Ball Corporation manufactures aluminum packaging for beverage, personal care and household products, and provides aerospace and other technologies for commercial and government customers. We have been in business for over 140 years and is leading the charge in creating solutions that keep our planet healthy. Ball Corp has been nationally recognized as a leading company in the creation of sustainable products (Fast Company World Changing Ideas award) as well as one of America's Best Employers for Diversity (Forbes Magazine.) Join our team of over 18,000 people worldwide in our quest to make the world a cleaner and healthier place. BE BIGGER THAN YOURSELF. BE UNSTOPPABLE. BE AN INSPIRATION. JOIN US IN MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.

Primary Purpose of the Position:

The Technology Capability Lead (TCL) - Commercial & Sustainability has the primary accountability for driving the formation of solutions to support business need for change within the portfolio of applications supporting the capability. The TCL will use a disciplined approach to engage the business using well-defined standardized engagement processes. The lead will collaborate with Business Partners (BP) in understanding business needs, crafting solutions to meet them, and quantifying the related benefits of IT investment.

Essential Responsible Areas:

1. The technology capability lead role spans plan, build and run phases, from strategic decision making to oversight of project delivery, and is responsible for capability roadmaps that describe how the portfolio of systems/solutions will effectively meet evolving business needs and align to support the business strategy.
2. The TCL will partner with the resource manager within the development team to assure that resourcing is assigned to projects and BAU activities in a timely manner and to plan for upcoming demand. The TCL will maintain knowledge of technology and industry trends that can provide more efficient and effective support for achieving the business strategy of their stakeholder functions.
3. The TCL is responsible to develop and present at executive reviews to describe IT capability alignment with business objectives.
4. The TCL collaborates with BP and the business during the strategic planning process, to define capacity requirements for upcoming demand.
5. The TCL is responsible for reporting on status/health of the projects that are within their portfolio of investment, including all IT effort (e.g., pulling together updates from technical project managers from other organizations).
6. The TCL will also assure that solutions are consistent with architectural guidelines, frameworks and standards defined by EA.
7. Establish and adhere to a portfolio management process (with supporting tools) and support the enterprise analysis of demand .
8. Provide the primary business interface to IT functions in order to assure alignment with business' needs and drive visibility for the business in performance of the investment portfolio.
9. In concert with the Business PMO teams, ensure that business projects and programs, that enable change are prioritized across the enterprise portfolio rather than within organizational and operational silos.
10. Participate in IT's strategic planning process to represent relevant functional business capabilities.
11. Partner closely with the various businesses to understand, prioritize and describe demand, and serve as the interface in scheduling and sequencing delivery; timely capture demand into IT toolset. Broker discussion between business and IT Delivery for demand analysis.
12. Understand the goals, strategies, and plans – as well as critical success factors for functional business partners.
13. Directs, manages, and develops the capability and professional standards of the IT function (individual and organizational capability); continuously assesses talent and develops future leaders for Ball; inspires individuals and creates an environment of feedback, collaboration, and team achievement.
14. The TCL will manage a team of project managers, business analysts and solution architects

Position Requirement & Competencies:

• Broad training in a related field usually acquired through college degree level education or work-related experience
• Job related experience for 8 year(s) minimum with increasing levels of responsibility in a large, complex corporate information technology environment
• Experience working on commercial projects supporting sales such as case managements and contract lifecycles.
• Experience in leading global, multinational and remote teams, including off-shore, in matrix organization with demonstrated ability to work across and deliver multiple critical paths and develop schedules in a collaborative environment
• Previous consulting experience a plus
• Strong prior experience in a technology delivery role
• Ability to communicate effectively at all organizational levels
• Strong technical acumen – understands current technology trends and can contextualize them in a business setting
• Focus on continuous improvement and quality in delivery; working knowledge of concepts of Lean and Agile
• Ability to create formal business cases showing ROI opportunities
• Requires planning skills at a strategic, global level; ability to translate strategic plans into specific objectives and then be able to execute within established KPIs

Compensation & Benefits:

• Hiring Salary Range: $ 98,500 - 150,500 (Salary to be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.)
• Job Grade: 13
• Other Compensation: This role will be eligible to participate in the annual incentive compensation plan.
• Regular Full-Time Salaried and Hourly positions: Ball includes a comprehensive benefits structure, click here for more info https://www.ball.com/us_benefits

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