IS Manager (Total Rewards Absence Management & Benefits)

Job Summary:

The IS Manager is responsible for planning, leading, organizing, and motivating the teams for the Total Rewards Absence Management and Benefits products, to achieve a high level of performance and quality in delivering exceptional business value to users.  The IS Manager is expected to lead and manage the Product team, development, deployment, and support of new and existing capabilities as it relates to the Oracle Fusion / Peoplesoft capabilities and other integrated solutions to meet the current and future needs of the business.  This role is responsible for managing a portfolio of efforts (projects, product backlogs, etc.) using various agile methods in a fast-paced environment that may cross multiple operating companies and support organizations

Responsibilities

Essential Functions:


* Acts as technology owner, accountable for implementation of Fusion, integration of products/services within the Absence Management and Benefits product streams and awareness of legacy (PeopleSoft enhancement/stabilization impacts) partnering with both internal (Product Managers, Product Owners, Business Process Owners and external vendors) in providing transparency in execution and delivery 


* Establishes direction and clear sense of meaning to inspire teams to create their own connection and passion to the business goals


* Creates strong partnership and leadership role with all Fusion implementation partners, to challenge when necessary, drive features to completion, escalate, consult and learn.


* In partnership with the Scrum Master, drives team members to leverage or develop well-defined practices and processes that aid in increasing productivity and minimizing waste to ensure work is delivered on time, within budget, adhering to high-quality standards and meeting customer expectations


* Manages deliverables, risks, status, and quality elements throughout the lifecycle for work efforts; validates operational readiness for production launches


* Leadership and guidance in all program activities to include Conversion, Cutover, Defect Resolution, Testing Phases (SIT, UAT, Compare)


* Evaluates conceptual aspects of technical designs of applications, systems and solutions to ensure sound decisions and investments are made in accordance with application architecture governance policies and standards.


* Establishes metrics, reports and measures progress toward goals and effectively communicates progress to appropriate stakeholders


* Assists the delivery manager/RTE in support and implementation of best practices as defined within SAFe / Agile and SDLC standards and champions ongoing process improvement initiatives


* Anticipate and identify tasks required to support change processing including performing change impact analysis, assigning tasks to project team members, verbally communicating complex issues, verifying that tasks are completed, and communicating implementation status

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