Senior Director, Technology Business Partner - Specialty at Sysco

This is a hybrid position requiring an on-site presence 3 to 4 days per week. Please note that the number of days on-site can increase based on business needs.

Job Summary

The Senior Director - Technology Business Partner serves as the strategic bridge between the Technology organization and one or more business units, ensuring that technology investments, services, and capabilities are aligned to business priorities and outcomes for Buckhead, New Port. This role combines deep business acumen, strong technology fluency, and executive presence to shape demand, influence strategy, and drive value realization. The ideal candidate brings a consultative mindset, operates effectively in a matrixed environment, and plays a pivotal role in translating business needs into actionable technology roadmaps and outcomes.

Duties and Responsibilities

Act as the primary technology liaison to senior business unit leaders, developing a deep understanding of business strategies, goals, and challenges.

Shape and prioritize technology demand by translating business needs into clear problem statements, value cases, and solution requirements.

Influence and align technology roadmaps, investments, and delivery plans to support long-term business growth, innovation, and operational efficiency.

Serve as a trusted advisor to business and technology stakeholders, ensuring early and ongoing alignment on priorities, scope, and success measures.

Drive the intake, evaluation, and governance of new initiatives, balancing urgency with strategic fit, capacity, and enterprise architecture standards.

Foster joint accountability with business partners for value realization, KPIs, and benefits tracking related to technology initiatives.

Monitor and communicate progress on the business unit portfolio, strategic technology initiatives, surfacing risks, dependencies, and decisions needed from leadership.

Collaborate with enterprise architecture, product owners, finance, and delivery teams to ensure solutions are scalable, cost-effective, and fit for purpose.

Qualifications

Education Required:

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Information Systems, or related field

Experience Required:

12+ years of experience in technology, business consulting, or enterprise strategy roles, including 5+ years in a BRM or business-facing technology leadership position, preferably in a large, complex, highly matrixed organization

Experience Preferred:

Experience working with global teams across multiple countries, time zones and cultures.

Licenses/Certifications Required:

Business Relationship Management Professional (BRMP)

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Technical Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated ability to operate at the intersection of business and technology, influencing senior leaders and shaping enterprise-scale initiatives.

• Strong understanding of business process design, digital platforms, and enterprise applications in complex, global environments.

• Proven experience managing demand portfolios, building business cases, and aligning tech investments to measurable outcomes.

• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills, with a high degree of executive presence.

• Comfortable with ambiguity, competing priorities, and navigating across business functions and technology domains.

• Proven ability to design and lead structured workshops that drive alignment, clarify business needs, and translate strategic objectives into actionable initiatives.

• Skilled facilitator with experience guiding cross-functional teams through collaborative planning, problem-solving, and decision-making sessions.

Additional Requirements

Physical Demands:

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

Standard office-based work demands

Travel Requirements:

Up to 25% travel to various sites including Global Service Center

Work Environment:

Houston, TX based on Hybrid work schedule

Decision Making Authority

Decisions to be made independently without direction or supervision:

• Define and prioritize business demand in alignment with strategic objectives.

• Recommend initiative scope, sequencing, and framing for intake and investment evaluation.

• Design and facilitate workshops to align stakeholders and translate strategy into initiatives.

• Guide business partners on technology engagement models, processes, and governance pathways.

• Identify and escalate cross-functional risks, gaps, or misalignments early in initiative planning.

• Represent business priorities and value cases in portfolio and architecture discussions.

Decisions made with review/approval of other individuals/leadership:

• Final approval of funding for technology initiatives or large capital investments.

• Commitments to project timelines, delivery approaches, or technology architectures.

• Decisions that materially impact enterprise architecture, information security, or global platforms.

• Changes to strategic investment priorities at the enterprise or business-unit level.

• Establishment of new technology services or offerings outside the current operating model.