Senior Manager - Software Engineering

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 is used by 40% of the world power utilities today. GEV ESW has recently launched a new software called GridOS which a software portfolio that helps utilities manage and orchestrate the sustainable energy grid. As a Sr Manager of a software engineering for Market Management Systems (MMS) you will apply your knowledge of management software development methodologies best practices and proven processes to hire onboard engage retain and lead teams to deliver a high-quality software products on budget and on time. You will work with global leadership team to drive next generation AI/optimization technologies and latest tech stacks to support the customers for our MMS which is integrated solution suite for managing transmission-level grid reliability and hosting bulk-power energy markets

Job Description

In this role you will:

• Build a world class software development team to consistently deliver complex software platforms and next gen technologies by hiring onboarding and engaging the Grid Engineering leaders and engineers.
• You will contribute to delivery of next generation grid software by shaping activities to drive delivery on existing products and build roadmaps to enable convergence to GridOS Advanced Market Management Systems.
• Drive excellence in software delivery in specific areas including development quality DevSecOps with focus on delivering end to end solutions automation and zero-defect mindset.
• Work with multiple global Directors/Sr Director and Executive Leaders to shape vision develop strategies and execute in presence of ambiguity.
• Support development of strategy for organization including resource planning innovation and execution strategy and help execute the strategy.
• Build both your personal and team domain knowledge and expertise in power systems to enable system level thinking and end-to-end delivery.
• Drive customer and market focus in the organization to enable next generation innovation for our products.
• Be externally focused and represent GE Vernova with Universities and Govt present at conference and drive sales enablement with customers.
• Communicate effectively with employees leaders customers and external community to deliver the right messages and information at the right time.
• Engage with customers to quickly learn internalize and develop key priorities for their teams and provide day to day work direction for people leaders and teams engaged in projects and delivery.
• Demonstrate mastery of intricacies and interactions within dynamic agile cultures and processes.
• Drive a continuous learning culture to help guide continuous improvements. Develop next generation of people leaders with strong domain and software knowledge.
• Develop strengthen training and learning plan to grow technical depth in organization.
• 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:
- 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.

- Guides new teams to adopt Agile troubleshoots adoption efforts and guide continuous improvement. - Provides training on Lean / Agile. Drives elimination of inefficiencies in coding process.

- Actively embraces new methods and practices that increase efficiency and effectiveness
- Thorough understanding of Cloud Technologies and complex Platform Integrated Systems.

- Capable of designing technical implementation plans around integrating Platform systems.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree Computer Science or u201CSTEMu201D Majors (Science Technology Engineering and Math) + with minimum 15 years of experience.
• 7 years of experience as people leader
• Experience in driving agile development practices of large teams. Proven track record of having delivered large scale enterprise software projects.
• Must be willing to travel.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience in Market Management systems for energy markets is strong plus
• Experience in working in power systems and power system applications is a strong plus
• Working on data systems across multiple operating systems/cloud environments is considered strong plus
• Advanced degrees such as MS especially in energy markets power systems or optimization technologies is a strong plus

Business Acumen:
- Prioritizes projects based on an assessment of competitive needs. Anticipates areas of competitive
vulnerability and offers plans to mitigate them
- Evangelizes new technology predicts trends and identifies new opportunities based on trends. Acts as industry expert by participating in defining standards and open-source initiatives
- Creates a culture of customer focus and high performance to drive innovation.

- Creates and presents value for the GEV investor while balancing that with the sometimes-competing value for the external customer.

- Continuous engagement with focus on GEV 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 GEV 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
- Evangelizes the notion that anything worth doing takes repeated effort and failure. Drives the organization toward a continued excitement of attaining the vision and goal in the face of resistance
- 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
- Take on technical challenges and direct the team to achieve a high level of understanding of the platform and industrial use cases.

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