Business Interface Director, O&P, IST&O

Lyondell Basell North America•Houston, TX

4d•Remote

About The Position

The Digital Technology (DT) Business Interface (BI) Director, Olefins and Polyolefins (O&P), Integrated Supply Trading & Optimization (IST&O) is the trusted strategic partner for digital technology globally across LyondellBasell’s leading Commercial O&P Business Segment and Trading Organization; enabling Business Value realization through digital technology, in alignment to LYB’s strategic priorities. As the DT BI Director of O&P the position bridges a common Digital Technology Strategy between IT and the Business. Role is responsible for the Demand Management of the Business Segment and Trading organization providing visibility to enable the business to prioritize demand against limited DT and Business Resources. The BI Director shepherds the Business Segment and Trading organization in defining, influencing, shaping, managing, evaluating, and prioritizing DT initiatives to ensure they are operationally executable and aligned to both the enterprise and the Business Segments & Trading organization strategic objectives. LyondellBasell is developing a Global Trading Platform and organization (IST&O - Integrated Supply Trading & Optimization), and the DT BI Director for O&P will be responsible for managing the development of IT strategies required to align business objectives with newly established CTRM (Commodity Trading & Risk Management) trading platforms and applications. Position will work closely with the business to facilitate the design into a scalable, secure, and high-performance trading system related to deal capture, risk management, settlement/invoicing, and Market Integration. The DT BI Director manages the outcomes, innovation pipeline, and end-to-end delivery of digital technology for the technology portfolio of the global O&P Business Segment & IST&O organizations focused on Commercial Excellence technologies, including operations and lifecycle management. The objectives will be to identify, prioritize, and execute those programs and solutions that will yield the optimum gain in terms of revenue, process improvement, productivity, and benefit to the corporation. Reporting to position will be Business Interface Analysts, responsible partnership with the O&P Business Segment & IST&O organization across the global regions.

Requirements

Experience in forming strategic partnerships with technology and Business/Trading partners in a collaborative manner.
Proven experience in managing Trading Platforms and Applications.
Managing multiple concurrent initiatives and significant experience in the matrix management of resources across multiple groups.
Understanding of annual investment budget for BUs & functions (projects and Business applications).
Strong understanding and appropriate use of financial processes and techniques and proven Business case development skills, including: experience with both quantitative and qualitative analysis.
Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
Strong analytical, organizational, prioritization, and time management skills.
Skilled in the full client delivery lifecycle, including: Business planning; data analysis; process analysis and design; Business and functional requirements analysis; program roadmap creation; design; build; test; implement and operate.
Bachelor’s degree in Information technology, engineering or related discipline required.
A preference of 20-25 years of experience, of which, at least 15 years are in a technology or commercial position, in a multi-entity, complex global environment
Strong understanding of business processes, IT systems, and/or project management methodologies.
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills in directly leading and managing people, with the ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels.

Nice To Haves

A Master’s degree is preferred.

Responsibilities

Own Business & Trading relationships with Business Segments and Commercial Partners (inclusive of demand management). Work within DT organization to ensure expectations are met.
Serve as the Single Point of Contact for the Business & Trading related to project demand, issue resolution, DT Operations requests, software & licensing requests, cybersecurity and digital solutions; Collaborate with others within DT to meet customer needs.
Develop and translate requirements for LyondellBasell’s trading platform and applications to enable business objectives with the technology delivery from the Digital Technology organization.
Partner with Business & Trading stakeholders to co-create and sustain multi-year strategic roadmaps & ST innovation pipeline required to achieve Business goals with a focus on VEP as part of strategy, demand funnel and way of working/operating model.
Provide clear visibility of demand vs resources for the Business Segment, IST&O), and Commercial Intelligence. Enable forward looking investment planning for key budget cycles and ensure unplanned project requests and enhancements are guided through the DT Demand Intake Process.
Identify & develop multi-year roadmaps and investment goals which are aligned to enterprise-wide, long-term Business & Trading strategies and objectives and which address technology lifecycle including obsolesce, risk and emerging technologies. Work with Enterprise Architecture to ensure the strategic Business roadmaps are underpinned by appropriate digital technology.
Engage in high partnership with global Business and Trading Sr. Leaders to provide tactical and strategic technology services and solutions that align with the respective Business strategy.
Be accountable for consulting and/or project teams to deliver engagements, including: mission and DT requirements, Business justification models, Business use cases, reengineered process and/or workflows, program plans and roadmaps, organizational designs, change management and communication plans, Business and technical architectures, and Business capabilities and solutions.
Manage the enhancement of systems to allow the Business segment and Trading to lead in their industry.
Anticipate and alert the senior executive team of financial issues and opportunities within the designated Business Segments & Trading organization.