Sr. Manager, IT Business Partner, NEA (North East Asia) align business and IT objectives, lead overall engagement between business stakeholders and the IT community, formulate synthesized business capability and technology advancement strategies, and are accountable for successful provisioning of all IT services and investments to achieve outcomes for their stakeholders.
Role & Responsibilities
- Align strategic and tactical business objectives with corresponding IT objectives.
- Participate in IT strategy creation, including alignment with Enterprise and Business Unit strategies.
- Formulate synthesized business capability and technology advancement strategies and long-term roadmaps.
- Provide insights and thought-leadership on industry/functional trends and best practices to guide business priorities, customer and employee experience advancements, and technology decisions.
- Utilize high-level business process and IT system architectures to guide business capability and technology advancement roadmaps, partnered with business stakeholders and IT colleagues.
- Plan and manage an annual IT investment portfolio in alignment with budgetary thresholds, business priorities, and IT strategies
- Create and process IT investment proposals and/or Agile Release Trains, collaborating with business stakeholders, PMO, and IT Delivery (note: IT Delivery includes Apps and Infrastructure Operations) colleagues to define scope, ROI, risks & mitigations, major components of work, staffing requirements, and financial needs
- Serve as IT Lead of IT investments to ensure successful achievement of scope, cost, schedule, quality, adoption, and value outcomes
- Participate in Steering Committees, Operating Committees, and/or Agile Program Increment Events to guide activities, make trade-off decisions, remove roadblocks, and unify business stakeholder and IT communities
- Provide functional management of Business Analysts deployed on solution delivery projects
- Support risk management, regulatory compliance, Information Security, and audit remediation activities.
- Support business continuity and disaster recovery efforts, including creation of business impact analyses.
- Support definition and utilization of IT governance processes and policies.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or comparable field.
- 15+ years proven experience in IT, at least 5 years or more business partnership experience with exposure to senior business and IT management.
- Strong Japanese and English communication and inter-personal skills; ability to work effectively with global teams.
- Ability to work in a matrix environment with multiple business and IT groups.
- Problem-solving skills.
- Willingness to meet challenges, hardworking & able to work under pressure.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or comparable field
- 15+ years proven experience in IT with at least 5 years business partnership experience
- Exposure to senior business and IT management
- Strong Japanese and English communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work effectively with global teams in a matrix environment
- Problem-solving skills
- Willingness to meet challenges, hardworking and able to work under pressure
Johnson Controls Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a meaningful part of the package through employer 401(k) matching, repeatedly framed as a strong pillar of the overall rewards mix. The matching contribution is described with specific match levels in multiple places, reinforcing perceived value for long-term saving.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is presented as comparatively robust, with multiple paid holiday categories, vacation time, and sick time described as generous or “amazing” in places. Paid time off breadth appears to be a consistent contributor to total rewards attractiveness beyond base pay.
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Flexible Benefits — Benefits are described as broad and customizable, spanning standard medical/dental/vision plus optional add-ons like pet insurance, identity protection, and legal support. Tuition reimbursement is repeatedly highlighted as a high-value option supporting professional development.
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At Johnson Controls, we transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play. From optimizing building performance to improving safety and enhancing comfort, we drive the outcomes that matter most. Dedicated to protecting the environment, we deliver our promise in industries such as healthcare, education, data centers and manufacturing. With a global team of 100,000 experts in more than 150 countries and over 130 years of innovation, we are the power behind our customers’ mission. Our leading portfolio of building technology and solutions includes some of the most trusted names in the industry, such as Tyco®, York®, Metasys®, Ruskin®, Titus®, Frick®, Penn®, Sabroe®, Simplex®, Ansul® and Grinnell®.
