IT Business Relationship Manager - Commercial Operations

Date: Apr 17, 2024

Location(s): Juno Beach, FL, US, 33408

Company: NextEra Energy

is the world's largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun, and a world leader in battery storage. We provide energy-related products and services that grow our economy, protect the environment, support our communities and help customers meet their energy needs. We are leading the decarbonization of the U.S. economy with our goal to reach Real Zero carbon emissions from our operations by 2045 while improving customer affordability and reliability. Are you interested in creating a cleaner environment for future generations? Join our world-class, innovative team today.

Position Specific Description

The IT Business Relationship Manager (BRM) serves as a pivotal link between IT and Business Units. They endeavor to understand business strategy and operations, deliver effective IT services and solutions, and judiciously manage IT resources and budgets, creating value for the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Liaise with Business Units: Act as the primary point of contact for IT inquiries, collaborating closely with business leaders to understand their operational needs, strategic objectives, and the associated technical requirements.

• Strategic IT Planning: Partner with IT and business leadership to develop an IT strategy that supports business objectives. Assess existing technologies while anticipating future infrastructure needs and identifying innovative solutions

• Resource and Budget Management: Manage IT resources effectively to satisfy business needs. Administer and oversee IT budget, ensuring optimal utilization of funds for technological advancements, maintenance, and labor costs.

• Business Requirements Analysis: Identify, gather, and distill business requirements, facilitating their translation into concrete IT solutions. This involves facilitating focus group sessions, documenting processes, and aligning IT projects with business needs.

• Project Management: Provide oversight on IT project portfolios, ensuring alignment with business goals. Manage timelines, scope, and budget while coordinating with project teams and communicating regularly with stakeholders.

• Risk Management and Compliance: Ensure all IT applications and systems are compliant with industry guidelines and the firm's internal standards. Identify and ameliorate potential IT operational risks.

• Vendor Management: Handle relationships with third-party vendors, overseeing vendor selection, contract negotiation, and deliverables. Ensure that all outsourcing decisions adhere to budget constraints and resource availability.

• Change Management: Drive the successful implementation of new systems and technologies, supporting teams through transition stages. Support the implementation of robust training programs and minimize business disruption.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field. A Master’s degree is a plus.

• Proven experience in IT management, business analysis, and budget and resource management.

• In-depth understanding of IT systems, infrastructure, and trends.

• Exceptional project management skills.

• Outstanding communication, negotiation, and vendor management skills.

• Comprehensive understanding of industry regulations, standards, and compliance requirements.

Skills and Competencies:

• Detailed knowledge of Renewable Energy business operations and IT capabilities.

• Capability to convert business requirements into effective IT solutions.

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills.

• Solid problem-solving and critical thinking abilities.

• Competence in managing complex projects, resources, and budget.

• High level of professionalism, business acumen, and resilience.

• The IT Business Relationship Manager plays a crucial role in facilitating seamless operations and strategic growth by aligning IT and business strategies in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Job Overview

This position guides teams in the execution of agile initiatives to deliver customer value. Employees in this role train and coach in the use of Scrum, Lean, Kanban, XP, and scale agile framework practices.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Trains and coaches leaders, teams, Product Owners, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices and mindset

• Contributes in Communities of Practice (CoP), within the agile network

• Promotes and encourages collaboration and transparency and builds trusting relationships between business, delivery, and other entities within the organization

• Facilitates periodic synchronization meetings across several different onsite and distributed delivery teams

• Prepares program and release backlogs, as well as team and program objectives

• Tracks, promotes, and publishes completed program features and program and team objectives

• Manages risk and dependencies, communicates and escalates impediments to facilitate transparency, and reduces bottlenecks

• Embraces a continuous improvement mindset, and drives the use of agile engineering best practices and innovation

• Reports on standardized program-level metrics, and understands, tracks, and operates within the program budget

• Plays an instrumental role in the organization’s Agile transformation, acts as a change agent, and shows strong leadership skills with a positive and collaborative attitude

• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• High School Grad / GED

• Bachelor’s or Equivalent Experience

• Experience: 8+ years

• Supervisor/Management Experience: 2+ years

Preferred Qualifications

• None

Employee Group: Exempt

Employee Type: Full Time

Job Category: Information Technology

Organization: NextEra Energy Resources, LLC

Relocation Provided: No

NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

NextEra Energy and provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to, providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you. Alternatively, you may call 1-844-694-4748. Please do not use this line to inquire about your application status.

NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

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