Digital Solutions Leader - Corporate - Erlanger, KY

Job Description

Digital Solutions Leader - Corporate - Erlanger, KY
This is an exempt level position
 
Position Summary:
The Digital solutions leader is accountable for the ideation, to discovery and delivery of Digital solutions in a given segment, or domain for ADM.

The Digital Solutions Leader – Corporate Functions would drive the Digital & Innovation portfolio of projects in Finance, HR, Legal, Communications and other corporate functions, and all its sub-functions such as FP&A, Internal Audit, GBS, Treasury, Intercompany COE, Accounting, Tax etc. to identify opportunities, rapid prototyping of the solutions, and iterate/ expand them to finished product inline with Business feedback.

The Digital solutions leader will be strategic interface for the Corporate functions to the Digital & Innovation team, who identifies opportunity, conducts deep dive sessions, workshops to understand the process, as-is landscape, applications, data and works with the Engineering team (AI, Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Full stack developers) to deliver rapid prototypes, and expand those further to products. The Digital Solution Leader is a key partner and trusted advisor for the Corporate function leaders, and the Digital Engineering teams to help bringing value to ADM faster through Digital capabilities.

The Digital Solutions leader is a forward thinker, always looking at opportunities to continuously improve, and work on Lean principles to simplify the processes & Solutions.

Key skills in this position include extensive Corporate functions, sub functions, the ability to work with global teams and cultures, collaborate with and influence others, as well as lead teams.

Job Responsibilities:                                                                      

• Digital Capability Owner: Define and action the Digital Strategy for Global Finance and other Corporate functions, translating strategic organizational opportunities into a prioritized portfolio of digital capabilities aligned with the future state business vision.
• Executive Translation & Execution: Serve as the key translator between C-suite stakeholders and Digital Platform Engineering teams. Systematically synthesize strategic and tactical requirements into clearly defined, resourced, and fully operationalized digital roadmaps (including AI, Automation, and BI) to drive business value.

• Global Team and Product Ownership: Accountable for overall Digital solutions, directly or indirectly leading a global product team of Engineers and Analysts. Define, maintain, and communicate the Digital Solutions Roadmap from ideation, rapid prototyping, and value proof to deployment and backlog management.
• Transformation & Innovation: Champion the Digital Transformation agenda by challenging the status quo and driving simplification. Utilize a forward-looking view of the evolving Digital landscape to bring innovative solutions that simplify ways of working for Global Finance, HR, Legal, Communications colleagues.
• Enterprise Accountability & Value Management: Accountable for negotiating, reporting, and managing the overall digital solutions provided. Measure success against Business Value Identification, proving the value, and optimizing costs and resources at an enterprise scale.
• Establish and govern the operating model for digital demand intake and prioritization across all corporate functions, ensuring resource alignment, clear ROI projection, and consistent decision-making criteria for the portfolio of digital investments.
• Optimize the digital investments allocated for corporate function digital capabilities, driving cost-efficiency, mitigating financial risks, and ensuring maximum return on investment (ROI).
• Drive organizational change management (OCM) efforts associated with digital solution deployment, collaborating closely with functional leadership and HR to ensure high user adoption, proficiency, and sustained realization of projected business benefits.
• Cultivate and maintain high-trust relationships with key vendors and third-party partners essential for delivering the digital roadmap, negotiating service level agreements (SLAs), managing performance, and continuously assessing external market solutions for best-fit application.
• Instill a continuous improvement and data and digital-driven culture within the product teams, utilizing metrics, usage data, and user feedback loops to relentlessly refine deployed digital solutions and inform the future feature pipeline (backlog).
• Domain & Technology Balance: Possess the unique bala