Director, Technology Business Partnering
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Job Description
Join us in shaping the future of unforgettable holiday happiness across our P&O Cruises and Cunard ships & Head Office as a key senior management person within our Technology Department. At Carnival UK, we believe in the power of diversity to drive success, valuing a blend of backgrounds, experiences, and skills. If you're a technology leader with a strategic mindset and a passion for enabling business transformation through technology, we want to hear from you.
Job Description
Join us in shaping the future of unforgettable holiday happiness across our P&O Cruises and Cunard ships & Head Office as a key senior management person within our Technology Department. At Carnival UK, we believe in the power of diversity to drive success, valuing a blend of backgrounds, experiences, and skills. If you're a technology leader with a strategic mindset and a passion for enabling business transformation through technology, we want to hear from you.
The Role
As a Director, Technology Business Partnering, you’ll be the liaison between Carnival UK’s Maritime and Ships, along with Corporate function and the Technology department. You’ll lead engagement with senior stakeholders across Carnival Group, ensuring technology investments are aligned with business goals, risks are managed, and opportunities are fully leveraged. Your role will be pivotal in shaping the technology roadmap and enabling high-quality, high-impact delivery across ship and shore.
Key accountabilities include:
* Leading strategic engagement between Technology and Martime & Corporate Functions.
* Driving decisions on technology investments and aligning them with business priorities.
* Facilitating planning processes across CUK, All Brand Group, and other operating companies.
* Ensuring effective stakeholder engagement from investment decision to delivery.
* Supporting business ownership and participation in roadmap releases and change initiatives.
Job Requirements
This role demands a blend of strategic leadership and technical insight. We're looking for someone with:
* Proven experience in senior stakeholder engagement and strategic planning.
* Strong leadership and influencing skills across complex environments.
* Ability to translate business concepts into actionable technology plans.
* Experience managing change and driving technology strategy in large organisations.
About You
You’re a visionary leader who thrives on collaboration and clarity. You bring energy, integrity, and a strategic mindset to every challenge.
* You speak up and encourage others to do the same.
* You build inclusive teams and safeguard wellbeing.
* You drive continuous improvement and act as a role model.
* You coach others and create an environment where people do their best work.
Why Join Us?
Positioned within our internal structure from CUK15 (entry level) to CUK1 (Brand President), this role is classified as a CUK05, offered as a full-time position, on a permanent basis, with an offering of hybrid work including up to two days from home.
We're more than just a holiday company; we're a community that values work-life balance, personal growth, and wellbeing. As part of our team, you'll enjoy:
* Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
* Annual bonus
* Extensive learning and development opportunities
* Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme
* Company paid private medical and dental insurance and health assessment
Application Note
Due to the high volume of interest in our roles, we encourage early applications. This is your chance to contribute to a company that's setting the standard for holiday experiences. Apply today to be part of our journey to create joy and memories for our guests—and for you.
Don't let this opportunity sail away. Join us in making holiday dreams come true while advancing your career to new horizons.
Recruitment Journey
For more information on your recruitment journey, please visit https://bit.ly/CUKCandidateJourney.
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About Us
Holidays are one of life’s greatest pleasures. Having the chance to relax, escape and explore is a magical thing. And there is no better holiday than a cruise.
No one knows cruising like Carnival UK, where talented people from across the globe come together to create unforgettable holiday happiness. As part of the world’s largest holiday travel and leisure company, we take enormous pride in bringing to life two of the most iconic brands from Britain’s rich seafaring heritage, P&O Cruises and Cunard. Collectively they have been delivering unbridled joy, boundless adventure and lifelong memories to millions of people for over 350 years. And in a multi-million pound global holiday market, where cruising has barely scratched the surface, we have the opportunity to do that for many, many more people.
Our diverse yet tight knit teams share high standards, heartfelt values and passion for our purpose. Our Culture Essentials describe the expectations we have for ourselves and of each other, in building a culture that supports safe, sustainable, compliant operations and celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion.
It’s through the successful delivery of these extraordinary travel experiences for our target markets and our distinctive culture, that we hope to become Travel’s Employer of Choice.
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Director
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Full-time
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Information Technology
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