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Engineering Services Senior IT Business Lead

Employer
Johnson Controls
Location
Milwaukee
Salary
Competitive

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Industry
Office and Administration
Role
Engineer
Job Type
Long-Term
Hours
Full Time

You will be the leader for one or more product businesses, domain functions, and regions. You will partner with peers in the Engineering Services IT organization as well as business and IT leaders globally. You will lead all IT engagement activities, provide thought leadership on strategic direction, and drive successful delivery of IT investments and services. You will develop, manage, and maintain relationships with business and IT leaders across the assigned responsibility area in a matrixed organization and participate in the development of IT strategies in support of business plans.
You will also lead complex IT projects through all stages of the project lifecycle. You will drive the successful planning and execution of all IT related aspects of assigned projects as well as contributing to the business and project management aspects. You will coordinate and lead teams consisting of, but not limited to, Global Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture, Application Delivery, Solution Development, Testing, Performance, Business and IT Subject-Matter Experts, and including direct and indirect resources.

How you will do it:

Develop and foster partnership with Business Unit (BU) executive leadership. Serve as a liaison and project leader in partnership between the BU IT department, Corporate IT department, BU Engineering Services department, Product Business teams, and cross-Product Business functions. Effectively collaborate with teams that span IT and the business.
Express a clear understanding of business structures, hierarchies, products, and services supported. Demonstrate knowledge outside of the technology arena with the Product Business supported.
Partner with BU leaders and senior IT management, communicate and discuss technology trends, specific changes, and technology roadmaps.
Understand short- and long-term Engineering Services business plans and objectives, IT investments and assets, cross-industry technology and business trends, and competitive environment. Formulate an IT strategy that enables Engineering Services business strategies. Lead the creation and continuous improvement of a business capability and IT enablement roadmap. Revise roadmap on at least an annual basis and support with investment proposal including capital requirement estimates and business cases.
Capture, aggregate, rationalize, and prioritize a portfolio of IT investments to enable needs as defined on the Engineering Services capability roadmaps. Champion Engineering Services priorities through IT investment portfolio governance process to ensure alignment of projects with business objectives, leverage of assets and practices, and synthesis with broader corporate-wide priorities. Champion understanding, support for, and value of Engineering Services IT investment portfolios.
Lead the ideation and high-level planning of IT projects including specification of high-level business requirements, formulation of business process and technology solution options, creation and vetting of business cases, and high-level project planning (scope, schedule, & budget).
Project responsibilities include analysis, documentation, system design, development of project plans, time and cost estimates, and Capital Appropriation Requests.
Design and incorporate process standardization and simplification improvements in high-level designs to enable Global Products-wide leverage and streamline the IT applications landscape over time.
Gather application requirements, perform analysis, and make recommendations for design of software specifications; facilitate design reviews and collect required approvals; create project schedules; provide training; and coordinate implementation and support of developed applications.
Spearhead trade-off analyses and assessments (project timing, technology approaches, requirements prioritization, etc.), lead solution design, support testing activities, assess overall quality of solution and fit with business capability needs, ensure go-live readiness of Business and IT communities, and measure business results after solution stabilization.
Actively seek out emerging technologies or methodologies and develop knowledge in these areas to apply to company projects.
Manage relationships with and drive accountability and results from internal and external service providers and support teams.
Champion cross-functional team development including mentoring and skill development.
Make decisions and achieve results while being a role model for company values.
Set challenging SMART personal goals that improve both personal skills and team deliverables.

Qualifications

Required:

Bachelors Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a closely related discipline
Minimum of 10 years experience successfully delivering complex Business Technology projects and achieving quantified business outcomes for a related business/industry
Minimum 5 years experience in direct project leadership role
Minimum 5 years experience in direct business partner role
Minimum 10 years experience in product development domain
Extensive IT experience including strategy, enterprise architecture, system implementation, technology infrastructure, and program/project management
Position requires advanced knowledge of Solution Architecture principles, processes, and techniques; and enterprise integration techniques and strategies
Experience developing solutions with large complex global organizations
Experience with implementation and roll-out of scalable out-of-the-box solutions as well as custom application development
Must have a thorough understanding of Agile concepts
Demonstrated ability to produce clear, concise, and accurate documentation detailing business processes and requirements. Ability to perform abstraction, modeling, and theoretical reasoning in the support, creation, and design of complex systems
Advanced knowledge of product development principles, processes, and techniques
Thorough understanding of Engineering tools including PLM, ALM, CAD, and simulation with demonstrated expertise in more than one domain
Working knowledge of PTC Windchill required
Ability to work collaboratively with a global community including Business Unit and Corporate IT, horizontal and vertical business functions, and end users
Expert ability to communicate effectively with technology, business, and executive audiences
Travel varies from 25% to as much as 50% (at peak) including both domestic and international. (typical travel is 1-2 weeks)
Ability to work with global teams, requiring flexibility of working hours
Proficient English required

Preferred:

Masters Degree preferred
PMI or SAFe certification preferred
BRMi certification preferred

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