Business Engagement Manager

Job Title: Business Engagement Manager

Location(s): Berlin, Germany

Application Deadline : 16/11/2026

About Springer Nature

Springer Nature opens the doors to discovery for researchers, educators, clinicians and other professionals. Every day, around the globe, our imprints, books, journals, platforms and technology solutions reach millions of people. For over 175 years our brands and imprints have been a trusted source of knowledge to these communities and today, more than ever, we see it as our responsibility to ensure that fundamental knowledge can be found, verified, understood and used by our communities – enabling them to improve outcomes, make progress, and benefit the generations that follow.

About Us

We collaborate on and guide the technology strategy to ensure technologies, data and business capabilities work together smoothly across the complex ecosystem of SN.

We help teams make smart technology & investment decisions, improve efficiency, and stay aligned with company goals for long-term success.

About the Role

As a Business Engagement Manager in the Portfolio & Governance Office in our Springer Nature Technology group (CIO), you will be the expert on the business area you support, its priorities, challenges and opportunities. For any Digital Product Development needs in the business areas, you will work in lockstep with our Product Management group under the Chief Product Office, taking alignment with the Digital Product Strategy as your starting point. Acting as the strategic connector, you will then orchestrate the right people from across Technology teams to the table to kickstart portfolio and project planning, and to inform decision-making in our core Portfolio Governance bodies. You will remove friction and drive efficiency and effectiveness in cross-functional collaboration, and help business areas and product managers shape their strategies and ensure their portfolios are compliant with key policies, regulations and standards, both externally and internally. By spotting and interpreting emerging business trends, you will also help inform and evolve our Technology strategy, ensuring that what we deliver is always relevant, impactful and forward-looking.

• About your Business Partners – Publishing, Group General Counsel and PPS
• For the Publishing, Group General Counsel, and Products, Platforms & Solutions (PPS) functions, you will serve as a strategic Technology partner and trusted advisor, building a deep understanding of their business priorities, operating models, products, platforms, and regulatory obligations. You will work closely with senior leaders to align technology strategy, digital product development, data capabilities, governance, and operational priorities, ensuring that Technology investments deliver measurable business value and support long-term strategic objectives. Acting as the bridge between business, Product Management, and Technology teams, you will identify opportunities to strengthen end-to-end customer and colleague experiences, improve operational effectiveness, enable AI and data-driven innovation, and embed governance, risk, and compliance considerations from the outset. Through proactive engagement, you will help shape future-ready capabilities across publishing, legal, and technology-led business domains, while ensuring insights from these functions influence both portfolio decisions and the wider Technology strategy.

Role Responsibilities:

Strategic Partnership & Business Alignment

• •Serve as the primary Technology partner for your designated business areas, acting as a strategic tech advisor and catalyst for value creation .
• •Build a deep understanding of publishing processes, legal and compliance requirements, product and platform strategies , and the broader business landscape to provide informed strategic guidance and challenge constructively where appropriate.
• •Work in close partnership with Product Management, Data, Architecture, Engineering and Business leaders to align business priorities, product strategy, technology roadmaps and investment decisions.
• •Champion end-to-end thinking across business capabilities and Technology’s value proposition while ensuring all initiatives meet Enterprise Architecture, Governance and Compliance standards .
• •Champion Future of Work transformation , driving the adoption of AI, automation and other emerging technologies to reimagine processes, elevate productivity and future-proof business functions.
• •Lead strategic planning to strengthen end-to-end thinking across business capabilities, technology capabilities, and data strategy , ensuring close alignment and co-creation with both Technology, Data and business teams.
• •Promote Technology’s value proposition while ensuring all initiatives meet enterprise architecture, governance, and compliance standards .

Demand Shaping & Portfolio Alignment

• •Align business, product and system demand within established portfolio, architecture, and governance processes.
• •Collaborate with IT Portfolio Management, Enterprise Architecture, Governance and the Global Business Systems team to ensure seamless management across the full portfolio lifecycle .
• •Provide data-driven insights and strategic recommendations to strengthen corporate planning cycles, investment decisions and business transformation roadmaps.

Governance & Compliance Leadership

• •Proactively embed governance, risk, privacy, security and compliance considerations into initiatives from the earliest stages to enable sustainable and scalable delivery.
• •Partner with IT Governance, Security and Architecture to maintain compliance, manage risk and ensure alignment with corporate standards and policies.

Relationship Management & Influence

• •Build and sustain trusted, senior-level relationships across Business, Product Management and Technology functions.
• •Act as the bridge and translator between non-technical and technical teams, ensuring clarity, alignment and shared purpose.
• •Be the voice of the business within Technology , and of Technology within the Business .

Innovation & Future of Work

• •Partner with Finance leadership and Technology teams to identify opportunities to leverage emerging technologies, automation and AI to streamline workflows, be more efficient and enable faster, smarter decision-making.
• •In collaboration with our Tech teams advise on emerging technologies that will modernise business operations and make the function future-proof, including intelligent process automation, self-service analytics, and advanced planning platforms.
• •Act as a connector between business needs and the Competence Centre for AI, Data & Analytics to ensure Business teams can leverage cutting-edge capabilities and have future-ready data management.
• •Champion a culture of Future of Work innovation , encouraging adoption of new tools and approaches that improve productivity, compliance and customer experience.

Capability Development & Change Enablement

• •Champion strategic change initiatives that position Technology as a driver of business transformation.
• •Strengthen the Business Engagement Manager discipline by standardising approaches, sharing best practices and uplifting capability maturity .
• •Foster a culture of transparency, collaboration and continuous improvement that to accelerate outcomes and d eliver on our promise of being a reliable and trusted partner

About You

Your Experience:

• •10+ years in IT and strong experience in strategy or business relationship management, ideally in global, matrixed organisations .
• •Experience working with or supporting publishing businesses, digital products, platforms, content workflows, legal and compliance functions, or other knowledge-intensive business domains is highly desirable .
• •A strong understanding of how technology enables business value, governance, customer outcomes and operational excellence is more important than deep technical specialisation.
• •Proven ability to influence