Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 155,000 employees who use new technologies, dynamic insights and over 154 years of experience to connect farmers with markets, customers with ingredients, and people and animals with the food they need to thrive.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Information Technology Group Business Partnering Director will create and execute the information technology strategy and associated execution, aligning with the overall enterprise strategy and function direction while also considering the needs of the markets and industries served by the Cargill Agricultural Supply Chain (CASC) North America business group. You will provide thought leadership for the business on how technology can evolve and transform the business to serve our customers and consumers. You will ensure the portfolio of investment balances the tensions between digital core modernization while also making bold, innovative choices. We seek an experienced professional to identify and assess innovative opportunities to drive utilization and adoption of standard technology solutions and overall reviews of status measures with the business while identifying and managing key dependencies that might impact the successful execution of the strategy and associated value creation.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide leadership and direction and gathers input and influences business leaders to develop the short-to-long-term strategy and annual information technology business plans, shaping the digital future needs for the business.

• Lead the development and implementation of strategy for a business area or significant function, anticipating mega-trends and complex challenges and opportunities, and ensuring integration with wider corporate strategy.

• Works closely with wider business, function and technology teams to approve and assign information technology resources to oversee projects and performance, capture existing status of budget and delivery and plan and execute on business changes across a moderate subset of the organization.

• Provides consultation and strategic expertise to stakeholders in defining requirements, and provides broad oversight to portfolio investments regarding digital, innovation and modernization initiatives.

• Lead in fostering partnerships and cross-functional collaboration across information technology teams.

• Develop risk models involving market, credit and operational risk and ensure controls are operating effectively.

• Other duties as assigned

• Provide strategic leadership, development and talent management activities for direct reports and their organizations, which may include forecasting resource needs, recruiting, hiring, performance management, training and budgeting. You will also collaborate with managers and supervisors in your organization to ensure staff selections align with current and future needs.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience

• Strength in synthesizing complex issues in a succinct and clear manner

• Confirmed skills regarding influence, persuasion, communication, digital and technology acumen and organizational change strength

• Experience in business process analysis and design

• Ability to identify, clarify and promote the best value-delivering opportunities for technology investments and ensure that promised value is delivered.

• Experience with Portfolio Management and the ability to act as a strategic advisor to business leadership to guide investment decisions.

• Minimum of eight years of related work experience, five years of supervisory experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree

• Minimum of 15 years of business or information technology experience including a minimum 10 years of leadership experience within process, data and technology functions.

Cargill highly encourages vaccinations but does not mandate at this time.  Upon hire, you will be asked to provide your vaccination status, and if unvaccinated or if you choose not to disclose, you would be expected to follow Cargill’s safety protocols for unvaccinated employees (i.e., mask mandates, and social distancing).

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.