Job Description:
The Senior Manager, Technology Enablement is a senior business-facing technology leader responsible for helping Consulting and Managed Services use technology effectively to improve growth, scalability, efficiency, client delivery, and business performance. This role develops a deep understanding of the businesses supported and translates business needs into clear technology recommendations and roadmaps, with a core focus on using existing enterprise capabilities, third-party platforms, and commercial software effectively and ensuring technology investments deliver meaningful value./
Essential Job Functions, Responsibilities & Duties:
1. Serve as a strategic technology advisor
• Build trusted relationships with business and practice leaders and understand their strategies, operating models, workflows, economics, and technology needs.
• Identify opportunities where technology can improve business performance, scalability, quality, client experience, or risk management.
• Distinguish problems requiring technology investment from those better addressed through process, adoption, operating-model, or organizational changes.
• Turn complex business and technology considerations into clear options, recommendations, and actions; challenge assumptions and recommend a path forward.
• Partner across Product, Engineering, Architecture, Data, AI, Security, Operations, Procurement, Finance, Risk, and business leadership to establish ownership and decision rights and drive work to outcomes.
40%
2. Lead and develop the Technology Enablement team
• Lead and develop a team of 3-5 direct reports, setting clear expectations for business understanding, analytical rigor, judgment, communication, and accountability.
• Build independent, high-performing team members who bring recommendations and ownership rather than simply coordinating activity or reporting information.
• Create clear accountability, delegate effectively, coach decision-making, and address performance or ownership gaps promptly.
30%
3. Lead third-party technology and application portfolio strategy
• Own visibility into and stewardship of material third-party applications used across the supported service lines.
• Evaluate whether business needs should be addressed through existing enterprise capabilities, improved adoption or configuration, commercial software, or an internally developed solution.
• Evaluate software vendors and platforms based on business fit, capabilities, cost, risk, architecture, and strategic alignment.
• Drive recommendations regarding investment, expansion, consolidation, rationalization, replacement, and retirement, while improving value realization and reducing unnecessary cost and complexity.
15%
4. Shape technology roadmaps and investment priorities
• Develop service-line technology roadmaps aligned to business strategy and enterprise technology direction.
• Help leaders prioritize investments based on value, strategic alignment, cost, risk, complexity, readiness, and capacity.
• Connect initiatives across the portfolio to reduce duplication and fragmented technology decisions.
• Surface risks, dependencies, ownership gaps, and decisions early and drive them toward resolution.
15%
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree required; degree in technology, business, accounting, or a related field preferred. MBA preferred.
• 8 years of progressive experience in business technology, technology strategy, technology consulting, application portfolio management, enterprise/business applications, digital transformation, product management, or a related field required
• Experience translating business strategies and complex business problems into technology recommendations and actionable roadmaps; evaluating commercial software and vendors; and managing or advising on an application or technology portfolio, including investment and lifecycle decisions. Experience in professional services, financial services, healthcare, or similarly complex industries preferred.
• Strong business and financial judgment with the ability to evaluate value, cost, risk, tradeoffs, and strategic alignment; understanding of complex, technology-dependent business environments.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder leadership; demonstrated ability to translate business strategies into technology recommendations and actionable roadmaps; meaningful experience evaluating commercial software, technology vendors, and alternative solution approaches.
• Enough technical depth to engage credibly with architecture and engineering teams without needing to be the engineering owner; ability to influence across organizational boundaries, lead and develop high-performing team members, make recommendations, and drive decisions in ambiguous environments.
The pay rate range for this job position are listed below. Actual compensation is influenced by a variety of relevant factors including but not limited to applicant's skills, prior experience, qualifications, degrees, professional certifications, work arrangements and geographic location. Baker Tilly offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package to eligible employees.
In Chicago, IL: pay rate range is $144,700 to $226,700
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