Senior Director, Technology Business Partner - Specialty

Sysco

16d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Director – Technology Business Partner serves as the strategic bridge between the Technology organization and one or more business units, ensuring that technology investments, services, and capabilities are aligned to business priorities and outcomes for Buckhead, New Port. This role combines deep business acumen, strong technology fluency, and executive presence to shape demand, influence strategy, and drive value realization. The ideal candidate brings a consultative mindset, operates effectively in a matrixed environment, and plays a pivotal role in translating business needs into actionable technology roadmaps and outcomes.

Requirements

Education Required: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Information Systems, or related field
Experience Required: 12+ years of experience in technology, business consulting, or enterprise strategy roles, including 5+ years in a BRM or business-facing technology leadership position, preferably in a large, complex, highly matrixed organization
Licenses/Certifications Required: Business Relationship Management Professional (BRMP)
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Technical Skills and Abilities • Demonstrated ability to operate at the intersection of business and technology, influencing senior leaders and shaping enterprise-scale initiatives.
Strong understanding of business process design, digital platforms, and enterprise applications in complex, global environments.
Proven experience managing demand portfolios, building business cases, and aligning tech investments to measurable outcomes.
Exceptional communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills, with a high degree of executive presence.
Comfortable with ambiguity, competing priorities, and navigating across business functions and technology domains.
Proven ability to design and lead structured workshops that drive alignment, clarify business needs, and translate strategic objectives into actionable initiatives.
Skilled facilitator with experience guiding cross-functional teams through collaborative planning, problem-solving, and decision-making sessions.

Nice To Haves

Experience Preferred: Experience working with global teams across multiple countries, time zones and cultures.

Responsibilities

Act as the primary technology liaison to senior business unit leaders, developing a deep understanding of business strategies, goals, and challenges.
Shape and prioritize technology demand by translating business needs into clear problem statements, value cases, and solution requirements.
Influence and align technology roadmaps, investments, and delivery plans to support long-term business growth, innovation, and operational efficiency.
Serve as a trusted advisor to business and technology stakeholders, ensuring early and ongoing alignment on priorities, scope, and success measures.
Drive the intake, evaluation, and governance of new initiatives, balancing urgency with strategic fit, capacity, and enterprise architecture standards.
Foster joint accountability with business partners for value realization, KPIs, and benefits tracking related to technology initiatives.
Monitor and communicate progress on the business unit portfolio, strategic technology initiatives, surfacing risks, dependencies, and decisions needed from leadership.
Collaborate with enterprise architecture, product owners, finance, and delivery teams to ensure solutions are scalable, cost-effective, and fit for purpose.