Sr Dir Network Engineering & Delivery - 90400230 - Washington

Amtrak • Washington, DC

62d • Onsite

About The Position

As we move America's workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees. Are you ready to join our team? Our values of 'Do the Right Thing, Excel Together and Put Customers First' are at the heart of what matters most to us, and our Core Capabilities, 'Building Trust, Accountability, Effective Communication, Customer Focus, and Proactive Safety & Security' are what every employee needs to know and do to be most impactful at Amtrak. By living the Amtrak values, focusing on our capabilities, and actively embracing and fostering diverse ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives, together we will honor our past and make Amtrak a company of the future. Job Summary The Sr Director of Network Engineering and Delivery is responsible for providing leadership in producing detailed network engineering designs and overseeing their implementations to ensure technology investments are in alignment with corporate goals and enabling the future of an evolving business environment. Network Engineering and Delivery partners with multiple Architecture teams to produce detailed engineering designs which are implemented by the Network Delivery team. Organizationally, the architecture and operations teams report to different leaders. Therefore, relationship management and operating within a matrix management organization is a key skill. As an IT leader, this role will utilize education, influence, and governance processes to maximize return on technology investment, and to reduce time to capability, while minimizing operational costs. As part of the IT leadership team this role will be responsible for evangelizing strategic enterprise change, executing strategy, providing technical leadership, and developing teams to move ideals forward.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or relevant experience.
• 13 years of relevant work experience.
• Must have experience as a senior level engineer providing vision and selecting platforms to move organizations forward, building scalable solutions which enable future business initiatives.
• Requires leadership experience in managing engineering teams, influencing executive level management, and key stakeholders.
• Requires demonstrated ability to manage a portfolio of engineering engagements, effectively planning and leveraging team resources to ensure services delivery on time and within budget.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or relevant experience.
• Plus 15 years of relevant work experience.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing a team of Directors, Managers, Technical Leaders among others and inspiring them and their teams to deliver at the highest level.
• Support executive leadership by providing strategic advice on network centric solutions, implementing modern practices, and ensuring alignment with the organization's mission, strategy, and objectives.
• Manage organizational culture change and build high performance technology teams.
• Play a pivotal role in expanding the company's use of network capabilities as a strategic enabler, realizing business benefits, and fostering service innovation while ensuring secure, compliant, and highly available network services across the Amtrak ecosystem.
• Participate in the governance board that defines the IT mission, oversees operations, and determines IT investments, and pricing and product strategies.

Benefits

• In addition to your salary, Amtrak offers a comprehensive benefit package that includes health, dental, and vision plans; health savings accounts; wellness programs; flexible spending accounts; 401K retirement plan with employer match; life insurance; short and long term disability insurance; paid time off; back-up care; adoption assistance; surrogacy assistance; reimbursement of education expenses; Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility; Railroad Retirement sickness and retirement benefits; and rail pass privileges.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Industry: Rail Transportation
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees