Knowing Our Businesses and their Strategies
Build relationships within the organization, cross-functionally, and with key business stakeholders; continuously enhance connection to remain aligned with core objectives
Understand the strategic direction of the company’s businesses and execute technical strategies to enhance business results; lead conversations while setting direction for the team, processes and managed relationships
Know what best-in-class IT service organizations do and obtain outside-in market insights to understand and then apply to impact the client positively
Executing Strategy
Platform Leadership for Product Management, Data Syndication, and Integration Design with Platform Owners of Publication, Content Management Systems, ERPs, MES, and CRMs
Lead the design and implementation of the data management application framework and architecture for large-scale, scalable product data management and syndications systems designed to support users and customers internationally, 24x7, determining specifications and working parameters for hardware/software interoperability, accounting for scalability, maintainability, and security within design
Establishes reusable and extensible code bases and platforms that serve business, marketing, and customer strategies
Execute, consult, and advise on product implementation strategies, upgrades, and integration processes, with existing products and platforms
Establishing and maintaining alliances with key partners and champions IT product concepts and strategies
Ensuring the development and execution of business plans for OC’s chosen platform
Participating in defining product strategies and pricing standards
Participates in the creation of technical approaches/roadmaps for critical use cases that have potential to differentiate the client in customer engagement and influence
Evaluates, participates in the selection of and maintenance of partnerships with key internal and external development teams contributing to delivery of digital portfolios
Crafts initial solution options to include work categorization and estimates across major disciplines: User Experience, Analytics, Front End Development, Back End Development, Data Integration, DevOps, Quality Assurance, Security and Architecture
Collaborate with DevOps, IT project managers product owners, digital team, and technology architects to plan platform application and infrastructure upgrades. product releases, develop release project plan, direct, and manage release execution resources, coordination of workflow between cross function teams, end user training, release roll out and production support
Architecture and Solution Delivery
Leads digital architecture, design, and standards of the platform
Identifies needs, research and prototypes options, communicates impacts or potential challenges for other teams; builds work plans for new solutions or retrofits
Via participation in the GIS Architecture Review Board, leads architectural review for platform owned and contributes to other architectural reviews, impact assessments and estimation processes
Shares thought processes and evaluation techniques with other architects and technical resources, promotes education in the processes of solutioning
Innovate and Think Strategically
Partner with Global Information Services (GIS), business, and commercial leadership to formulate and maintain a technical product platform roadmap of current and future features and functionalities
Conduct market research and analysis to identify trends, and use this information to influence platform development
Proactively engage with platform technology vendors to understand their product roadmap and future upgrade and release plans
Influencing in the Function
Identify areas of waste and ideate and execute on aligned action plans to create productivity
Participate in special programs or projects that support the long-term strategic goals of the organization
Identify and lead opportunities to improve the effectiveness, value, and perception of the organization
Developing Talent
Invest in personal growth and development, clearly focused on self-learning
Foster a high-performing, well-connected global team culture that emphasizes collaboration, accountability, curiosity, and innovation
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