Business Technology Consultant

Computacenter (UK) Ltd • Hatfield

Hatfield

213412-en_GB

Life on the team


We are now looking for a Business Technology Consultant on a 12 month Fixed Term Contract to join our growing Technology Strategy and Innovation team.
As a Business Technology Consultant, you ensure that technology initiatives are identified, shaped, and executed to support and enable our business strategy and long-term plans. You act as a bridge between business needs and IT solutions, aligning IT roadmaps with business goals and fostering partnerships with technology vendors to secure the best contracts. By turning innovative ideas into actionable proposals and multi-year roadmaps, you help deliver exceptional outcomes, value, and experiences for the business.


What you’ll do


Strategy Definition, Alignment, Planning and Governance (20%)

  • Strategic Visioning: Define and develop a long-term technology strategy that aligns with overall business goals.
  • Digital Transformation Roadmap: Develop tailored digital transformation strategies and actionable roadmaps.
  • Technology Strategy Development: Translate strategic objectives into initiatives and technology plans.
  • Business Case Development: Evaluate and prioritise initiatives based on benefits, risks, and alignment with strategic goals.
  • Governance: Establish robust governance structures to oversee technology investments and ensure alignment with business objectives.

Innovation Culture and Framework (40%)

  • Emerging Trends Identification: Continuously monitor global and industry-specific technology trends.
  • Innovation Opportunity Assessment: Evaluate emerging technologies for potential impact on business operations.
  • Competitive Analysis: Conduct analysis of the market and competitors to identify technology opportunities or threats.
  • Frameworks: Develop and implement an innovation framework that promotes a culture of innovation and experimentation.
  • Innovation Programs: Design and launch programs (e.g. innovation labs, hackathons) that foster the development of innovative ideas and projects.
  • Idea Generation: Facilitate idea generation workshops, hackathons, and other collaborative sessions to encourage creative solutions to business problems. Foster a culture that encourages calculated risk-taking, collaboration, continuous learning, and adaptability. Lead change management efforts to ensure new technologies and processes are embraced by the organisation.
  • Innovation Center: Establish physical or virtual prototyping labs providing access to cutting-edge tools and resources for rapid prototyping/testing of new ideas. Manage the incubation of promising concepts through pilot phases.

Technology Business Consultancy (40%)

  • Business Needs Assessment: Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business need and challenges, and map them to technological solutions.
  • Process Optimization: Proactively identify opportunities for process improvement through technology enablement.
  • Technology Evaluation & Selection: Assess and compare technologies against business requirements to quantify returns and manage risks; recommend the best-fit solutions.


What you’ll need

  • Broad IT and Business Acumen
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
  • Strategic Thinking & Analytical Skills
  • Innovation Mindset
  • Highly motivated, organized
  • 3 years experience in similar roles.
  • Proven ability to drive cross-functional projects.
  • Excellent communication and influencing skills.

Why you should choose us

Open communication

Despite our size, we’re an open organisation that doesn’t hide behind hierarchy. We communicate regularly, openly and directly. For us, it’s about being straightforward, delivering and doing the right thing. Essentially, we’re people dealing with people.

Showing appreciation & having fun

Great performance is recognised, so too is the willingness to help others. Our Bravo! awards and Long Service Awards Scheme are just a taste of how we say thank you for a job well done. And when it comes to recognising success, we love to celebrate. Our company and team events are legendary!

Health & wellbeing

Our people are our greatest asset and we’re passionate about supporting you in feeling good and staying healthy. We offer a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Champions, Mental Health First Aiders, Access to Work scheme, and more.

Inclusive workplace

People work best when they bring their whole selves to work, that’s why we see and value you as the amazing individual you truly are. We take a genuine interest you that extends beyond skills, knowledge, and experience. Our Employee Impact Groups champion best practice, celebrate diversity and promote inclusion within our industry.

Pension and financial security

Thinking ahead, planning for life’s uncertainties, or simply saving for a rainy day? We offer auto-enrolment onto our pension scheme, a Sharesave/SAYE scheme and more besides.

Flexible benefits

Do you fancy a new bicycle? Want to work-out at the gym? Or do you prefer to get-away from it all? With our voluntary flexible benefits platform, ‘My Benefits’, you can. Achieve savings with our Cycle2Work, GymFlex, Travel Insurance benefits and loads more.

You belong

You belong

At Computacenter, we celebrate difference and it’s important to us that we have a working culture where you can be free to be yourself; in an environment where you feel valued, respected, and supported to reach your full potential and experience a sense of belonging. Because we know when you thrive, we thrive.

As a proud equal opportunities employer, we’re committed to ensuring that there is fair and equal access to opportunities for everyone. Your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law. All that matters to us is that you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a government scheme that helps employers attract, recruit, and retain disabled staff. We welcome applications from disabled people and accept applications in alternative formats – and guarantee to interview applicants who have a disability.

Winning Together

At Computacenter, we have been writing success stories for more than 40 years! Today, we’re driving digital transformation with over 20,000 employees worldwide. We develop IT strategies, implement new technologies and manage complex infrastructures.

As a proud, independent partner to some of the world’s leading technology providers, our portfolio covers workplace, applications & data, cloud & data center, security, and networking. What’s the secret of our success? Quite simply, it’s our people.

The people who bring their unique skills and perspectives to a diverse and inclusive environment that enables them to reach their full potential.

Winning Together

We are an award-winning employer!

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Annette Marshall

Annette Marshall