Sr Staff Technical Product Manager

GE Vernova • Atlanta, GA

3d • $118,600 - $197,600

About The Position

This product manager position for Project & Engineering Solutions (PES) IT leader will work in lock-step with domain and business PES leaders for owning the Conversion, Modification, and Upgrades delivery of programs. Accountable for planning, forecasting, and working across matrixed teams for the end-to-end lifecycle of features and/or projects. You will direct the team with a clear and descriptive set of requirements and deliver product features and functions by balancing customer need with business strategy, minimized defects, and technical debt.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or in “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).
• Minimum 8 years of experience in IT.

Nice To Haves

• Leader with ability to drive outcomes and organize teams to attain shared goals
• Excellent influencing, interpersonal, oral and written communication skills to communicate a single synthesized perspective to the product development team and skilled at leadership/executive overviews and debriefs.
• Self-starter - requires minimal direction to accomplish goals
• Strong track record of understanding and interest in current and emerging technologies and / or industry activities
• Strong global team player with experience leading and motivating teams in a formal software development lifecycle (SDLC) environment following an iterative software implementation methodology (Agile, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)))
• Continuously measures deliverables of itself and team against commitments, achieving high percentage actual completion to plan (>85%) .
• Skilled in negotiation to align stakeholders and balance value propositions from competing stakeholders - effectively balancing multiple, different and/or competing objectives
• Expert proficiency in tools supporting the SDLC such as ADO, SmartSheet, PM Tools, etc.
• Identifies risks and misalignments with goals, objectives and work direction against the organizational strategy and mitigates risks/issues to course correct or escalates appropriately
• Understanding of issues and alignment to business outcomes and priorities/key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Understanding of industry challenges, business processes and user pain points
• Demonstrates awareness of the competitive environment and impact on the product
• Demonstrates knowledge of technologies in the market to actively participate in buy vs build recommendations, drive market timing decisions and scope of MVPs
• Delivers while mentoring and helping junior team members

Responsibilities

• Work with site PES Leaders to simplify standard work for the team. Develop/deploy tools and redefine/streamline processes used by PES members to save time and costs.
• Be point of contact for PES and extended global services team with other IT teams. Work with other teams to communicate road maps, outage plans, pain points, etc.
• Positively impacts the team's ability to achieve service, quality and timeliness of objectives. High levels of operational judgment are required to achieve outcomes required.
• Provides ongoing process, feature and solution guidance, input, and direction to product and platform teams. Collaborates with all levels of the business to align IT objectives to Global Service KPI’s.
• Lead global projects that impact multiple teams and be the voice of PES personas with regards to large programs that impact multiple personas.
• Communicate global IT initiatives to business leaders. Drive technology discussion and strategy in line with business needs and company reference architecture
• Collaborate with business and functional partners and technology leadership in defining and specifying requirements using lean principles & practices
• Organize project teams comprising from internal and external technical and functional experts. Manage program execution of multiple interdependent projects by working directly with global technical teams
• Support execution team with resolution of roadblocks and interdependencies. Manage program risks, scope changes and other non-standard events
• Adapt Product roadmap based on continuous feedback and kaizen outcomes
• Responsible for coordinating multiple interdependent requests and delivery of features.
• Development of IT strategy and roadmap
• Financial pacing
• Lead critical initiatives for the business
• Collaboration and deep partnership across Global Services IT and matrixed teams.
• Identify deficiencies in critical processes –replace with contemporary solutions (AI, ML, other technologies)

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource
• access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services.
• GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants.
• tuition assistance
• adoption assistance
• paid parental leave
• disability benefits
• life insurance
• 12 paid holidays
• permissive time off

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior