, or Engineering.
• 10 years working experience in a professional environment.
• 3+ years of SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA or other SAP ERP application experience.
• 3+ years of IT solution or project delivery experience OR 3+ years procurement experience.
• We Value:
• Project management experience strongly preferred.

Responsible for timely communication with Business customers and functional leaders on status updates and ensuring ownership of deliverables.

Excellent interpersonal, analytical, organizational, and communication skills in English (both verbal and written).

Strong critical thinking, decision-making, and prioritization skills.

Ability to influence and interact tactfully with all levels of management.

Ability to multi-task and handle a variety of diversified assignments.

Deep understanding of leading IT technologies and trends.

Experience using IT-PPM, Trello, and Focus Build tools.