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Director, IT Business Partner - Spine

AT Stryker
Stryker

Director, IT Business Partner - Spine

Leesburg, VA

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Position summary:

This role will lead the development and management of the business engagement partnership function for a specific business. Partner and collaborate with the respective leadership teams, Finance Shared Services, other shared service leaders, and IT service delivery teams to help drive financial goals, customer satisfaction and overall alignment, governance and viability of IT strategy. Align with Stryker and IT strategy, achieve outlined targets, and follow operational procedures and maintain accountability for program, financials and SLAs to the business. Specifically drive the business engagements, strategies and capability development in the specified business.

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Essential duties & responsibilities: (detailed description)

  • Responsible for team leadership, budget and deliverables of IT programs
  • Responsible for information demand rationalization for the area of responsibility; needs to ensure integrity of business vision and strategy especially when conflicts in priorities occur in geographies from business divisions and geographic, cluster and site alignment
  • Ensures that the business demand and the IT project and service portfolio are aligned with the strategic and operational objectives and is accountable for the value delivery.
  • Acts as a member/liaison of the information systems governance group within the respective business
  • Responsible for the development and implementation of a comprehensive information strategy and IT application roadmap
  • Strategically supports Stryker's reporting and analytical needs
  • Drive IT initiatives and digital innovations supporting Stryker's business and operations
  • Be a domain expert and business consultant
  • Lead a team of business partners and business analysts to drive strategic alignment and
  • portfolio results
  • Support core business processes by providing required inputs, information, and tools. Work broadly within the organization
  • Interact with peers to ensure a smooth integration of the processes/unit output with the rest
  • of the IT environment
  • Liaise with other IT stakeholders in project management, architecture, governance to ensure alignment
  • Communicate on projects by issuing regular status updates, and managing communication with key account managers, IT team and business stakeholders
  • Working with IT leaders, conduct market research and observations across all concerned specialist areas when necessary
  • Secure high business and IT acumen by attending any necessary training sessions.
  • Ensure the compliance of global IT services processes
  • Ensure that IT systems and processes operate efficiently and within established KPIs
  • Provide applications team with functional support to secure compliance with SLA and high customer satisfaction
  • Provide service delivery teams with input on business applications needs within the application domain
  • Understand business requirements and finalize functional specifications
  • Perform other duties as directed

Education & special trainings:

  • Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university in the areas of Business Administration, Computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent field of study required.

Qualifications & experience:

  • 10+ years of experience in business, strategy and IS/IT management, leading strategy,
  • change management and supporting functions
  • Knowledgeable of the current and future technology direction of the industry and aligns strategies with those shifting landscapes
  • Energetic and dynamic leadership style
  • Strong and demonstrated ability to develop partnerships and trust with business leadership to build Group IT strategies and program portfolios
  • Build mechanisms to ensure that architecture and harmonization principles are well socialized and followed in harmonizing portfolios
  • Management experience of 10 years or more
  • Knowledge of strategy frameworks
  • Experience transforming an organization and working with a "service model" (segregated roles for business analysis, solution or technical architect, coders, project managers, testers, business delivery leads, etc.) including strategic sourcing and vendor management
  • Experience helping a business to transform its business and systems (major project, big picture)
  • Knowledge of regulated application landscape in life sciences and current platforms and technologies

Physical & mental requirements:

  • Demonstrated professional experience in IS/IT shared services is required
  • Ability to understand systems, interrelationships and recommend enhancements, and building IS/IT strategy
  • Demonstrated leadership, interpersonal, analytical, change management and communication skills
  • Demonstrated ability to inspire large teams during transformation and beyond
  • Executive presence
  • Ability to work effectively across functions and in global matrix organization; building successful relationships with other functions, members of executive leadership team and external customers

About Stryker

Our benefits:

  • 12 paid holidays annually
  • Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program.
  • Financial benefits include Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance.

For a more detailed overview of our benefits or time off, please follow this link to learn more: US Stryker employee benefits

About Stryker
Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 130 million patients annually. More information is available at stryker.com.

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Stryker is driven to work together with our customers to make healthcare better. Employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required, depending on customer requirements, to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.

Client-provided location(s): Leesburg, VA, USA
Job ID: Stryker_Combined-8PMkSlL14fji
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • On-Site Gym
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • Virtual Fitness Classes
  • Parental Benefits

    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
    • On-site/Nearby Childcare
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
    • Work-From-Home Stipend
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Casual Dress
    • Happy Hours
    • Company Outings
    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Snacks
    • Some Meals Provided
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Sabbatical
    • Leave of Absence
    • Volunteer Time Off
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Company Equity
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
    • 401(K)
    • Financial Counseling
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Learning and Development Stipend
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Internship Program
    • Work Visa Sponsorship
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

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