The Project team delivers customer success through the implementation of software services. GE delivers value to customers across utilities and telecoms by delivering business outcomes underpinned by the Asset Management core products and applications.
The 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
Roles and 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 deliverables
Communicate 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 issues
Trigger and validate engineering Gate Reviews (Requirements, Design, Factory Testing Readiness, Site Acceptance Readiness) within GE and the customer
Utilize software delivery performance measurement tools and indicators (e.g. Smartsheets)
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 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. 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 end
Engage in Customer management activities with Project Manager
Work 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 solutions
Analyze, define and prioritize Business and Functional requirements and processes and propose technical solutions to meet the business issues and close inefficiency gaps
Responsibility for the Business requirements through the entire lifecycle of the project from definition, implementation, test and delivery
Create and maintain relationships with key decision makers, stakeholders and 3rd Parties
Participate & lead technical requirements workshops
Write and present technical proposals and presentations
Ability to take ownership of issues and get them resolved using self-driven initiative
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's or Master degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or related Engineering Discipline from an accredited university or college
Proven experience in a senior technical consultancy role within the industry
Minimum of 15 years related work experience leading engineering teams, implementing a suite of products and engaging directly with customers
Minimum 10 years’ experience with Digital software SCADA, Energy Management System (EMS) and Distribution Management System (DMS
Desired Characteristics
Strong oral and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs. Established project management skills.
Committed to maintaining the highest standards of service quality in all aspects of project delivery
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
Strong organizational, analytical, and problem solving abilities
Familiar with contract terms
Experience working with global teams / partners
Strong Software development skills in software analysis, design, methodology, and architecture
Ability to direct other engineers regarding best practices and ways to improve the overall implementation process
Ability to develop project tools and templates to facilitate ease of implementation
Understanding 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 industry
Voice opinions and presents clear rationale using data or factual evidence to influence and look for opportunities to improve the customer experience while maintaining business requirements
Recognized as a knowledge leader in his/her area of expertise
Strong knowledge in Operating system such as MS-Windows Server and Red Hat Linux
Familiar with Programming experience in software development with Microsoft Visual Studio / Development tools, Eclipse, C#, and C++ programming
Experience in using Virtualization (VMware vSphere, vCenter, vMotion, etc)
Experience in software analysis, design, quality assurance, architecture, and Agile development methodology
Basic knowledge in Automatic process deployment, continues improvement (CI) and continues deployment (CD)
Demonstrated ability to learn new software development practices, languages, and tools
Familiar 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, etc
Strong spoken and written English language skills
Note:
To comply with US immigration and other legal requirements, it is necessary to specify the minimum number of years' experience required for any role based within the USA. For roles outside of the USA, to ensure compliance with applicable legislation, the JDs should focus on the substantive level of experience required for the role and a minimum number of years should NOT be used.Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
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