Senior IT Business Relationship Consultant

*Position is Hybrid with ability to work from home up to 2 days per week, starting after your 90th day*

Can you drive and support our technology initiatives? Do you have prior project management and vendor management experience. Can you be the business and IT liaison and own those relationships? Are you an excellent communicator who will build those key relationships and work in an Agile environment? If so, the Senior IT Business Relationship Consultant opportunity could be a great fit for you!

We are seeking an energetic individual to support Corporate Systems of our Information Technology department and join a high performing, collaborative team. As an IT Senior Business Relationship Consultant, you will be an extension of the IT Director and work alongside our Business & IT leadership to gather and manage priorities and maintain a strategic business portfolio.

What You Will Do:

• Help manage the Corporate Systems Information Technology portfolio and supporting technologies and processes.
• Support projects and initiatives, work with Project Sponsors to prioritize work, and establish and maintain high-level estimates and roadmaps.
• Function as a liaison between the other Business Relationship Consultants, stakeholders, and vendors on Team initiatives and projects.
• Partner with VPs and Directors in gathering and reporting project and portfolio information, managing change, and presenting to Sr. Management.
• Provide prioritization and communication support for Information Technology initiatives.
• Facilitate project management lite activities, which may include managing a small project or strategic initiative.
• Work with IT Directors and Managers to meet IT Audit and Compliance requirements.
• Facilitate priority planning for technical staff and report out team results to business partners.

What It Takes to Join Our Team:

• College degree or equivalent plus seven years relevant experience required.
• Must have or attain knowledge of Farm Bureau products, services, and strategies affecting the portfolio segment.
• Must possess excellent leadership, oral and written communication, planning, decision making, and negotiation skills.
• Must be results oriented and able to adapt and deal with ambiguous situations and manage expectations.
• Must be able to build strong relationships with the Business and IT.
• Experience in business analyst frameworks, processes, and tools preferred.
• Experience with Agile processes and ceremonies is preferred.

• Must have the aptitude to learn both business and technical terms and processes well enough to be a strong liaison between IT and the Business.

What We Offer You: When you're on our team, you get more than a great paycheck. You'll hear about career development and educational opportunities, an enhanced 401K with a match, low-cost health, dental, and vision benefits, life and disability insurance options, and paid time off, including holidays, volunteer time, and teams who know how to have fun. Add to that an on-site wellness facility with fitness classes and programs, a daycare center, a cafeteria, and even an on-site medical clinic.

Farm Bureau… where the grass really IS greener!

Work Authorization/Sponsorship: Currently, we are not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship now or in the future, such as additional or permanent work authorization. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time, permanent basis. We are not able to sponsor now or in the future, or take over sponsorship of, an employment visa or work authorization for this role. For example, we are not considering candidates with OPT status.