What are the responsibilities and job description for the AgriBusiness Technology Program Senior Director - Boise, ID position at Simplot?
The J.R. Simplot Company is a diverse, privately held global food and agriculture company headquartered in Boise, Idaho. We are a true farm-to-table company with an integrated portfolio including food processing and food brands, phosphate mining, fertilizer manufacturing, farming, ranching and cattle production, and other enterprises related to agriculture.
Summary
The role will collaborate closely with the Technology & Data Science (T&DS) organization, and cross-functionally across AgriBusiness, to develop and execute a holistic, focused program of technology work that supports our business goals and strategies. This leader will be responsible for defining and organizing the program of initiatives and acting as a single point of contact for all AgriBusiness Stakeholders and Technology and Data Science (T&DS) functions. A key responsibility of the leader will be to engage the AgriBusiness Leadership Team in a regular cadence of strategic evaluation, planning, engagement and execution to ensure alignment of all initiatives, business or technology. This leader will balance the overall AgriBusiness capability roadmap, business priorities and mobilize business resources to deliver on the respective initiatives.
The leader will manage a team that is organized into three functions :
- Program Management : Developing program strategy, business resource plans, and metrics for all work within AgriBusiness program. Integrate relevant program activities into Simplot Technology and Data Science (T&DS) operating model with a focus on Agile delivery methodology. Providing program analysis and facilitate decision making.
- Business Process : Translating business needs and initiatives that involve technology into actionable projects while ensuring benefits are fully realized by end users. Leading release and stabilization and developing expertise on all business capabilities delivered by new technologies, such that their value can be realized.
- Reporting and Analytics : Developing and executing a comprehensive reporting and analytics strategy aligned with the organization's goals and objectives. Defines and plans reporting and analytics work. Identifies uses for AI opportunities within AgriBusiness.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Alignment
Innovation and Market Analysis
Roadmap Development and Management :
Create and maintain a management system in partnership with T&DS to plan to deliver business capabilities.
Lead or participate in cross functional teams in the execution of critical initiatives
Typical Education
Bachelor’s degree (B.A. or B.S.) from 4 year college or university
Master’s degree (M.A. or M.S.) or equivalent (not essential but strongly encouraged)
Relevant Experience
10 years related experience and / or training
Other Information
Effective performers will be students of all aspects of modern information technology : trends, capabilities, and operability across technology platforms. They will have facility with many delivery models and business processes, able to adapt to varying levels of complexity and will be comfortable synthesizing, sequencing, and trading off the priorities of many executive and operating stakeholders into a program of work that can be delivered in a predictable way.
Job Requisition ID : 21372
Travel Required : Up to 25%
Location(s) : Simplot Headquarters - Boise
Country : United States
