**Job Description** _This position follows our hybrid-friendly schedule, so you get the best of both worlds – flexibility and collaboration. In office days will be 2-3 per week averaging 10-12 days per month._ **Job Summary:** The Technology Partnership Executive at Raymond James is a strategic role focused on fostering and managing relationships with IT Senior Executives across various domains, including Industry, Community, Academia, and Government. This role is pivotal in driving collaborative initiatives, enhancing technological innovation, and ensuring the alignment of IT strategies with organizational goals. **Responsibilities:** + Build outward-facing partnerships for IT Senior Executives across the technology industry, community, academia, and government spaces + Identify relevant partnerships and execute on forming partnerships and maintaining relationships + Identify and participate in volunteer events, speaking engagements, and conferences + Plan and lead the delivery of a range of information gathering, analysis, and stakeholder consultation activities and specify, negotiate, and agree on project deliverables. + Communicate the actions needed to implement the function's strategy and business plan within the team; explain the relationship to the broader organization's mission, vision, and values; motivate people to commit to these and to do extraordinary things to achieve local business goals. + Develop and implement stakeholder engagement plans for projects to identify relevant stakeholders, to develop positive stakeholder relationships, and to ensure that each stakeholder has an appropriate share of voice. + Manage identification of risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints associated with the project, escalating these matters where appropriate. Where necessary, develop, agree on, and implement solutions to overcome these concerns. + Interpret the business need and identify solution recommendations to business problems at a business unit level. + Drive a culture of innovation by creating multistakeholder solutions that boost creativity, innovation, and collaboration across business units, such as idea generation platforms, jam sessions, and hackathons. + Deliver baseline assessments and post-implementation analyses to evaluate and track the realization of business benefits. **Skills:** + Strong experience in IT partnership management or a related role. + Proven track record of building and maintaining strategic relationships with senior executives. + Strong understanding of the IT landscape across Industry, Community Service, Academia, and Government sectors. + Excellent relationship management, communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills. + Ability to think strategically and drive innovative solutions. + A professional or customer service and marketing background is highly preferred + Works at an advanced level to plan and manage small project work assignments within desired cost, time and quality parameters. Typically works independently and provides guidance. + Works at an advanced level to shift into and out of a mental mindset associated with assessing the facts and circumstances of the current situation and/or environment, and making the appropriate/innovative adjustments to thinking and work habits to thrive in any scenario. Typically works independently and provides guidance. + Works at an advanced level to obtain consensus between two or more parties who may have different interests, for the benefit of the organization. Typically works independently and provides guidance. + Works at an advanced level to prioritize components of a project, program, or portfolio work in context with risks, activities, stakeholders, etc. across the life of the project or program. Typically works independently and provides guidance. + Works at an advanced level to identify, track, and enable the achievement of the planned benefits and intended outcomes of a program and associated projects. Typically works independently and provides guidance. + Works at an advanced level to develop and apply an entrepreneurial spirit to run a project and program within business operation parameters. Typically works independently and provides guidance. + Works at an advanced level to identify potential stakeholders, analyze their expectations, and develop strategies for managing stakeholders and their expectations. Typically works independently and provides guidance. + Works at an advanced level to identify appropriate measures for assessing solution performance and limitations, validate with key stakeholders, and collect appropriate performance measures to assess overall solution performance to recommend specific actions to increase solution value. Typically works independently and provides guidance. + Works at an advanced level to ensure that the organization has an appropriate culture, values and design to deliver organizational objectives in the short and long term and that structural change is effectively managed. Typically works independently and provides guidance. + Works at an advanced level to develop the performance management plan, manage supply and demand, as well as manage value, issue resolution, and changes to the portfolio, all with the focus for process and performance improvement. Typically works independently and provides guidance. + Works at an advanced level to create the project strategy, vision, and goals, and maintain them in alignment with the organization's strategy and goals. Typically works independently and provides guidance. + Works at an advanced level to align the work of the project with the stated goals, objectives and culture of the organization; and maintain alignment throughout the life of the project. Typically works independently and provides guidance. **Education** Bachelor’s: Accounting, Bachelor’s: Business Administration, Bachelor’s: Data Processing **Work Experience** General Experience - 6 to 10 years **Certifications** **Travel** Less than 25% **Workstyle** Hybrid At Raymond James our associates use five guiding behaviors (Develop, Collaborate, Decide, Deliver, Improve) to deliver on the firm's core values of client-first, integrity, independence and a conservative, long-term view. We expect our associates at all levels to: • Grow professionally and inspire others to do the same • Work with and through others to achieve desired outcomes • Make prompt, pragmatic choices and act with the client in mind • Take ownership and hold themselves and others accountable for delivering results that matter • Contribute to the continuous evolution of the firm At Raymond James – as part of our people-first culture, we honor, value, and respect the uniqueness, experiences, and backgrounds of all of our Associates. When associates bring their best authentic selves, our organization, clients, and communities thrive. The Company is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs. \#LI-EB1