Business Strategist

Location: New York City, NY

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Business Strategist to support IT strategy, business planning, project portfolios, and data security initiatives. The ideal candidate will work closely with business and IT stakeholders to align technology projects with organizational goals, develop strategic roadmaps, and ensure successful delivery of key initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement data security projects and technology initiatives.

• Develop and manage high-level roadmaps for project portfolios aligned with IT strategy and business objectives.

• Work with business stakeholders to identify requirements and develop business cases and value plans.

• Drive projects and key deliverables from planning and conception through implementation.

• Partner with IT and business stakeholders to develop operational support plans that ensure service reliability and availability.

• Track and manage IT roadmaps, business plans, forecasts, and project portfolios.

• Monitor project progress, identify risks, issues, and dependencies, and recommend appropriate solutions.

• Prepare and present management reports covering project status, progress, issues, and resolutions.

• Provide clear and timely communication to stakeholders across IT, business teams, and external suppliers.

• Support strategic planning and prioritization of IT initiatives across multiple business areas.

• Collaborate with database, security, infrastructure, application, and business teams to support technology initiatives.

• Ensure data security, integrity, accuracy, and availability requirements are incorporated into projects.

• Support the development and maintenance of database management policies, procedures, and standards.

• Identify opportunities to improve the performance, reliability, and efficiency of supported systems.

• Facilitate meetings, presentations, and discussions with business and technical stakeholders.

• Maintain project documentation, action items, status reports, and strategic plans.

Required Skills

• Strong experience in IT strategy, business planning, and project portfolio management.

• Experience developing technology roadmaps and strategic plans.

• Strong understanding of data security, database management, and IT governance.

• Experience developing business cases, value plans, and operational support strategies.

• Strong project management and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience working with business stakeholders, IT teams, and external suppliers.

• Excellent communication, presentation, and management reporting skills.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Ability to manage multiple initiatives and priorities simultaneously.

• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.