It Business Relationship Manager

IT Business Relationship Manager
An established, large and complex, business are seeking to recruit an IT Business Relationship Manager to bridge the gap between IT and the business, and also provide input on behalf of IT to client bids and RFPs. This key role in the technology function will be an ambassador for solutions and strategy developed by IT, work closely with a range of business functions and teams to understand business needs and demand and also encourage collaboration to ensure effective end to end solutions are designed.
This role requires someone with brilliant stakeholder engagement and management skills, who can build and maintain relationships, understand needs and can communicate effectively by translating technical concepts to non-technical audiences. You'll have the ability to understand and communicate IT Strategy and collaborate with the wider IT function.
The appointed candidate will be able to demonstrate experience of building and managing IT and business partnerships within large and complex businesses, brilliant communication skills, cross-functional knowledge and experience and the ability to work with multiple business areas such as retail, sales, marketing, finance, HR. You should bring a good understanding of business applications and technical standards as well as project management and programme management tools and methodologies.

Remote with occassional travel (UK)