Requisition ID # 96834 

Job Category : Information Technology 

Job Level : Director/Chief

Business Unit: Information Technology

Department Overview

Information Systems Technology Services is a unified organization comprised of various departments which collaborate effectively in order to deliver high quality technology solutions.

Position Summary

The Director of Cloud and DevOps Engineering will partner across the IT organization to formulate, implement, and operationalize our Cloud and DevOps strategy in support of PG&E’s Digital Strategy. This dynamic and highly technical leader will be a change agent in providing cross functional leadership to enable common foundations for DevOps and Cloud while enabling adoption and value realization for the strategic digital assets being implemented on the Cloud. They will develop and implement DevOps and CICD strategy in partnership with the application platforms, security, and architecture groups. Additionally, they will lead our Cloud, CICD, and Cloud Business Office organizations to deliver on the platforms to enable adoption.

The ideal leader will be a fast moving, customer and people centric, business-driven technologist with diverse skillsets including strong servant leadership skills, adept management skills with a deep passion and knowledge for Agile, and a thought leader in DevOps with a track record of building trusted relationships built upon results.

Reporting Relationship

 

This position reports to the VP of Infrastructure and Operations and leads a team of over 50 senior technologists with an overall budget accountability exceeding $50M in total spend. The role will also have a matrix reporting relationship to the VP of Enterprise Platforms and will partner closely with the leaders of application and platform development in addition to working closely with the leaders in Infrastructure and Cybersecurity.

Job Responsibilities

• Refine and evolve our Cloud and DevOps vision into measurable and managed cross functional program focused on business value realization.
• Lead the teams to develop the application migration roadmaps in support of the business outcomes identified for various business value streams.
• Implement a vibrant Agile and engineering culture within the Cloud and DevOps engineering teams to inspire and enable the team to achieve their vision of providing highly automated Cloud and CICD platforms.
• Mentor leaders and work very closely with the team to develop the platform and enablement roadmaps. Play the role of the Agile Product Owner in governing and enable the shipment of platform releases.
• Architect, shape, and manage the communications activities across the IT organizations ensuring tight linkage and alignment between the needs of the value streams and the work products delivered by the Cloud, Security, and Architecture teams.
• Function as a subject matter expert in Cloud and CICD and enable effective designs and decisions in the architecture and engineering of our platform products.
• Manage strategic relationships with Public, Private and SaaS cloud providers.
• Partner with Products & Enterprise Platforms, Architecture, Security and CIO organizations to strategize, plan, and make technology decisions.
• Manage daily operations, ensure systems performance and service level requirements are met. 
• Develop, retain, and build a diverse employee team that demonstrates engagement, motivation, and a strong results orientation. 
• Sponsor Continuous Improvement (CI) efforts that lean and improve process and lower operation costs.
• Continue the identification and adoption of new technologies that will position the enterprise for its competitive advantage.

 Leadership Qualities

PG&E expects its leaders to conduct themselves with the highest ethics and integrity and to embody specific leadership qualities.

Strategic Mindset

• Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.
• Operating effectively, even when things are not certain, or the way forward is not clear.

A Leader in the Community and Industry

• Effectively building formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.
• Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders.

Demonstrates Safety Leadership

• A safety champion in words and deeds with respect to both employee and public safety.
• Maintaining an environment of open dialog and free of retaliation.

Influences and Inspires

• Using various communications that convey a clear understanding of the needs of different audiences.
• Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related dynamics.

Optimizes Team Performance

• Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
• Creating a climate where people are developed and motivated to do their best to help the organization.

Values Diversity and Creates Inclusion

• Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Fiscally Responsible

• Interpreting and applying understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions.
• Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.

Leads Ethically and in Compliance

• Sponsoring and sustaining a high integrity speak-up corporate culture which prioritizes ethics, safety, and compliance.
• Building on necessary level of industry, company, and subject-matter expertise, including laws and regulations.

Provides a high level of customer service

• Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, business administration or related discipline or equivalent years of job-related work experience
• 8 years of IT program/product management or infrastructure/operations experience to include 3 years of managing large products/projects and/or programs
• Experience leading a Cloud and CICD engineering organization
• Experience leading a software engineering team using Agile principles and practices

Desired:

• 5-10 years of experience leading platform-oriented teams in Enterprises
• 3-5 years of experience as a Senior manager or Director in an engineering capacity
• Demonstrated success as a change agent leading significant transformational initiatives in highly complex, matrixed organizations
• Deep passion and knoweldge of Agile principals, techniques and methods
• Strong financial acumen