Business Complex, Business Plan, Business Processes, Business Strategy, Competitive Analysis/Strategy, Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology & Information Systems, Leadership, Market Analysis, Technical Leadership
IT Business Planning Manager
Client: Florida Department of Corrections, Department's OIT
Location: Carlton Building, at 501 S. Calhoun Street, Tallahassee Florida
Duration: 9 Months with a possible one (1) year renewal term
General Expectations:
This positiontypically reports to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and assists the IT organization in defining and implementing its business plan and goals to support the strategy and goals of the organization while ensuring alignment of the IT strategy to the business strategy. This position is also responsible for working with IT personnel and business leaders to develop business plan(s) for IT and assist in the cascading of plans to the various IT divisions/departments.
Responsibilities:
- Scans the external IT environment to provide a common set of planning assumptions, competitive analysis, current and future market assessments for products and services to the business, and a common set of planning processes and tools to assist those with planning responsibility in IT;
- Assists IT and business leadership in actualizing the business plans within their own area of responsibility, working with them to ensure that technical and resource decisions link to the overall IT plan.
- Works closely with the enterprise's business planning leaders to ensure alignment. Responsible for ensuring that business planning and purpose is considered in all key IT decisions, and therefore, must be involved in the discussion and decision-making process for technology, business, and human resource investments on an on-going basis.
- Works with Finance and Human Resources to represent the needs of IT and understand the cost and human resource impacts of those needs in developing, implementing and adjusting business plans.
- Responsible for ensuring integration of all work performed across all business units.
- Responsible for educating senior business leaders on the IT strategy as well as educating senior IT leadership on the direction of the business; and
- High degree of business complexity and impact to overall success of IT in meeting business needs