IT Business Systems Lead

• Conducts strategic planning activities including communication of organization unit strategy with IT staff.
• Negotiates with business to prioritize requests that support business objectives and drives business assessment of project cost/benefits.
• Works with Portfolio Management to manage project prioritization and provides input for business assessment of project cost/benefit analysis.
• Develops technology plans aligned with business and IT strategies and proposes changes to systems &  service portfolio.
• Supports Business development activity including development of project proposals, coordinating technology spending, identifying opportunities to leverage technology, and identifying business sponsors for technology.
• Develops and maintains relationships with industry leaders.
• Communicates business requirements to IT.
• Develops, negotiates, and manages business unit expectations of technology services, solutions, deliverables, budgets, and timelines.
• Proposes changes to service level agreements and directs resolution between business and IT Service requirements.
• Manages meetings with business leadership to identify and validate system requirements and processes.
• Supports businesses with building business plans including ROI and benefit/cost analysis.
• Leads change management initiatives, validates recommended changes, and communicates/markets plans.
• Reviews and provides input on training documentation and develops process to measure success of changes.
• Tracks industry by evaluating media, technology trends, and vendor strategies.
• Identifies technology opportunities to help with business issues.
• Provides input to IT management on technology standards and operations.
• Prepares reports on emerging technologies for discussion with businesses.
• Read and follow the Underwriters Laboratories Code of Conduct and follow all physical and digital security practices.
• Performs other duties as directed.

Qualifications

A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.

As we’re supporting some of the most innovative companies in the world, high-performing IT is vital. Deeply focused on technology innovation and practically applying new and emerging technologies to meet the evolving needs of our customers, we operate as strategic partners to the wider organization, developing and delivering best-in-class IT solutions. We also use our expertise day-to-day to offer our colleagues a seamless technology experience, providing them with the tools to help customers all over the world deliver safer, more sustainable solutions. Join our team and connect, support and empower colleagues across our global community.