Red Wing Shoe Company is based in Red Wing, Minnesota, just 40 minutes from St. Paul, where our corporate office sits along the Mississippi River in downtown Red Wing.  We are a global company with 2300 employees around the world, but we maintain a close-knit team atmosphere that comes with being a privately held company. We’re rich in history and tradition, but innovation drives us to deliver best-in-class product solutions and highly rated customer experiences.  Our focus on our people and culture results in meaningful employee engagement across the organization. Our Guiding Principles of Living our Values, Honoring our Brands, Inspiring Our People, Centering on the Customer, and Preserving the Long Term Success and Legacy of Our Company are the foundation on which we build our future.

The Business Technology Business Partner owns the strategic technology relationship with the business units they support. They are responsible for visioning the technology strategy that will enable the business capabilities required to achieve our short and long-term strategic plans. Partnering closely with the business, the Business Partner will develop a rolling, multi-year technology vision that includes enabling new capabilities all the way to managing day to day operations of existing systems. The Business Partner will also play an active role in planning and mobilizing the cross-functional teams to execute specific projects, partnering with Project managers to proactively manage scope, schedule, budget, issues and risks.

• As investment opportunities emerge, the Business Partner will work to create the business case and steward the investment through the capital planning approval process.
• Responsible for mapping business opportunities to technology systems or opportunities, creating a rolling multi-year solution roadmap .
• Manage the portfolio of projects on behalf of your business partners, actively communicating status of portfolio projects, risk and issues.
• Drive work prioritization, planning, task delegation, budget setting and management, stakeholder management, and coordination across multiple teams.
• Responsible for defining epics, writing features and directing the creation of stories that will be picked up by various teams.
• Actively groom the backlog, provide clarity to questions raised from development teams, and clearly communicate priorities.
• Identify potential technology partners (software, consulting services, or otherwise), negotiate agreements, and manage ongoing vendor relationships. 
• Keep track of emerging technology, retail, and consumer trends and translate those to potential investment opportunities to drive value for your business partners.

Bachelor’s degree (B.A. /B.S.) from four-year college or university, and a minimum of ten years of technology, retail, manufacturing or related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience. 

• Must have a minimum of 3 years of leadership experience and 5 years of experience developing strategic plans and executing projects.
• Experience in identifying potential technology partners (software, consulting services, or otherwise), negotiating agreements, and managing the ongoing vendor relationship.
• Experience in Scaled Agile Framework.
• Certification in PMP, Scrum Master or Scaled Agile Framework desired.

Red Wing Shoe Company will not be using recruitment agencies or firms to fill this position and we will not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate information. No agency calls please.

Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc. is a drug-free workplace.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

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