Sr Staff Site IT Manager

Site It Leader

Responsible for managing information technology for a manufacturing plant, including all IT infrastructure & software applications necessary for shop operations. As the site IT leader, you will be responsible for performance & availability of IT infrastructure & applications as well as partner with the business enabling process transformation.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for a complex site (multiple part families) or specific business need (e.g., military) or large site (>500 employees).
• Sets IT strategy & roadmap to drive digital improvements across the site.
• Influences SPB employees and below on their decisions.
• Performs as part of the shop leadership team representing information technology.
• Partners with the business to participate in lean/process improvement initiatives & enable business transformation leveraging digital tools.
• Leads in the evaluation/implementation/modification of various software solutions, including ERP, MES & Analytics solutions.
• Works with central digital product teams to resolve systemic recurring issues or enhancement needs.
• Directs a local team of digital resources.
• Drives strategic digital initiatives.
• Initiates and coordinates outsourced supplier efforts.
• Applicable LPB1 level items.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from accredited university or college with minimum of 6 years of professional experience OR associates degree with minimum of 8 years of professional experience
• 5+ years demonstrated expertise working in IT site support/leadership
• Note: Military experience is equivalent to professional experience

Eligibility Requirement:

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job.

Desired Characteristics:

• Change Agent - Identifies opportunities for necessary changes and pursues/leads them when appropriate. Evaluates progress and involves peers and team members in analyzing strengths and weaknesses in performance. Works with executive stakeholders to embrace the implications of change. Recommends changes that impact strategic business direction. Leads the planning and implementation of change programs that impact critical processes. Subdivides major deliverables into smaller, manageable components and re-appropriates existing solutions to new requirements and situations. Innovates and integrates new processes and/or technology to add value to GE. Identifies how the cost of change weighs against the benefits and advises accordingly. Proactively learns new solutions and processes to address problems.
• Collaboration - Establishes & communicates team members' roles in relation to their function and data. Shares knowledge, power and credit, establishing trust, credibility, and goodwill. Coordinates role responsibilities with that of others to achieve mutual goals. Encourages groups to work together to resolve problems. Proactively coaches and/or mentors others to improve their contribution to the team. Fosters relationship building between team members and those outside the team. Works with others to achieve goals without regard to band/title. Identifies gaps in roles on teams, and is recognized for growing and distributing talent pools across the organization.
• Comfort in Ambiguity - Acts and decides appropriately when all available information may not be possible to obtain. Makes decisions and course corrects as a result of the feedback from those decisions. Presents results with alternatives and scenarios. Creates new tools and methods for gaining data and driving clarity. Supports the team to drive through ambiguity.
• Communication - Creates stories and utilizes two-way communications. Communicates functional strategy and roadmap with detail for teams to utilize. Describes functional area information to leaders. Coaches others on presentation skills. Collaborates with leadership on mediums and messages that drive the intended direction of the organization with measurable results. Determines the need for theoretical explanations vs. a business actionable answer in a presentation.
• Consulting - Provides options and counsel. Drives dialogues that produce new perspectives and substantial innovation, enhancements and analysis of consequences. Consults on projects to fit systems or infrastructure, and project goals to their function, and vice versa. Provides risk-assessed options in relation to process enhancement and professional expertise. Consults on data or data infrastructure development projects and identifies when necessary to modify the solution.
• Curiosity/Creativity - Connects ideas and solutions from a broad array of sources (e.g., what other businesses are doing, brainstorming with others). Pilots new ideas and processes that have not been utilized before.
• Decision Making & Risk Management - Participates in the creation of company-wide risk management strategies. Works with senior business leaders to communicate risks, impact, and mitigation plans for the business. Applies best practices to take calculated risks. Takes risks and learns from failures. Encourages ideas from others that may include risk but may provide great gains for the organization.
• Influence - Influences through others, including by use of experts or other third parties. Builds direct and "behind the scenes" support for ideas. Foresees downstream consequences and tailors communication strategy to support a positive outcome.
• Problem Solving - Identifies future roadblocks and promotes data-based problem solving. Assesses & prioritizes problems in relation to organizational goals. Coordinates team's work and performance with broader organizational objectives and manages conflicts between them. Advises others in how to solve difficult problems.

Compensation Grade: SPB3