Burberry Senior Manager, Technology Business Management

About Burberry

Burberry Limited, a quintessentially British luxury fashion house, is renowned for its innovative designs and commitment to quality. As part of the global luxury conglomerate, Burberry offers a dynamic and inclusive work environment where creativity and excellence are at the forefront. The company is dedicated to fostering a culture that encourages diversity and sustainability, making it a leader in the luxury industry.

Role & Responsibilities

• Manage the central financial and commercial view of Burberry's IT landscape, including budgets, vendor spend, contracts, renewal timelines, investment commitments, risk exposure and total cost of ownership
• Provide IT cost transparency and financial insight across products, programmes, platforms and run activities, ensuring leadership has clear understanding of technology spend and investment allocation
• Partner with IT teams to ensure operational costs are appropriately forecasted, financially governed and classified in accordance with enterprise IT financial management standards
• Support portfolio investment decision-making through affordability modelling, financial analysis and scenario planning in collaboration with the Portfolio Management Office
• Define and maintain IT financial governance standards, ensuring consistent treatment of budgets, forecasts, accruals, capex/opex classification and vendor costs across the technology organisation
• Coordinate cross-supplier quarterly business reviews and performance reviews, ensuring consistent visibility of cost, performance and value across strategic partners
• Coordinate the contract renewal pipeline (6–12-month horizon), aligning contract renewals, renegotiations and amendments to Burberry's technology roadmap, target architecture and platform strategy
• Coordinate financial and commercial governance activities across IT, Finance and Procurement, ensuring governance processes operate effectively
• Facilitate regular commercial and financial review forums across IT, Finance and Procurement, ensuring visibility of spend, commercial risks, investment pressures and supplier performance
• Support development and execution of Burberry's technology partner strategy, providing commercial insight, supplier analysis and optimisation recommendations
• Provide visibility and coordination across IT vendor demand, purchase order governance and contingent workforce commercial processes
• Track and report financial benefits and value realisation across technology investments to governance forums and leadership
• Identify opportunities for cost optimisation, vendor rationalisation and commercial efficiency across the technology estate
• Partner with Finance and Procurement Business Partners to support budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and supplier governance activities
• Drive continuous improvement of IT financial and commercial processes, simplifying governance interactions and reducing administrative burden on delivery teams

Qualifications

• Proven experience in technology business management (TBM), IT financial management, commercial governance, vendor management or supplier strategy within a technology environment
• Strong financial management capability, including budgeting, forecasting, cost modelling, accrual management and experience with capex/opex classification in an IT context
• Experience providing IT cost transparency, investment insight and financial reporting to senior technology leadership
• Strong commercial and supplier management expertise, including contract lifecycle management, vendor performance governance and commercial optimisation
• Strong understanding of enterprise technology cost structures and commercial models, including software licensing, SaaS, cloud and consumption-based charging models
• Experience managing and interpreting large-scale, complex technology commercial datasets and billing constructs, including high-volume global contracts and multi-region supplier agreements
• Experience working closely with Finance and Procurement Business Partners, with strong understanding of sourcing governance and financial controls
• Strong analytical capability, able to interpret financial, vendor and investment data to provide clear and actionable insight
• Effective communicator able to coordinate across IT, Finance and Procurement functions, translating financial and commercial information into business-understandable outcomes
• Process-oriented with ability to establish and maintain scalable financial and commercial governance processes across a complex technology organisation

Skills

Experience

Proven experience in technology business management, IT financial management, commercial governance, vendor management or supplier strategy within a technology environment. Demonstrated track record of providing IT cost transparency and financial insight to senior technology leadership. Experience managing large-scale, complex technology commercial datasets and billing constructs across high-volume global contracts and multi-region agreements.

Education

Not specified

Workplace

Culture

Burberry fosters a creative and inclusive workplace culture that values diversity and sustainability. The company is committed to being a force for good, driving industry change and championing community engagement.

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