Technology Manager, Corporate Solutions
A+E Networks
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THE ROLE: Technology Manager – Corporate Solutions
Corporate Solutions team designs, implements, and maintains Accounting, Financial Planning & Analysis, Human Capital Management, Legal, and Technology solutions. The Technology Manager is a key member of the Corporate Solutions team. You will be working with the Corporate Solutions Sr. Director and be responsible for the design, deployment, adoption, and ongoing support of digital solutions across the enterprise.
You will work with diverse Global IT teams as well as Corporate and Regional business groups to achieve strategic goals and objectives by delivering world-class collaboration solutions around our technology stack.
This is a highly visible consultative role that requires you to communicate with users in their context to understand their business processes and needs. The Technology Manager will need to translate business needs into process-oriented, technology solutions via detailed functional specifications and partner with the technical teams and vendors to deliver the solutions.
MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU'LL DO:
• Influence and shape collaboration strategy for the enterprise
• Partner with lines of business and establish a process for effective delivery of end user priorities
• Ensure that the user's needs are fully represented and they buy into the solution proposed
• Perform as a thought leader in the digital solutions that includes O365, SharePoint, JIRA, and OpenText within A E
• Create, govern and maintain a roadmap of collaborative tools by iterating ways to further adopt our current technology stack as well as proposing new solutions to improve overall user experience
• Manage multiple projects to ensure on time, on budget delivery and maintain vendor relationships
• Communicate strategy, project status, issues and risks to Technology and Business Group leaders timely and accurately
• Document detailed functionality requirements to build solutions, applications, tools & processes for the A E enterprise collaboration
• Work with Development and QA teams to ensure proper delivery of solutions
• Conduct UAT sessions with users to gain acceptance as to what was scoped and built
• Actively participate in deployments of new software
• Participate in systems testing as needed
• Participate in technology driven initiatives that support the advancement of our technology stack creating a secure and current environment
• Be an active voice in the department to build technology competencies
YOUR STORY: [ BEHAVIORS]
• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university, and relevant job experience
• 10 years technology team experience, working with vendor and custom applications/solutions, as well as experience with implementations of largescale projects
• Having managed global digital solutions supporting 2000 users
• Identified and acted on opportunities to improve and update software and systems
• Has the ability to understand and analyze existing business processes and systems functionality
• Has excellent communication skills
• Has excellent planning and preparation skills
• Demonstrated outstanding problem-solving skills
• Has the ability to effectively manage project scope, risk and execution for technology projects
• Curious – constantly be looking for new technologies or solutions on the marketplace that innovate how we do things and provide new value to our business
• Has the desire to make things better and get it done, whatever it may take
• Has the ability to independently manage projects and people, as well as the ability to influence and manage relationships where no direct line of report exists
• Has excellent interpersonal skills, written and oral
Preferable skills and experience:
• Experience in the Cable Television industry
• Has application integration experience
• Proficient in web-based solution environments with concentration in Microsoft tools and technologies
Desired:
• Master's Degree in Business management, MIS or related field
• PMP or other similar or equivalent certifications
THAT SOMETHING EXTRA:
If you've read this far, you're likely a great fit for us…and maybe you're fluent in sign language, have studied the circus arts or are currently writing a screenplay. If you have a special skill or backstory that might directly or indirectly help you succeed in this role, we'd love to hear about it in your cover letter.