Manager, IT Planning Processes & Alignment

Pay Band: J   

Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future, is the reason we come to work each day. We’re guided by our culture of care and our core values: safety, inclusion, integrity, and results. When we say we care, we mean it. We’re creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels safe, has a sense of belonging, trusts one another, and acts with integrity.   

Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26,000 employees, we operate a world-class network of production, distribution, and ag retail facilities. We efficiently serve growers' needs and strive to provide a more profitable, sustainable, and secure future for all stakeholders.  Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien.  

Our Information Technology team plays a critical role at Nutrien, enabling our business with the technology needed to advance toward our digital future. In addition to managing the systems and tools that keep our company running, we enable Nutrien’s tech strategy and run Centres of Excellence in Cloud, Cybersecurity, Automation, and SAP, as well as a Centre for Acceleration in Data in Analytics.  

What you will do:

• Facilitate creation and delivery of IT planning/operations technology roadmaps and IT process artifacts

• Create and manage IT KPI and performance standards, monitoring tools, and playbooks and practices to ensure effective and efficient operations of the IT function

• Support the development of IT models, frameworks, and playbooks to enable insights and decisions to drive IT planning design, development, and realization

• In collaboration with the Director, IT Planning & Transformation, facilitate the creation of the aggregate IT Roadmap Plan and the Annual implementation plan

• Define, maintain, and report on the IT metrics used to monitor and optimize IT outcomes necessary to achieve organizational goals and IT objectives/KPIs

• In collaboration with the Director, IT Planning & Transformation and ITLT, maintain and evolve the IT operating model that is required to successfully execute the IT Roadmap Plan. This includes educating IT employees on the guiding principles for the IT ways of working, managing the high-level definition of roles and responsibilities, and working closely with other parts of the IT organization on the selection of IT process standards and IT tools to be followed

What you will bring:

• 6-10 years of experience in business, planning, management consulting, administrative management or similar  

• Experience in a large corporate environment (global is a plus) 

• Demonstrated strategic mindset 

• Strong communication skills, including the ability to present concepts verbally to all levels 

• Excellence in cross-functional collaboration and partnership 

• Experience presenting technical initiatives to a non-technical audience 

• Superior organization and prioritization skills, striving to meet tight timelines and balancing multiple competing priorities  

• Confidence as a communicator and presenter 

• Competence in standard Microsoft 365 software (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word)

Compensation & Benefits: 

Salary Range $105,300 - $195,600 annually. This range is estimated for Manager, IT Planning Processes & Alignment role in Loveland, Colorado. Actual salary and benefits may differ based upon location.

We provide an attractive benefits package that includes comprehensive medical, dental, vision coverage, and life insurance and well as disability coverage for positions working more than 30 hours per week. In addition, we have a retirement program that encourages our employees to save for the longer term, with generous matching employer contributions.  Our benefit package also demonstrates our culture of care with paid vacation, sick days and holidays as well as paid personal and maternity/parental leaves and an Employee and Family Assistance Program.  Details of the benefits package will be shared in the application process.   

In addition to base pay, this role is also eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan and long-term incentive plan, consistent with the terms of our program(s) where discretionary pay out of awards is reflecting components such as performance of the company and the employee.  Details will be discussed through the application process.  

This information is provided in compliance with applicable state equal pay and pay equity legislation and is the company's good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation range and benefits offered for this position.  The compensation offered to the successful applicant may vary based on factors including experience, skills, education, location, and other job-related reasons.  Nutrien also makes internal equity a consideration in all pay decisions.   

Ready to make an impact with us? Apply today!   

The estimated salary that Indeed, Glassdoor and LinkedIn lists does not represent Nutrien's compensation structure. Nutrien is an equal opportunity employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.   

This job will remain posted until filled. In accordance with Nutrien policies, you will be required to undergo a background check, and may be required to undergo a substance test. While we appreciate all applications we receive, only candidates under consideration will be contacted.  

Our Recruitment Process: Application > Resume Review > Pre-screen/Interview > Offer > Pre-Employment Conditions > Welcome to Nutrien  

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