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Southern Company · 2 days ago

Mgr, Asset Resilience

Atlanta, GA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

8+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Oversee Southern Company’s Asset Resilience program, including onboarding and management of assets

Manage the staff of Asset Resilience Liaisons and balance workload

Establish and maintain requirements, processes, and metrics for the program

Evaluate program performance metrics, identify bottlenecks, and continuously improve the program

Optimize the program by balancing risk, cost, and stakeholder needs

Act as an escalation point for technical and process questions, concerns, and exceptions

Ensure clear communications with stakeholders and collaborate with various teams within the organization

Research and lead in evaluating best practices for increasing resilience and recoverability of technology

Orchestrate the successful recovery of critical technology following a disaster and ensure readiness for such events

Serve in on-call rotation as Critical Situation Escalation Manager

Qualification

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Continuous ImprovementProcess AlignmentConsultingCost ManagementRisk AssessmentBudgetingFinancial ManagementRecruitmentDiversity ManagementServer ManagementDatabase ManagementSoftware DevelopmentApplication IntegrationEnterprise ArchitectureCybersecurityBusiness ContinuityDisaster RecoveryResilience DisciplinesHigh AvailabilityArchitecture DesignCommunicationInterpersonal SkillsEmotional IntelligenceProblem-SolvingLeadershipStrategic ThinkingInnovationTeam ManagementAccountabilityAtlanta GA

Required

Exceptional communication, interpersonal skills, and emotional intelligence. Develops and maintains excellent on-going working relationships with a wide variety of Asset Resilience program stakeholders across the enterprise, from staff to executive leadership, as well as industry peers and groups, government entities and external vendors and suppliers.

Drives and manages continuous improvement of organizational responsibilities.

Identify and resolve obstacles that prevent the organization from being as effective as it can be

Partners with business leaders across the organization to ensure that process and technology resources are aligned to current and future needs of the business.

Applies strong leadership and broad, strategic thinking to a diverse set of opportunities and challenges, serving as a true strategic partner and business enabler.

Drives innovation and leverages technology to create value.

Provides leadership for initiatives that improve and optimize processes and technologies.

Supports the delivery of solutions that are common where possible and custom where it counts.

Consults with business partners on matters related to the use and implementation of processes and technologies.

Provides cost-effective management, rationalization and simplification of the company’s processes, technologies, systems and projects.

Enforces appropriate IT policies, best practices, processes, systems and technology portfolio and lifecycle management, and program and project management.

Assesses the impact of infrastructure changes and quantifies the risk in order to ensure the appropriate business decisions are made.

Acts as a student of the business and technology, anticipating future needs and directional shifts in both technology and energy industries.

Continuously monitors and evaluates the operating model and supporting organizational design to identify efficiencies and synergies and ensure efficient resource allocation.

Creates an organizational budget and manages financial performance.

Hires, develops, rewards and retains a highly qualified and diverse team.

Creates an environment that fosters accountability, innovation and engagement at all levels.

Establishes him/herself as a thought leader and integral part of the Technology Organization leadership team.

Bachelor’s in Computer Science or an Engineering field strongly preferred; four (4) years of relevant technical experience is an acceptable substitute.

Eight (8) or more years of experience in the technology field.

Proven experience successfully leading teams is required.

Comprehensive knowledge of information technology and technology environments, in one or more of the following areas: servers, storage, databases, software development, application integration, enterprise architecture, and/or cybersecurity.

Experience working with Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, or related resilience disciplines is strongly preferred.

Understanding of technical considerations to achieve local and geographically dispersed high availability, active/passive and active/active architectures.

Preferred

Certifications in business continuity or disaster recovery, such as Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP), are a strong plus but not required.

Prior experience in a management or supervisory position is strongly desired but not required.

Candidates in the Atlanta, GA, or Birmingham, AL, area are strongly preferred.