Senior Manager

Job Description Summary

You will be part of the core team at GE Vernova Electrification Software (GEV ESW) Business that is using software to enable de-carbonized future of energy for the planet by designing, building, delivering, and maintaining software applications & services for next generation Grid Software that orchestrates 40% of the world’s power today.

GridOS is a new software portfolio of GEV ESW that helps utilities manage and orchestrate the sustainable Energy Grid. As Sr. Manager in GridOS Platform and Shared Services organization, you will be responsible for leading teams to design, build, deliver and maintain software products and shared services.

You will work with global set of leaders to provide input to strategy, plan work, drive delivery of high-quality software using agile development practices. You will be responsible for hiring, onboarding, building and engaging high performing software development teams. You will apply your knowledge of people management, software development methodologies, best practices, and proven processes to hire, onboard, engage, retain and lead teams to deliver a high-quality software frameworks and shared services like SCADA shared service on budget and on time.

Job Description

In this role, you will:

• Build a world class software development team to consistently deliver complex software platforms using next-gen technologies and methodologies adopted from industry wide practices.
• Responsible for full software lifecycle including activities such as requirement analysis, documentation/procedures and implementation.
• Typically, a front line manager of professionals or a 2nd line manager of a professional department. Developing specialized knowledge in their discipline. Serves as best practice/quality resource. Has awareness of latest technical developments in own area. Contributes towards strategy and policy development and ensure delivery within area of responsibility.
• Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or problems in areas of operational/product management, manufacturing, technology or engineering.
• Assist in developing standards consistent with compliance requirements
• Troubleshoot and remedy availability/performance issues

• You will hire, onboard, build and engage the Grid Engineering team specifically GridOS Platform and Shared Services team allocated to you.
• You will contribute to delivery of next generation grid software that enables energy transition by integrating renewables and distributed energy resources to the main power grid.
• Contribute to development of strategy for organization including resource development, innovation and execution strategy and help execute the strategy.
• Actively present leadership updates to GE executive sponsors and customers.
• Quickly learn, internalize, and develop a strong understanding of key priorities and the customers
• Align with stakeholders to ensure that data and process changes required in systems are implemented in accordance with project objectives and timelines
• Provide day to day work direction for team members engaged in projects and delivery using agile processes
• Facilitate and coach software engineering teams on requirements estimate and work sizing.
• Drive a continuous learning culture to help guide continuous improvements.
• Provide leadership on Lean/Agile principles and development practices.
• Actively pursue new methods and practices to increase productivity and drive agile development practices in team
• Utilize project management tools to track progress and recognize key risk areas for specific implementations
• Assist in the resolution of conflicting priorities through the proactive communication of requirements, timelines and stakeholders.
• Operate as an engaged leader who serves as a subject matter and technical expert for assigned programs and development initiatives
• Work with system leaders and functional teams to ensure products and services adhere to compliance and controllership standards

Desired Characteristics

Technical Expertise:
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.

• Demonstrated ability to analyse and resolve problems.

• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
• Experience building scalable Web applications
• Experience with container technologies and microservices architecture
• Demonstrated coding skills, preferably in Java
• Familiarity Relational and NoSQL databases
• Experience working in Unix/Linux operating systems and shell scripting
• Well-developed analytical skills
• A strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively
• Familiar with Agile methodologies

• Experience in developing frameworks

• Experience in developing SCADA related software/ leading SCADA related teams

Business Acumen:
• Evaluates technology to drive features and roadmaps. Maps technology trends to internal vision
• Differentiates buzzwords from value proposition. Embraces technology trends that drive excellence beyond traditional practices (e.g., Test automation in lieu of traditional QA practices)
• Balances value propositions for competing stakeholders. Recommends a well-researched recommendation of buy vs. build solution.
• Conveys the value proposition for the company by assessing financial risks and gains of decisions and return on investment (ROI).
• Manages the process of building and maintaining a successful alliance.
• Understands and successfully applies common analytical techniques, including ROI, SWOT, and Gap analyses. Able to clearly articulate the business drivers relevant to a given initiative

Leadership:
• Influences through others; builds direct and "behind the scenes" support for ideas.
• Pre-emptively sees downstream consequences and effectively tailors influencing strategy to support a positive outcome. Uses experts or other third parties to influence
• Able to verbalize what is behind decisions and downstream implications.
• Continuously reflecting on success and failures to improve performance and decision-making. Understands when change is needed. Participates in technical strategy planning
• Proactively identifies and removes project obstacles or barriers on behalf of the team. Able to navigate accountability in a matrixed organization
• Communicates and demonstrates a shared sense of purpose. Learns from failure

Personal Attributes:
• Able to effectively direct and mentor others in critical thinking skills.
• Proactively engages with cross-functional teams to resolve issues and design solutions using critical thinking and analysis skills and best practices. Finds important patterns in seemingly unrelated information
• Influences and energizes other toward the common vision and goal. Maintains excitement for a process and drives to new directions of meeting the goal even when odds and setbacks render one path impassable
• Innovates and integrates new processes and/or technology to significantly add value to GEV.
• Identifies how the cost of change weighs against the benefits and advises accordingly. Proactively learns new solutions and processes to address seemingly unanswerable problems

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree Computer Science or “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) + with minimum 12 years of experience.
• 5 years’ experience as people leader
• Experience in driving agile development practices of large teams.
• Must be willing to travel to key sites (post COVID restrictions changes)

Desired Qualifications: 

• Experience in working in industrial environments and power grid is a strong plus
• Working on data system across multiple operating systems/cloud environments is considered strong plus
• Advanced degrees such as MS specially in distributed computing or data systems is strong plus

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