Technology Business Partner

Description

The Technology Business Partner is responsible for supporting the strategic partnership between Information Technology and all LDI businesses. This role serves as the primary liaison between business and technology teams, creating and executing technology roadmaps that advance business strategy.

Supporting five unique businesses, this position ensures alignment of priorities, expectations, and solution delivery timelines between business leaders and technology teams. The Technology Business Partner also leads projects and participates in key business and technology initiatives.

This position reports to the Chief Information Officer at LDI Headquarters in New Hope, Minnesota.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build trusted relationships with business leaders and serve as a strategic advisor on technology, data, process improvement, and digital opportunities.
• Develop a strong understanding of business functions, including their strategies, processes, goals, challenges, and performance drivers.
• Participate in business planning discussions to identify where technology can enable growth, efficiency, improved customer experience, or better decision-making.
• Translate business priorities into technology strategies and roadmaps.
• Proactively bring forward ideas and capabilities that could create measurable business value.
• Partner with leaders to develop and maintain technology roadmaps aligned with business strategy.
• Identify gaps between current capabilities and future business needs.
• Lead and participate in the evaluation of technology solutions and opportunities based on business value, strategic alignment, risk, cost, and organizational readiness.
• Promote thoughtful adoption of digital capabilities where they can improve business outcomes.
• Develop business cases that clearly articulate expected benefits, costs, risks, and desired outcomes.
• Facilitate prioritization discussions when business demand exceeds available resources or investments.
• Partner with IT delivery teams and business stakeholders to maintain visibility into initiative status.
• Facilitate discussions across functions when solutions require broader organizational alignment.
• Help business leaders understand technology opportunities, constraints, tradeoffs, and risks.
• Influence stakeholders without relying on direct authority.
• Champion change and drive adoption of new and existing technology solutions.
• Lead projects, including management of scope, resources, budgets, risks, and timelines.
• Participate in acquisition, integration, and business expansion activities.
• Travel to various locations, including Mexico, approximately 15% of the time.
• Other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Bachelor's degree in business, technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in information technology, business systems, business relationship management, or a related discipline.
• Experience working directly with senior business leaders on business and technology priorities.
• Experience serving as a liaison between business stakeholders and technology teams.
• Strong understanding of business processes and proven ability to connect technology capabilities with business outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience developing technology strategies, roadmaps, business cases, and investment recommendations.
• Strong facilitation, communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, competing priorities, and complex cross-functional decisions.
• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional projects and initiatives from planning through execution.
• Proven ability to lead projects to successful completion utilizing internal and external resources.

PREFERRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Experience in manufacturing, distribution, supply chain, or another operationally complex environment.
• Experience with ERP, CRM, MES, workflow tools, analytics/business intelligence, automation, AI, cloud technologies, or other enterprise applications.
• Experience supporting digital transformation or significant business process improvement initiatives.
• Familiarity with portfolio management, project delivery, and organizational change practices.
• Bilingual Spanish

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

The starting base salary range for this position is $116,683 - $145,854 per year. The compensation posted is the anticipated pay for the position at the time of the posting. We may pay above or below posted amount based on several factors, including, but not limited to education and/or certifications, skills, experience, or work location. Some positions may qualify for additional compensation in the form of bonuses.

At LDI, we are pleased to provide employees with a comprehensive benefits package including health/dental/vision insurance options; paid time off; 10 paid holidays; 401(k) plus company matching and annual discretionary profit sharing; flexible spending and health savings account options; life and disability insurance; tuition assistance; wellness and mental health resources, and financial advising services. Eligibility in benefit programs is based on hours worked per week.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regular sitting, standing, and walking throughout the day to accomplish tasks
• Manual and finger dexterity used regularly with some repetitive finger motions
• Ability to work in front of a computer screen for long periods of time
• Specific vision abilities include close and distance vision; able to identify colors, small letters, and numbers; hand/eye coordination, depth perception and able to adjust focus
• Hearing and speaking
• Other conditions may include frequent reaching, stretching, pushing, pulling, pinching, grasping, and gripping.

ABOUT OUR COMPANY

Comprised of multiple companies with headquarters in New Hope, Minnesota, Liberty Diversified International (LDI) is a privately held company employing more than 1,900 individuals across our manufacturing facilities, production facilities and core business operations in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Mississippi, Texas, Arizona, Virginia, California, and Mexico. With deep roots in the corrugated box manufacturing industry, we operate in the core markets of paper, packaging, workplace products, corrugated plastics and building products.

Since 1918, our values - Caring, Innovation, Trust and Excellence - have guided our day-to-day activities. We believe that when our employees are aligned with these values, we create superior service and solutions for our customers. The LDI family of companies includes Liberty Packaging, Liberty Paper, Liberty Plastics (Custom Solutions and Quarrix Building Products) and Safco.

Liberty Diversified International is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, age, creed, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, disability, or any other protected class.