Job Description Summary
Job Description
The Principle Delivery Manager is a pivotal part of the services organization who:
Works across multiple projects for this aspect of the GEV portfolio;
Will supervise and be technically accountable for projects via the Delivery Managers who will technically deliver each project
Where needed, provide expert advice to the Inquiry To Order (ITO) team on all delivery matters across the portfolio and ensure consistency from ITO to Order To Remittance (OTR)
They will cultivate relationships with customers and with internal stakeholders Play a key leadership role in defining, implementing and maintaining the internal Project team’s best practices and delivery standards across existing and new opportunities
Impacts approaches, projects and programs in the functional area or affected business organization and ways of working. Impacts quality, efficiency and effectiveness of own team. Has significant input into priorities. Guided by professional practices and policies that are shaped by the role. The role has moderate autonomy, requiring high levels of operational judgement.
Key Responsibilities:
Work with the Principle Project Manager or Project Manager through close coordination for scope management, schedule, risk management, and quality management.
Accountable for successful delivery of technical scope items to meet the schedule, cost and quality commitments.
Project Execution control: Build effective Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) .
Manage project teams to drive project deliverables
Communicate effectively with Principle Project Manager, Architects, Customer, Project teams (APAC and global) and commercial team
Utilize GEV Product knowledge and expertise to drive excellence in execution through continuous improvement, change management (costs base reduction, lead time reduction, productivity improvement, quality improvement)
Agile mindset and ability to work with one or more Scrum Teams (Region and Global team) to execute and deliver solutions for our customers
Good understanding of DevOps concepts, such as automated builds, automated deployments and automated tests, to lead customers and apply those concepts to your daily deliverables
Validate project scope review in coordination with the Solution Design team identifying, documenting, and estimating any change requests (CR) or project risks with mitigation plans.
Assist in the tendering process for project proposals or CRs working with the Customer Engagement team/resource managers to validate scope and estimates as well as reviewing each proposal with the customer.
Ability to take ownership of issues and get them resolved using self-driven initiative
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Bachelor’s or Master degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or related Engineering Discipline from an accredited university.
- Essential to the success of this role is strong electricity industry knowledge in AEMS (Advance Energy Management System) and ADMs (Advance Distribution Management System) areas coupled with at least 10 years relevant work experience in a similar capacity .
- Experience in software development and a strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC ) and integrating custom solutions into a product, in our case the GEV GridOS product is also essential.
- Ability to demonstrate strong analytical, management and communication skills as this role would require you to effectively articulate complex technical topics with internal and external stakeholders
- You understand how to trace a requirement to a design specification and the test plans / cases.
- You are comfortable automating processes and utilizing or building scripting solutions to support product solutions.
- You are highly familiar with emerging energy industry trends and implications on utility clients in the area of GEV portfolio
Desired Characteristics:
Teamwork.
You are a natural collaborator and demonstrate a “we before me” attitude.
Problem Solving.
You can quickly understand and analyze various approaches and processes and are able to configure solutions to client needs given existing product functionality. You have the ability to drill down to the details, obtaining the right level of specificity for your team. You can creatively solve complex problems.
Communication.
Strong written and verbal communication style. Can effectively share complex technical topics with various levels of audience.
Growth Mindset.
You are deeply curious and love to ask questions. You’re a lifelong learner.
Client Focus.
You enjoy being in front of clients, listening to their needs. You are deeply focused on ensuring their success. You can create powerful user stories detailing the needs of your clients.
Innovation.
A genuine interest in new tools and technology. You learn new software quickly without extensive documentation or hand holding.
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
#LI-Remote – This is a remote position