Head of Corporate Functions Business Partnership, NORTHAM IT

What You Can Expect

As the Head of Corporate Functions Business Partnership, NORTHAM IT, you will act as a liaison between IT and corporate business functions in North America.  This position requires a strategic approach to align IT solutions with the functional goals and objectives of the business. Serving as a crucial partner with the business stakeholders, the role centers on harnessing Enterprise Resource Planning  (ERP) and other IT solutions to enhance the efficacy of business processes, enable accurate period end reporting, and uphold compliance with regulations. This is a strategic leadership position that requires a visionary thinker with excellent communication, collaboration and program management skills, along with a track record of delivering successful enterprise technology solutions via large transformational programs.

Reporting to the NORTHAM Chief Information Officer (CIO) your responsibilities encompass:

• Partner with Business Stakeholders:
  • Develop, deliver and maintain an IT solution strategy consistent with Corporate Functions supported by NORTHAM IT, including Finance, Procurement, Legal, HR, Customer Relationship Management, and Communications.
  • Discuss challenges and pain points with key business stakeholders and investigate the technical options to align with business needs and objectives.
  • Collaborate with the business to continuously improve business processes leveraging technology and innovative solutions.
  • Develop technology investment business cases with business sponsors.
  • Work with the Business to rationalize and prioritize new initiatives in alignment with IT deliverables and resource constraints.
  • Identify opportunities to provide innovative solutions to the business, in alignment with key business growth and expansion plans

• Partner with Regional and Group Digital and IT Leaders:
  • Collaborate with the IT leaders across the world to be aligned on the group vision,  expectations and priorities.
  • Network with global teams for knowledge sharing and furthering technological innovation.
  • Ensure compliance with group policies, processes, audit and reporting requirements.

• Enable Group Industrialization through IT convergence:
  • Contribute to standardization of strategic enterprise solutions across ENGIE.
  • Ensure operational excellence in implementation of the global solutions.
  • Build the IT solution strategy for enterprise solutions not only for corporate functions but also for the global business units supported by NORTHAM IT, in alignment with the group Digital & IT vision and enterprise architectural standards.

• Program management to deploy IT solutions for strategic business initiatives:
  • Plan and execute large and complex business transformational programs requiring deployment of Enterprise IT software.
  • Deliver other approved IT projects supporting corporate business functions.

• Ensure operational excellence for Finance applications:
  • Partner with the Global Business Service (GBS) IT delivery organization to ensure operational excellence, SLA adherence and optimal budget performance.
  • Develop a methodology for effective application rationalizati