Vice President, Business Innovation ($261,000 - $323,500)

Position Summary:

The Vice President, Business Innovation leads a team that delivers innovation initiatives and scalable business solutions for the Apartment Communities division. Responsibilities include trend analysis, industry benchmarking and thought leadership related to data and emerging technologies. This role also collaborates cross-divisionally to foster Company wide innovation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop a high-performing team to deliver innovation initiatives and scalable business solutions.
• Foster innovation and growth within the Apartment Operations division by identifying market trends, providing competitor benchmarking, thought leadership, and direction on data and emerging technologies. Additionally, facilitate enterprise-wide innovation through cross-divisional collaboration and sharing of information, technology, and best practices.
• Work with division leadership to develop a vision for the future of the business, including strategies and plans for execution in key areas like process efficiency, automation, business intelligence, and artificial intelligence. This includes gaining alignment on the prioritization of technology and innovation initiatives, and ensuring that the division is appropriately organized to support priority initiatives with dedicated support and project resources for requirements gathering, user testing and change management efforts.
• Manage and evaluate all incoming technology requests, including new capabilities, enhancements, and support requests for the division. Collaborate with division leaders and IT to develop project business cases and annual budgets aligned with business objectives, ensuring divisional leadership is kept informed of timing, scope, cost, and risks associated with priority initiatives.
• Support divisional leaders in maximizing adoption of new technology and return on investment by implementing change management and training plans.
• Establish and supervise business-centered project management processes that are closely aligned with the IT Software Development Life Cycle (SLDC).
• Partner with IT to facilitate leveraging data and analytics, align new technologies with business objectives, coordinate project and support activities, and manage budget and project timelines.

Additional Skills:

• Experience working in IT, business systems, or AI related fields will be accretive to the role

Preferred Education:

• Masters of Business Administration or Bachelor's degree with equivalent experience

Preferred Years of Relevant Work Experience:

• 10 years of experience leading or collaborating with diverse teams on  large-scale, company-wide initiatives
• Demonstrated experience with project management and implementation of large scale innovation initiatives