Pacificorp
Sr Director, Corporate Applications (Portland, OR / Salt Lake City) #114171
Pacificorp, Portland, Oregon, United States, 97204
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PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability inclusion & belonging. General Purpose
Responsible for managing the corporate application product teams and systems, which includes core systems around Human Resources (HR), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Finance and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Capital Project Management, as well as shared systems that support data transfer and integrations. Managing the software includes administration, configuration, integration updates, system upgrades, outage planning, and patch management. In addition to supporting the systems, this position will own the complete corporate application portfolio to help manage the maintenance and enhancement plans, patches, upgrades, decommissioning life-cycles, and dependencies with other systems. This planning will take place with leadership across business and IT groups. Direct Reports for this position include IT application managers, IT application directors, as well as individual contributors. These teams will be responsible for different groups of systems and processes. Indirectly, this position will manage a diverse team of technology professionals including software engineers, systems and business analysts, and solutions architects to deliver quality technical solutions to complex business needs in a timely manner. Responsibilities
Work with the IT Chief Information Officer (CIO), the Vice President of Applications, other IT leaders, as well as business leadership to manage an overall strategy for the corporate applications portfolio. This strategy will include the lifecycle of all corporate application systems, upgrade plans, decommissioning plans, as well as budget needs to accomplish the plan. Manage various teams in support of the corporate systems. This includes both the sustainment of current systems through patches, updates, fixes as well as through new projects to deliver substantial changes and new systems. For managing current systems, this position will both directly and indirectly establish and support on-going support processes. This includes system changes, updates, upgrades, and outages. For establishing new systems or implementing large updates, this position will both directly and indirectly lead the evaluation, scheduling, and resourcing needs of the project. While the systems are maintained and projects delivered, this position will ensure that application processes (including those of external service providers) are conducted in line with corporate social responsibility, environmental and technical policies and applicable standards and legislation. As a leader of application group personnel, this position will develop team skills and capabilities to meet the needs of the organization, as well as building on existing recruiting capabilities to address new needs and skills gaps. This position will also manage any third party contracts related to the corporate application systems (hardware, software, resources). This position will establish strong stakeholder relationships with business partners as well as IT leadership. As a leader in IT, this position will also participate in technology strategy planning sessions while making corporate application technology choices for Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company. Requirements
Bachelor's degree in information systems, computer science or related technical field or equivalent work experience. Masters (or MBA) in business, statistics, information systems, engineering or other technical field is preferred. Minimum of ten years of related experience in the information technology field, including seven years supervisory/management responsibilities. Experience with managing a technical support or project team in the area of Human Resources (HR), Supply Chain Management (SCM), or Finance and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is preferred. Effective oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills with experience working with executives (Vice President and above). Experience of creating and managing a budget to support technical resources, support needs, vendor contracts, and new projects. Effective interpersonal skills and customer relationship skills. Effective analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills. Ability to prioritize and handle multiple projects concurrently. PacifiCorp is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law.
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PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability inclusion & belonging. General Purpose
Responsible for managing the corporate application product teams and systems, which includes core systems around Human Resources (HR), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Finance and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Capital Project Management, as well as shared systems that support data transfer and integrations. Managing the software includes administration, configuration, integration updates, system upgrades, outage planning, and patch management. In addition to supporting the systems, this position will own the complete corporate application portfolio to help manage the maintenance and enhancement plans, patches, upgrades, decommissioning life-cycles, and dependencies with other systems. This planning will take place with leadership across business and IT groups. Direct Reports for this position include IT application managers, IT application directors, as well as individual contributors. These teams will be responsible for different groups of systems and processes. Indirectly, this position will manage a diverse team of technology professionals including software engineers, systems and business analysts, and solutions architects to deliver quality technical solutions to complex business needs in a timely manner. Responsibilities
Work with the IT Chief Information Officer (CIO), the Vice President of Applications, other IT leaders, as well as business leadership to manage an overall strategy for the corporate applications portfolio. This strategy will include the lifecycle of all corporate application systems, upgrade plans, decommissioning plans, as well as budget needs to accomplish the plan. Manage various teams in support of the corporate systems. This includes both the sustainment of current systems through patches, updates, fixes as well as through new projects to deliver substantial changes and new systems. For managing current systems, this position will both directly and indirectly establish and support on-going support processes. This includes system changes, updates, upgrades, and outages. For establishing new systems or implementing large updates, this position will both directly and indirectly lead the evaluation, scheduling, and resourcing needs of the project. While the systems are maintained and projects delivered, this position will ensure that application processes (including those of external service providers) are conducted in line with corporate social responsibility, environmental and technical policies and applicable standards and legislation. As a leader of application group personnel, this position will develop team skills and capabilities to meet the needs of the organization, as well as building on existing recruiting capabilities to address new needs and skills gaps. This position will also manage any third party contracts related to the corporate application systems (hardware, software, resources). This position will establish strong stakeholder relationships with business partners as well as IT leadership. As a leader in IT, this position will also participate in technology strategy planning sessions while making corporate application technology choices for Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company. Requirements
Bachelor's degree in information systems, computer science or related technical field or equivalent work experience. Masters (or MBA) in business, statistics, information systems, engineering or other technical field is preferred. Minimum of ten years of related experience in the information technology field, including seven years supervisory/management responsibilities. Experience with managing a technical support or project team in the area of Human Resources (HR), Supply Chain Management (SCM), or Finance and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is preferred. Effective oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills with experience working with executives (Vice President and above). Experience of creating and managing a budget to support technical resources, support needs, vendor contracts, and new projects. Effective interpersonal skills and customer relationship skills. Effective analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills. Ability to prioritize and handle multiple projects concurrently. PacifiCorp is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law.
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