Manager, Applications Development (Portland, OR / Salt Lake City) #114133

Manager, Applications Development

PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability inclusion & belonging.

General Purpose

The manager, applications development is responsible for the suite of complex, in-house developed and vendor systems used across multiple technical platforms. The manager will manage directly and indirectly a diverse team of technology professionals including software engineers, systems and business analysts, project managers and solutions architects to deliver quality technical solutions to complex business needs in a timely manner. The manager will be directly involved in managing the second team that will support the Asset and Work Management (AWM) Information Technology functions for Berkshire Hathaway Energy (BHE) US based affiliates. The manager will work closely with the parallel manager of first AWM IT team and help coordinate workload and priorities between the two. The manager will report up through the Energy Applications IT group of the BHE Applications IT tower.

Responsibilities

• Manages and provides leadership to large diverse team of technology professionals.
• Responsible for timely delivery of quality and secure technical solutions in a high demand, rapidly evolving business and regulatory environment with a customer first mindset.
• Heavily involved in the development, planning and execution of IT, business, and executive management project priorities.
• Responsible for managing and solving complex and mission critical problems with creative and dependable solutions including areas outside IT applications.
• Responsible for 24 / 7 support for tier one business critical applications.
• Provides input, oversight and execution for the IT department's strategic vision.
• Accountable for achieving department performance metrics and results across multiple technical disciplines.
• Responsible for developing and executing IT policy and standards for software development, security, integration and system implementation.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining yearly department capital and maintenance budgets. Manage functional and financial responsibilities for major technical projects.
• Develops and maintains ongoing relationships with hardware, software, consulting and employee resource vendors to ensure that the company's systems are adequately supported and external influences on the company's systems are understood and used in planning.
• Performs administrative activities necessary for the effective management of the department, including employee safety, selection and development of employees, pay administration, budget administration, employee counseling and motivation, organization goals and objectives and planning, organizing, integrating, measuring and reporting the work performed within the department.
• Performs additional responsibilities as requested or assigned.

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