Job Description SummaryThe Delivery Manager is a pivotal part of the services organization, who owns the project’s Delivery Model and is the Technical Leader on the Project. The Delivery Manager cultivates relationships with a portfolio of customers in both pre-sales and project delivery phases and provides objective advice and assistance on the strategy, structure, management and operations of a customer organization, in support of identified business purposes and objectives.
The Delivery Manager provides technical leadership in pre-sales and delivery phases to clients, cross-functional GE teams and key suppliers to identify and define client business outcomes and continues to manage those relationships to ensure outcomes are met within project constraints. You will play a key leadership role in defining, implementing and maintaining the internal Project Engineering team’s best practices and delivery standards across existing and new opportunities.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities:

Share responsibility with the Project Manager (PM) through close coordination for scope management, schedule, risk management, and quality management.Accountable for the end-to-end software delivery to meet the schedule, cost and quality commitments.Project Execution control: Build effective Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) as well as accurately track, update, and report task activity progress. Manage project team and activities to drive project deliverablesCommunicate effectively with Project Manager, Customer, Project team (APAC and global), DevOps on project and technical items such as project status, risks and mitigation, scope, and issuesTrigger and validate engineering Gate Reviews (Requirements, Design, Factory Testing Readiness, Site Acceptance Readiness) within GE and the customerUtilize software delivery performance measurement tools and indicators (e.g. Smartsheets, Miro)Utilize GE Product knowledge and expertise to drive excellence in execution through continuous improvement, change management (costs base reduction, lead time reduction, productivity improvement, quality improvement, etc)Agile mindset and ability to work with one or more Scrum Teams (Region and Global team) to execute and deliver solutions for our customersGood understanding of DevOps concepts, such as automated builds, automated deployments and automated tests, to lead customers and apply those concepts to your daily deliverablesValidate project scope review in coordination with the Solution Design team identifying, documenting, and estimating any change requests (CR) or project risks with mitigation plans. Work with Project Manager to communicate with customer.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.Ensure a smooth transfer to maintenance at project endEngage in Customer management activities with Project ManagerWork with Project Manager to report or resolve any process non-conformances in a timely manner

Additional Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership of the delivery and implementation of large complex electric solutionsAnalyze, define and prioritize Business and Functional requirements and processes and propose technical solutions to meet the business issues and close inefficiency gapsResponsibility for the Business requirements through the entire lifecycle of the project from definition, implementation, test and deliveryCreate and maintain relationships with key decision makers, stakeholders and 3rd PartiesParticipate & lead technical requirements workshopsWrite and present technical proposals and presentationsAbility to take ownership of issues and get them resolved using self-driven initiative

Personal Skills:

Operate with and influence senior client stakeholdersAbility to focus on the critical business outcomes and drive teams to achieving these goalsMulti task and manage multiple projects simultaneouslyGood interpersonal skillsStrong presentation and communication skillsPassionate about customer satisfactionPositive attitudeWillingness to accept and promote changeAbility to quickly learn and acquire deep understanding of new software applications and environmentInfluences and energizes others toward the common vision and goal

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's or Master degree in Information Technology,  Computer Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or related Engineering Discipline from an accredited university or collegeProven experience in a senior technical consultancy role within the industryDirect customer facing experienceMinimum of 15 years related work experience leading engineering teams, implementing a suite of products and engaging directly with customersMinimum 10 years’ experience with Digital software SCADA, Energy Management System (EMS) and Distribution Management System (DMS)

Desired Characteristics:

Committed to maintaining the highest standards of service quality in all aspects of project deliveryDemonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneouslyStrong organizational, analytical, and problem solving abilitiesFamiliar with contract termsExperience working with global teams / partnersStrong Software development skills in software analysis, design, methodology, and architectureAbility to direct other engineers regarding best practices and ways to improve the overall implementation processAbility to develop project tools and templates to facilitate ease of implementationUnderstanding of what built-in quality is, where Test Driven Development and Test Automation are key ingredients Demonstrate awareness about competitors within the SCADA/EMS/DMS industryVoice opinions and presents clear rationale using data or factual evidence to influence and look for opportunities to improve the customer experience while maintaining business requirementsRecognized as a knowledge leader in his/her area of expertiseStrong knowledge in Operating system such as MS-Windows Server and Red Hat LinuxFamiliar with Programming experience in software development with Microsoft Visual Studio / Development tools, Eclipse, C#, and C++ programmingExperience in using Virtualization (VMware vSphere, vCenter, vMotion, etc)Experience in software analysis, design, quality assurance, architecture, and Agile development methodologyBasic knowledge in Automatic process deployment, continues improvement (CI)  and continues deployment (CD)Demonstrated ability to learn new software development practices, languages, and toolsFamiliar with project testing such as Factory acceptance test (FAT), Site acceptance test (SAT) and user acceptance test (UAT)Familiar with web and other technologies such as HTML 5, Javascript, CSS and JQuery, Perl script, Phyton, strawberry Perl, RDBMS system such as oracle, MS-SQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft Power BI reporting, crystal reports, etcStrong spoken and written English language skills

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

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