Digital Business Partner

POSITION SUMMARY

The Digital Business Partner owns the global value narrative for executive leaders across the data and digital portfolio clarifying the why defining measurable outcomes and reporting progress and value realized. This role translates strategy into an outcomes-based portfolio and prioritized roadmap that balances run/operate regulatory commitments technical debt and innovation. The position builds measurable business cases with current-state baselines target KPIs/OKRs and benefits-realization tracking through adoption. Leveraging PAH domain knowledge and AI/LLM and emerging technologies the role identifies and matures high-impact opportunities from concept to scalable capability. The Lead ensures solutions scale as reusable platforms and build-once patterns avoiding one-off point solutions and duplication. The role champions end-user adoption through change readiness training/support alignment and sustained usage to achieve intended outcomes. Through matrix leadership of globally distributed technologists and direct development of Business Partner talent the role drives execution discipline removes blockers and delivers executive-ready communication on tradeoffs and risk.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own the value narrative and outcomes for executive leaders across the data and digital portfolio: clarify the why define measurable outcomes (KPIs/OKRs) and report progress and value realized.
• Translate strategy into an outcomes-based portfolio and roadmap: shape demand into a prioritized plan balancing run/operate regulatory commitments technical debt and innovation.
• Build measurable business cases with baselines: quantify current-state performance/cost/risk define target KPIs/OKRs and track benefits realization through adoption.
• Drive value realization using PAH domain knowledge and AI/LLM/emerging technologies: identify and mature high-impact opportunities from concept to scaled capability.
• Ensure solutions scale as reusable capabilities: promote platform evolution and build-once patterns; manage dependencies and avoid duplication across the enterprise.
• Champion end-user adoption: ensure change readiness training/support alignment and sustained usage to realize intended outcomes.
• Provide matrix leadership to globally distributed technologists: align priorities clarify intent/acceptance criteria remove blockers and ensure delivery achieves intended business outcomes.
• Lead and develop Business Partner talent: coach performance strengthen consultative partnering and raise the bar on executive communication.
• Operate with financial and execution discipline: manage forecasts/budgets surface tradeoffs early and escalate risks with crisp executive-ready updates.
• Manage software spend and vendor performance while evaluating capability fit and driving sourcing decisions that balance value risk and total cost of ownership.
• Plan and execute application/platform lifecycle strategies (upgrade modernization deprecation retirement) to keep systems supported compliant and sustainable.
• Own vulnerability posture reporting and remediation execution prioritizing fixes by risk and ensuring issues are tracked to verified closure.
• Lead VDT operational delivery and team performance across incident/problem/change management operating model metrics and continuous improvement.
• Govern license provisioning and compliance by managing allocations reclaiming unused entitlements supporting renewals/audits and optimizing utilization.
• Own end-to-end reliability and day-to-day operations for VMRD Edge site(s) coordinating changes monitoring incident response and stakeholder alignment to protect scientific operations.
• Govern and optimize the application/software portfolio by maintaining inventory rationalizing redundancy setting standards and reporting portfolio health risk and value.
• Lead portfolio intake and prioritization manage cross-project dependencies and capacity and provide clear governance and executive reporting across all initiatives.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• Bachelors degree required (Business Information Systems Computer Science Engineering Genetics or related) or equivalent experience

Experience:

• 10 years experience in technology/digital portfolio leadership IT business partnership product management consulting or equivalent
• Demonstrated success with executive stakeholder management value storytelling and outcomes measurement (KPIs/OKRs)
• Experience building business cases and leading benefits realization/adoption
• Experience leading cross-functional delivery through influence/matrix leadership

Technical Competencies:

• Portfolio shaping roadmap prioritization and demand management
• Business-case development: baselining KPI/OKR definition benefits tracking Change adoption and stakeholder engagement; executive-ready communication
• Matrix leadership and delivery governance (intent acceptance criteria dependency mgmt)
• Financial discipline: forecasting budget management vendor spend management
• Working understanding of data/analytics and digital product delivery fundamentals

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Advanced degree (MBA/MS) preferred
• Experience driving AI/LLM-enabled capabilities from concept to scaled adoption with appropriate controls
• Familiarity with platform thinking and reusable capability design (build once patterns)
• Knowledge of service management and operational metrics for run/operate
• Experience in commercial organization environments and/or genetics domain exposure preferred
• Experience leveraging shared services (e.g. GBS/India) and vendors to scale delivery preferred

PHYSICAL POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Primarily office/desk-based work; frequent computer use and meetings.
Travel up to 5% (domestic and/or international as required).
May require occasional availability outside standard business hours for major releases incidents or planning events (as applicable).

Full time

Regular

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Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1