Senior Manager/Senior Staff Software Engineer

Roles and Responsibilities

• This is a people leader role but with strong technical background and ability to do hands on project work

• As a senior member of the Software Center of Excellence, exemplifying high-quality design, development, testing, and delivery practices.

• Responsible for enhancing, evolving, and supporting high-availability Electricity Energy Market Management System (MMS).

• Drive business and talent growth to meet industry expertise and delivery capabilities.

• Identify and address potential growth needs for all team members to elevate overall performance.

• Work closely with global stakeholders, including managers and SMEs from different regions, to ensure effective team utilization.

• Foster a work culture at all levels that is positive, collaborative, respectful, innovative, dynamic, with high integrity, and capable of driving positive change over sustained periods of time.

• Lead and support implementation of advanced Power Systems Application software to fulfill project and product commitments.

• Provide domain knowledge and technical leadership to a team of electricity markets application software engineers, continually increasing team impact on business.

• Collaborate with customers and project team throughout the project lifecycle to ensure software quality and functionality meet standards and requirements.

• Interact with Product Development Teams, Customers, Solution Providers, and cross-functional teams as needed. Support sales activities by providing technical demos and identifying future upsell opportunities.

• Apply SDLC principles and methodologies like Lean/Agile/XP, CI, software and product security, scalability, and testing techniques.

• Identify project delivery risks, recommending potential mitigation strategies, in collaboration with Project Manager

• Support marketing efforts for proposals and demonstrations to potential customers. Participate in pre-sales activities, including leading the SOW deliverables, and assumptions creation

Basic Qualification

• Master's / Doctorate degree from an accredited university in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems) or equivalent.

• 12 + years of experience in Power System Domain and software development experience

• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

• Ability to deliver both formal and informal presentations to technical and non-technical staff and customers.

• Proficiency in interacting and communicating with individuals at all levels of the organization.

• Hands-on experience with software development for energy exchange/markets applications would be preferred.

Desired Characteristics

• Highly organized and efficient; adept at prioritizing and executing tasks. Ability to break down problems and estimate time for development tasks.

• Strong understanding of the role of markets and the ability to interpret customer requirements from different regions

• Experience in providing constructive feedback on performance toward goals.

• Ability to proactively identify and remove obstacles or barriers on behalf of the team

• Capability to take ownership of projects and deliver results while mentoring and supporting the team.

• Strong analytical and organizational skills.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Continuous improvement mindset; drives change initiatives and process improvements