IT Director - Program Management

Job Description

SummaryGE Gas PowerWelcome to tomorrows energy?today!https://www.ge.com/gas-powerAccess to affordable, reliable, flexible, and sustainable power is fundamental to modern life. As the world is shifting towards a lower carbon future, GE Gas Power is ready to be your partner in leveraging the role of natural gas for powering the world today and tomorrow. GE?s foundations were laid by Thomas Edison nearly 130 years ago to provide innovative solutions for a wide range of critical problems around the world. GE?s deep-rooted culture serves as the backbone for every step we?ve taken at GE Gas Power. With more than 300,000 employees and operations in over 170 countries, GE employees reflect both the local communities we serve and the people with whom we do business.Diversity at GEWe believe diversity makes us more competitive and creates value for our customers, shareholders, and employees. We believe in the value of each person?s unique identity, background, and experiences and are committed to fostering an inclusive culture, where everyone feels empowered to do their best work because they feel accepted, respected, and that they belong. By embracing diverse teams and perspectives, we are better equipped to build a world that works.Our approach to diversity will be based on the following objectives:?Our employees ? to continue to strive to ensure that our workforce is as diverse as the communities we serve, while always upholding the importance of merit.?Our workplace ? to foster an inclusive culture that recognizes employees? unique needs, helps them reach their full potential, and nurtures their diverse talents.?Our community ? to strive for diversity in suppliers and partners and engage with the communities in which we operate to support diversity.This is a critical business partnership role aligned with the Middle East North Africa (MENA) Services and Finance Europe Middle East Africa Pole within Gas Power. The Director will work as part of the EMEA Digital Technology organization to support facilitation of solution discovery and implementation and change management actions in the organization in line with overall business strategy and Lean framework. This includes driving problem definition, business case development, impact assessment, process improvement, stakeholder management and solution deployment and adoption.Essential Responsibilities

• Act as focal point for delivering IT solutions for MENA Services and Finance in EMEA
• The Director will act as the change enabler to support the local organization in adopting new critical systems
• Partner with local operation and commercial leaders in MENA along with Operations and Lean teams in identifying continuous improvement opportunities and influence the associated global Digital Technology teams to ensure appropriate solutions are being implemented
• Develop ERP standardization strategy in line with global roadmap incorporating regional growth plans and specific localization requirements
• Drive adherence, efficiency and cost saving through key change activities
• Use high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex projects with autonomy. Continuously align project portfolio in accordance with the understanding and validation of customer problems, needs and priorities.
• Leverage in-depth process/domain expertise and partner with process owners, business stakeholders and technical teams to produce the right outcomes.
• Manage internal and external supplier relationships to ensure ongoing delivery & operational support of high quality, cost effective solutions.
• Define standard work within domains and set the lean execution standards and processes for the team
• Identify, pilot, and deploy emerging technologies across domains.
• Attract and lead IT entry level program participant rotational assignments and mentor team members and growing talent.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor?s Degree from an accredited university or college or relevant experience
• A minimum of 10 years of experience along with established leadership credentials across disciplines such as ERP, IT Transformation, CRM, IT and Finance Project/ Program Management.
• Significant experience in Process improvement, Lean, change management work, business processes, full life-cycle implementations experience with wing to wing knowhow.
• Demonstrate expert level skills in problem decomposition and ability to navigate ambiguity.
• Ability to handle high complexity change requests related to strategic initiatives and the rollout of enhanced capabilities to the sites independently.
• Influencing through others; building direct and indirect support for ideas. Pre-emptively seeing downstream consequences and effectively tailoring strategy to support a positive outcome.
• Ability to verbalize what is behind decisions and downstream implications. Continuously reflecting on success and failures to improve performance and decision-making
• Coaching, training and facilitation skills

Desired Characteristics

• Ability to identify, report and solve issues with the appropriate leverage (Business acumen, Critical thinking, Risk and issue management, Negotiation)
• Excellent background of ERPs, specifically Oracle and SAP and their various modules.
• Experience with driving delivery execution leveraging DevOps principles across a global team.
• Previous consultancy experience is preferred.
• Desire to work in a diverse environment
• Results orientated
• Sensitivity to cultural differences and local business requirements
• Excellent communication and networking skills
• Logical & systematic working approach.
• DTLP and/or CAS graduate

Additional InformationRelocation Assistance Provided: Yes

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