Albemarle

Digital Business Partner - Strategic Marketing and Commercial

Albemarle$120K — $145K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Digitization, or related field
  • 8+ years of experience in IT Business Partner, Digital Transformation, Consulting, or Product roles
  • Ability to engage with executive stakeholders
  • Skill in business case development and portfolio prioritization
  • Strong understanding of ERP, data, integration, cloud, and AI environments

Responsibilities

  • Participate in business strategy and annual planning processes
  • Translate functional strategies into technology roadmaps
  • Identify digital, AI, and automation opportunities to improve performance
  • Shape demand through early problem framing and value qualification
  • Lead business case development and ROI modeling
  • Maintain relationships with executives and act as liaison between business and IT
  • Co-create and co-own technology roadmaps with business leaders

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Diverse resources to support professional and personal development
Full Job Description
Job Description

Albemarle is hiring for a Digital Business Partner - Strategic Marketing and Commercial. This position is hybrid and located in Charlotte, NC.

Position Overview

The Digital Business Partner (DBP) serves as the strategic interface between business functions and IT, ensuring technology investments deliver measurable business value and support enterprise strategy.

This role operates as a trusted advisor to functional leadership, translating business strategy into prioritized technology outcomes, shaping demand, and co-owning value realization across the portfolio. The DBP plays a critical role in advancing digital, data, AI, and automation capabilities across the enterprise.

Technology Business Partners align technology capabilities to business priorities, drive adoption of new digital capabilities, and help ensure technology initiatives deliver measurable outcomes.

What You Will Do

Key Responsibilities
  • Strategy Alignment
  • Participate in business strategy, OKR, and annual planning processes (AOP / LRP)
  • Translate functional strategy into multi-year technology and capability roadmaps
  • Identify digital, data, AI, and automation opportunities that improve performance and cost position
  • Serve as strategic advisor to functional leadership on technology trends and opportunities
  • DBPs typically collaborate with functional leaders to understand strategy and develop aligned technology roadmaps.
    Demand Shaping & Prioritization
  • Shape demand before intake through early problem framing and value qualification
  • Facilitate prioritization using value, risk, and capacity trade-offs
  • Translate business needs into technology investment priorities and solution direction
  • Partner with Architecture, Product, and Delivery to ensure solution fit and scalability
  • Demand management and translating business needs into technology priorities are core DBP responsibilities.
    Value Articulation & Realization
  • Lead business case development and ROI modeling
  • Define measurable success metrics prior to funding approval
  • Track value realization post-deployment and drive corrective actions where needed
  • Provide portfolio transparency and value reporting to functional leadership
  • DBPs are expected to quantify value and ensure technology initiatives deliver measurable outcomes.
    Executive Partnership
  • Maintain strong executive relationships within assigned functions
  • Act as primary liaison between business and IT leadership
  • Provide insight, best practices, and perspective in leadership decision forums
  • Partner with Change, HR, and Transformation teams to drive adoption and business outcomes
  • DBPs serve as the primary bridge between business units and IT and build trusted stakeholder relationships.
    Roadmap Creation & Co-Ownership
  • Co-create and co-own annual and multi-year technology roadmaps with business leaders
  • Connect roadmap investments to strategy, demand signals, and value realization outcomes
  • Support portfolio reviews and investment governance forums
  • Ensure roadmap alignment with enterprise architecture and platform strategies
  • DBPs commonly co-develop multi-year roadmaps and align them to enterprise strategy and architecture.
    Strategic Marketing & Commercial Domain Responsibility


  • Responsible for enabling and supporting technology capabilities across the commercial value stream, including customer engagement, sales, pricing, contract management, marketing, customer service, demand generation, and market intelligence. This domain focuses on improving customer experience, revenue growth, commercial effectiveness, pricing optimization, and business insight through process excellence, data-driven decision making, automation, and digital innovation.


What You Bring

Required:
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Digitization or related field
  • 8+ years experience in IT Business Partner, Digital Transformation, Consulting, or Product roles
  • Experience working with executive stakeholders
  • Experience in business case development and portfolio prioritization
  • Strong understanding of enterprise technology environments (ERP, data, integration, cloud, AI)


Preferred:
  • Experience in manufacturing, chemicals, or industrial environments
  • Experience with digital transformation, AI, automation, or data platforms
  • MBA or advanced technical degree
  • Experience supporting AOP / LRP planning cycles
  • Experience in value tracking and benefits realization


Key Success Traits
  • Strategic and enterprise-oriented mindset
  • Strong business and financial acumen
  • Comfortable influencing and challenging senior leaders
  • Outcome and ROI focused
  • Forward-looking and ownership mindset


Success Measures (First 12-18 Months)
  • Technology roadmap aligned to business strategy and funding cycles
  • Increased % of investments with quantified ROI and success metrics
  • Improved value realization tracking post-deployment
  • Increased proactive demand shaping vs reactive intake
  • Strong executive satisfaction and partnership scores


Why This Role Matters

This role is critical to accelerating Albemarle's transformation by ensuring technology investments directly enable business strategy, operational performance, and long-term competitive advantage.

Benefits of Joining Albemarle
  • Competitive compensation
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • A diverse array of resources to support you professionally and personally.

About Albemarle

Albemarle Careers

Join Albemarle, a leader in the specialty chemicals industry, and be part of a company that is renowned for its innovation, leadership, and commitment to sustainability. At Albemarle, we offer more than just job opportunities; we provide a platform for professional growth and personal development.

Work You’ll Do

At Albemarle, you will engage in work that pushes the boundaries of science and technology, driving growth and innovation in every project you touch. Our team members are at the forefront of developing solutions that power the potential of our clients across the globe.

Explore Career Paths

Whether you're seeking an internship, a graduate opportunity, or a seasoned professional position, Albemarle has a variety of roles to fit your skills and ambitions. We are hiring in multiple disciplines including research, operations, sales, and management.

Innovate with Us

Join a team of over 5,000 dedicated professionals who work at the intersection of chemistry, technology, and sustainability. Our collaborative culture fosters diversity and inclusion, ensuring a wide range of perspectives lead to better solutions.

Professional Growth and Development

Albemarle is committed to the professional development of its employees. With comprehensive training programs, leadership workshops, and continuous learning opportunities, we ensure that your career development is ongoing. Our leadership is deeply invested in the innovation and growth of our team members.

Benefits and Culture

Our employees enjoy competitive benefits including health, dental, and vision insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off. More than that, our company culture is built on a foundation of respect, integrity, and accountability. At Albemarle, you’ll find a supportive network and a team-oriented environment where every member’s contribution is valued.

Networking and Career Advancement

We encourage our employees to grow their networks within and beyond the company. Albemarle’s strong industry connections and its emphasis on networking help pave the way for significant career advancement and cross-functional opportunities.

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Learn more about Albemarle
Size
6,000 employees
Market Cap
$24.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
$375.7 million
Founded
1994
5 Year Trend
+4.4%
Revenue
$3.1 billion
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