Summary

The Business Manager acts as the ‘Chief of Staff’ of the Director Digital & AI. In this capacity he/she manages interaction with key internal & external stakeholders, provides the Digital / AI Mngt team with solicited advice on all relevant digital & AI matters. The business manager is furthermore responsible for financial management & designing the digital organization of the future and its associated key processes & procedures.

As this is a new role, great opportunity to further shape the role yourself.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

In line with the business and digital strategy of ENOWA, the successful candidate will:

• Build & maintain thorough knowledge of the Digital & AI domain.
• Define / Execute / Contribute to strategic initiatives / special projects within Digital & AI Domain.
• Support the Digital & AI Director with creation of storylines/presentations, business cases, etc.
• Act as key ambassador to external digital partners, eco-systems.
• Prepare the governance structures, policies, standards, performance reporting, and financial frameworks required for visibility, control, effectiveness, and efficiency in delivering technology, shapes the technology workforce, and adapts to organizational change.
• Capture and report technology performance data to the management and identify corrective actions to improve performance.
• Drive consistent and transparent service costs and financial reporting to accurately align business value with technology costs.
• Develop the overall Technology Governance Framework and ensure that all functions/processes/employees perform as per the governance framework.
• Develop, maintain and communicate technology standards and policies, and ensure adherence to them through periodic trainings, audits and other measures.
• Responsible to coordinate the further build-out / hiring of digital/AI talent for the organization. This also includes working on workforce sourcing solutions.
• Identify opportunities to improve business outcomes with organizational change. Prepare, support and help individuals, teams and leaders in adapting to organizational change.

The above responsibilities will lead to the following:

• Digital workforce performance meets expectations and is aligned with organization needs.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Experience

•           Highly talented individual with appx. 5 years work experience, ideally coming from a consultancy background.

•           Proven experience in designing, managing and delivering complex organization transformation programs.

•           Experience in people and organization management, especially in an agile way of working context.

•           Specific experience working in Utility Sector is a huge plus.

•           Relevant experience with stakeholder management.

Knowledge

•           Understanding of technology capabilities and trends.

•           Full understanding of all HR functions and best practices.

•           Knowledge of project management technics.

•           Business/management expertise (business processes and systems).

•           Data interpretation and visualization.

•           Knowledge of labor legislation.

•           Knowledge of Quality Standards/Procedures.

•           Solid knowledge of conducting different types of interviews (structured, competency-based, stress etc.).

Skills

•           Ability to step into a fast paced, highly changeable domain and willing to take on new challenges.

•           Business acumen & leadership skills.

•           High commitment to meet business needs.

•           Experience with Agile and Scrum way of executing projects.

•           Excellent interpersonal, communication and motivational skills.

•           Good analytical and logical thinking skills.

•           Ability to craft alliances and positively influence peers and stakeholders.

•           Successful in steering & coaching direct colleagues.

•           High personal energy, active approach with a can-do mentality.

•           Demonstrated ability to work on a diverse scope of tasks simultaneously.

•           Ability to operate in a team-oriented and collaborative environment.

•           Flexibility to work in the relatively unstructured environment of a start-up.

•           Good written and spoken English.

Education & Experience

• Master’s degree in business or technical field.
• Proven track record of success, possibly backed-up by a positive referral.
• Relevant advanced certifications from top-tier companies / education platforms. Ability to interact and communicate across a variety of stakeholder groups (technical subject matter specialists to business owners), with ability to present complex information in easily understandable format and tailored to audience
• 8-12+ years of experience in developing communication and media relations strategies, as well as managing communication teams/projects
• Ability to manage and balance multiple communication projects at once in a fast-moving environment.