Sr. IT Manager - Operational Technology - South Plainfield, NJ

Sr. IT Manager - Operational Technology - South Plainfield, NJ

Job Summary: The Sr. IT Manager focuses on the delivery, maintenance and refinement of Advanced Distribution Management System and business processes to maximize business results. This role involves strategic product planning and managing technology systems for business mission critical operations. Responsibilities extend to coordinating with IT groups for troubleshooting and system enhancements, leading system installations, upgrades, and maintaining system operations. The leader must also partner effectively with a wide range of teams, including business leaders, delivery teams and external partners. The Sr. IT Manager embodies leadership and organizational influence, defining long-term technology strategies and leading major system enhancements. This position reports to the Director of Utility Operations Technology.

Job Responsibilities:

• Operational Technology (OT) System Management: Oversee OT technology platforms, systems, frameworks, ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance of IT and Utility systems and applications. Ensuring reliable operation of Electric Operations Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) Platform; including but not limited to OMS, SCADA, DMS and DERMS.
• Manage a technical staff, hands-on IT professionals and other vendor support personnel to ensure application availability meet SLAs and business needs.
• Drives and executes projects within the assigned Business Unit domain. Partners with IT and business leadership and other key stakeholders to define opportunities and to identify and prioritize products based on predefined criteria (business outcomes, return on investment, productivity, compliance).
• Developing and executing a comprehensive product strategy aligned with PSEG's overall business goals, identifying market opportunities, and analyzing customer needs to drive product innovation.
• Expert Troubleshooting and Crisis Management: Direct senior level troubleshooting and crisis management efforts, ensuring high availability and continuous improvement of critical systems.
• Plan, manage, oversee and maintain budgets of more than $10M annually, provide accurate forecasts, and variance explanations for the associated area of accountability and departmental budget including adhering to all budgeting/spending guidelines, identifying cost reduction opportunities and ensuring accurate maintenance and licensing compliance.
• Oversee projects to ensure they are delivered on time, on budget with high quality in accordance with the IT PMO Stage Gate Process.
• Provide timely updates, including project status reports and operational metrics to key project stakeholders and senior IT leadership.
• Establish priorities of the product backlog (Features and Technical Debt) in collaboration with the Business and Product Teams.
• Encourage the development of team member core competencies and foster an environment of open knowledge sharing.
• Seeks opportunities to highlight how digital business initiatives will potentially impact enterprises' economic architecture and metrics.
• Constructs technology-enabled operating models and provides viable options and visibility to execution issues.