Mgr IT Commodity Marketing

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The Manager IT Commodity Marketing role is responsible for providing IT strategy, delivery, and support for customer departments. The manager will partner with internal customer groups and deliver technology solutions to enable efficient and effective business processes. The ability to motivate change, communicate strategically about technology, and an eye for improving organizational efficiencies are keys to success.

Your work will challenge you, and with our Values to guide you, you’ll quickly learn and grow with us.

Responsibilities/Expectations:

Leads a hard-working team of business systems analysts and developers and coordinates workforce planning and career development activities for team members

Builds strong relationships with business partners and external vendors \Drives standardization of application platforms across all dedicated business areas, enables simplification, and finds opportunities to fully use existing system functionality

Creates a strategic roadmap for the business areas that align with overall IT strategy for the company

Maintains a solid understanding of industry and technology trends as they apply the aligned business areas

Serves as a solution provider to business partners including evaluation and analysis of system changes and new systems; Provides project leadership and management of business initiatives following project lifecycle, testing and all applicable policies and procedures

Prepares, monitors and manages capital and expense budgets

Other duties as assigned

Education/Experience:

Required: Bachelor's degree and minimum of seven (7) years' experience in IT, including a minimum of two (2) years in a formal or informal leadership role

Preferred: Bachelor's degree in an IT-related field

Other Requirements:

Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority

Exemplary vendor management skills

Strong knowledge of technology trends and ability to translate those trends into effective business applications

Experience partnering with leaders across IT and business to deliver a technology roadmap

Ability to organize and prioritize multiple projects and responsibilities

Preferred: Knowledge in implementation or support of cloud/SaaS applications \Preferred: Experience in the energy or utility industries

Preferred: Understanding of current and future state strategies for automation technology

Exceptional verbal and written communication skills

Strong knowledge of energy commodities trading concepts, with extensive subject matter expertise in several of the following areas: physical trading of natural gas, and the associated logistics processes

Preferred: Knowledge of the following: derivatives trading, including linear financial instruments and options, Nodal (FTR/CRR) trading, market risk concepts, including deal modeling and Endur sim results, mark-to-market and P&L calculation, and P&L explain, settlements and accounting, including sub ledgering and interfaces to ERP systems, confirmations

Preferred: Regulatory compliance knowledge

Preferred: Strong SQL experience and knowledge of common enterprise systems such as CRMs, ERPs, BI, and financial systems

Shift/Work Hours/Travel Requirements:

Flexibility to align work hours with business processes for special projects, such as after-hours system deployments, upgrades, and support

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Strong pay plus an annual incentive program

Hybrid work for most office roles, plus real flexibility in many field positions

Medical, dental, and vision coverage with options that fit your life, not the other way around

401(k) with company match and an annual company contribution

Paid time off, including company and floating holidays

Paid parental leave (up to six weeks per parent), plus fertility and adoption support

Advanced AI tools and resources to help level up and work smarter

Clear paths to grow your career, with a strong culture of promoting from within

Tuition reimbursement and support for continuing education

HSA and FSA options

Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage

Employee stock purchase plan

Domestic partner benefits

Employee resource groups, wellness support, paid volunteer time, and company matching for causes you care about

Eligibility and benefits are governed by the terms of the applicable plan or program document which can be amended or terminated at any time.

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