Job Description Summary
As a Director of Product Ownership, within the software engineering group, you will apply your knowledge of management, software development methodologies, best practices, and proven processes to lead teams building the next generation of energy utility distribution software to budget, within planned schedule and superb quality that delights the market.
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
In this role, you will:
Build and manage a world class Product Owner team to consistently define and ensure delivery of complex software platforms of varying size and duration.
Contribute and execute on a organization strategy.
Drive for consistency of process with a continuous improvement mindset in an high pressure Agile (Scrum/SAFE) environment.
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Actively participate in leadership of the Distribution engineering portfolio to ensuring open, and transparent, feedback for the overall growth and success
Quickly learn, internalize and develop a strong understanding of key priorities.
Provide day to day work direction for team members engaged in projects and delivery.
Facilitate and coach product owners on requirements estimate and work sizing.
Demonstrate mastery of intricacies and interactions within dynamic agile cultures and processes.
Drive a continuous learning culture to help guide continuous improvements.
Provide leadership on Lean/Agile principles and development practices.
Assist in the resolution of conflicting priorities through the proactive communication of requirements, timelines and stakeholders.
Operate as a engaged leader who serves as a subject matter and technical expert for assigned programs and development initiatives
Combines the customer vision with technical feasibility to convert business needs into functional specifications/user stories.
Works with customers/stakeholders to prioritize needs.
Coordinates work of several parallel teams to deliver on higher level outcomes.
Interprets simple internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services. Stays informed of industry trends that may inform work.
Uses high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems in areas of operational, product management, technology or engineering. Has ability to assess quality of information given and ask pertinent questions to stakeholders. Able to offer new solutions to problems outside of set parameters and is able to construct and provide recommendations.
Education Qualification
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or "STEM" Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) or similar with significant experience.
Desired Characteristics
Technical Expertise:
• Recognizes patterns and complexity in problems. Extracts decomposition algorithms, and strategically plans how to execute programs by understanding how best to decompose to expose / protect against risk
• Thorough knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle principles
• Through working knowledge of CI/CD concepts and best practices
• Understanding of full stack platform concepts and technologies
• Good understanding of Platform Integration strategies by developing applications and framework.
• Defines product vision. Lays out product roadmap. Maps current requirements to industry trends, analyses competition trends
• Demonstrates mastery of the intricacies of interactions and dynamics in Agile teams. Demonstrates advanced understanding of Lean Six Sigma principles. Guides new teams to adopt Agile, troubleshoots adoption efforts, and guide continuous improvement.
Business Acumen:
• Evangelizes new technology, predicts trends, and identifies new opportunities based on trends.
• Creates a culture of customer focus and high performance to drive innovation. Creates and pitches value for the GE investor while balancing that with the sometimes competing value for the external customer.
Continuous engagement with focus on GE strategy for customer satisfaction.
Leadership:
• Establishes framework for a culture of successful collaboration by defining a common understanding of who has decision rights and accountability, and how collaboration and transparency are rewarded
• Establishes vision, Identifies and champions internal/external best practices, tools, and ideas to improve execution and quality. Drives an organization of efficiency, accountability and ownership
• 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
Personal Attributes:
• Uses critical thinking skills and disciplined approaches to help leaders and leadership teams resolve issues and define solutions. Evangelizes and contributes to the GE standards for critical thinking best practices and methodologies across the enterprise. Defines new critical thinking methods. Engages with external thought-leaders and communities on analytical and critical thinking methodologies
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to interface with senior leadership with confidence and clarity
• Innovates and integrates new processes and/or technology to significantly add value to GE.
• Take on technical challenges and direct the team to achieve a high level of understanding of the platform and industrial use cases.
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
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