IT Business Partner Lac

**IT Business Partner LAC**
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**Overview**

The **Regional IT Business Partner** is a pivotal leadership role within the WSP’s global IT organization. The position carries the dual responsibility of overseeing Business Relationship Management activities for the region and related regional IT staff. The Business Partner acts as the key spokesperson for IT in the region and works to align technology solutions to business needs.

**Why choose WSP?**
- We value and are committed to upholding a culture of **inclusion** and **belonging**:

- Our **Flexible** Work Policy - we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours. We will support you on and off the job so you can be fully present in both your work and home lives.
- **Enhance** the world around you - from the environment to the highways, to the buildings and the terrain, WSP is improving our communities.
- **Outstanding** career opportunities - we're growing and pushing ourselves every day to be greater than yesterday - we're open to **your** ideas and trying **new** things.
- A phenomenal **collaborative** culture and a workforce filled with genuinely **good** **people** who are doing humbly important work. Come find out for yourself what it's like to be a part of our journey.

We offer attractive pay, flexible work options, a great corporate culture, comprehensive and employee-focused benefits and a clear vision for the future. #**WeAreWSP**

**Management & decision-making responsibilities**
- Foster strong relationships with regional business stakeholders, including senior executives, and capture their evolving needs and strategic objectives.
- Partner closely with business leaders to align IT initiatives with the region's business objectives, ensuring that IT contribute to the region's success.
- Collaborate with service hub and enterprise IT stakeholders and to ensure fulfillment of business needs, and adoptions of global solutions and standards.
- Partner with the IT leadership to define strategic IT objectives and secure necessary financing for technology investments.
- Partner with the enterprise IT function to establish and maintain transparent financial reporting.
- Ensure efficient daily IT service delivery of the regional IT unit with high quality and good performance.
- Oversee the general direction of regional projects and plans.
- Ensure continuous identification and mitigation of risks, as well as the development of business continuity plans for critical IT services.
- Provide thought leadership on emerging trends and best practices and leverage this knowledge to drive innovation and create value for the organization.

**People management responsibilities**
- Ensure compliance with relevant policies, procedures, and standards, and promote a culture of data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement in management.
- Foster a culture of collaboration and teamwork, encouraging open communication, knowledge-sharing, and cross-functional problem-solving to achieve common goals.
- Promote a safe and healthy work environment that prioritizes employee well-being and work-life balance.
- Develop and lead unit employees if applicable by monitoring individual performance, ensuring individual development plans, providing mentorship, and leading the recruitment process with appropriate onboarding.
- Adhere to company policies, including conducting systematic occupational health and safety work, reporting and taking prompt corrective action on risks, logging and reporting long term actions, and participating in department-wide talent management and succession planning.

**Communication responsibilities**
- Ability to communicate to both operations-oriented employees and business executives, as well as employees across business regions and enterprise functions.
- Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders, including internal customers, suppliers, and partners, to ensure effective collaboration and alignment.
- Foster a culture of effective communication within the IT organization to engage and inform employees.
- Collaborate with marketing and communications teams to promote the organization's use of technology and position it as an industry leader.
- Standardize IT policies, procedures, and documentation across the organization.

**Qualifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical/Computer Science field and/or equivalent work experience.
- Possess relevant certifications in the ITIL framework, Project Management, IT Information Security, Microsoft and Storage products/platforms or related fields are a plus.
- 5+ years of proven experience in similar IT business partnering role, preferably in large enterprise.
- 5+ years of experience in budget planning and financial reporting is required.
- Strong understanding of business processes and the ability to align technology solutions with business needs.
- Analytical mindset and problem-solving skills to identify and address bu