Senior IT Manager, Solutions Support

Wills Group, Inc•La Plata, MD

4d•$135,000 - $172,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Sr IT Manager, Solutions Support proactively and holistically leads and partners with various business teams and across IT to guide the development and management of a portfolio of solutions. This individual is accountable to align Information Technology teams to the concepts and understanding of the business goals, objectives and business outcomes, business capabilities, value-streams, and business processes and their importance in the entire enterprise application landscape. The Sr IT Manager, Solutions Support provides the necessary leadership, analysis and design tasks related to supporting the development of technology solutions to ensure that solutions meet business needs and align with architectural governance and standards. They create deliverables for managing the organization's portfolio of “as is" and "to be" solutions — including systems (applications, processes, information and technology), shared infrastructure services, and shared application services and components to enable and drive targeted business outcomes. They will manage and provide leadership to a team of two to four Solutions Analysts responsible for supporting the technology used by the business teams. For their staff, in addition to people leadership, they will provide guidance and assistance in supporting business areas within their portfolio and serve as the primary point of escalation in support of those business areas.

Requirements

Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, information systems, project management, or general business management (or a related field). Alternatively, equivalent progressive IT experience.
Minimum of five years of experience in at least two IT solution development disciplines
Minimum of three years in IT Management - Manager, Support Manager, Project Manager or Program Manager, etc.
Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies, platforms, and processing environments.
Good understanding of strategic and emerging technology trends, and the practical application of existing and emerging technologies to new and evolving business and operating models.
Experience in leading a team.
Understanding of IT standards and controls.
Exceptional understanding of application development methodologies and infrastructure and network architecture.
Excellent analytical, planning, organizational and technical skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work with developers in an outsourced environment.
Organizationally savvy, with the ability to navigate organizational politics and competing agendas.
Skilled at influencing, guiding and facilitating stakeholders and peers with decision making.
Ability to articulate new ideas and concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences.
Ability to understand and balance long-term and short-term goals.
Ability to translate future-state business capabilities and requirements into solution requirements.
Ability to work creatively and analytically to solve business problems and propose solutions.
Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies.
Exceptional collaboration and teamwork skills.
Strong sense of urgency and ability to prioritize competing priorities.

Nice To Haves

Project management training and certification are preferred.
The ideal candidate will have enterprise resource planning (ERP) experience and experience with PDI Technologies is helpful, but not required.

Responsibilities

Collaborates with IT PM, Infrastructure, Support to identify recurring issues or opportunities within portfolio
Provide documentation and training to IT Support on new systems and recurring issues
Serve as escalation point for support tickets
Partners with Project Manager(s) on large scale initiatives to ensure the execution of plans corresponds with what is being promised throughout the project or product lifecycle.
Understands business drivers and business capabilities (future and current state) and determines corresponding enterprise solution designs and change requirements to drive the organization's targeted business outcomes.
Participate in regularly scheduled IT/Business Relationship meetings, provide status reports on progress and review both short-term and long-term roadmaps to ensure alignment with individual portfolio and enterprise goals.
Evaluate new business requests to identify solutions - technology and process
Accurately capture user requirements to avoid rework
Create and maintain system and user documentation
Translates business requirements into technical requirements, business process requirements/changes and recommendations to achieve business objectives and documents all solution design and analysis work. This includes design documents, process flows, requirements, specifications, test plans and support documentation.
Monitors the current-state solution portfolio to identify deficiencies through aging of the technologies used by the application, or misalignment / changes with business requirements.
Supports management and presents recommendations for end-of-life product decisions to maintain, refresh or retire services, or systems.
Understands emerging technology trends and disruptions and their practical application to enable new and evolving business and operating models.
Collaborate on the development of Solution Scorecards that assesses the solution fit, alignment to current technology standards, alignment to future strategies and overall “health” of the applications and solutions within the portfolio.
At least annually, analyzes the technology industry, competitors, and market trends, and determines their potential implications for a given solution and presents their findings and recommendations to both business and IT stakeholders during the Solution Scorecard review process.
Perform software updates
Maintain base configuration in systems
Regression Testing
Analyzes the business-IT environment to detect critical deficiencies, legacy, and technical debt, and recommends solutions for improvement.
Provides support to other Solutions Analysts to ensure the technology is aligned with the overall enterprise architecture and strategies.
Maintain clear documentation on the solution architecture of their individual portfolio and partner with other Solution Analysts to complete a full view of the enterprise solution architecture. This ensures the proper documentation and transition to the support organization occurs.
Lead the application support duties on Tier 3/4 escalation for supported portfolio.

Benefits

Employer 401(k) match (currently at 7%)
health savings plan
financial planning
Comprehensive health, vision, and dental plans
pet insurance
Vacation, sick, personal, community engagement, and parental leave for new parents.
Hybrid and flexible work environment
Employee Assistance Program
travel assistance
family life planning
Discounts on theme parks, Broadway shows, concerts, travel, shopping, dining, and wellness services.
100% tuition reimbursement
robust development programs
certificate program assistance (up to 100% employer-paid).
Competitive pay matched to DC Metro area.