Vistra Corp.

Manager II, Software Development

Vistra Corp.$100K — $130K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in IT or related field; certification preferred.
  • 5+ years of experience in software development and project management.
  • Demonstrated ability to design and implement software solutions.
  • Experience in coordinating development efforts with multiple stakeholders.
  • Proficient in mentoring software developers and providing technical expertise.
  • Skilled in full stack programming, data modeling, and service-oriented design.

Responsibilities

  • Lead software application design and development in assigned domain.
  • Manage a high-performing team delivering IT solutions.
  • Provide technical expertise for assigned business functions.
  • Coordinate with cross-functional teams to deliver on projects.
  • Execute projects while ensuring compliance with processes and controls.
  • Manage customer relationships with business and IT stakeholders.
  • Support team members with tools and resources for project delivery.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and growth.
  • Collaborative team environment with a focus on mentorship.
  • Access to cutting-edge technology and practices.
  • Potential for involvement in strategic technology decision-making.
Full Job Description
Job Summary
Middle level management role for the assigned functional/Technology area in the BT organization responsible for software development in the Residential and Mass Markets area.

Manages and mentors subject matter experts, project leads and/or analysts. This role has responsibility over sub area defined in the organization. This is an expert/lead technical role with cross functional understanding of the application and architecture.

Job Description
• Leads the design and development of software applications in the relevant domain(s).
• Manages a team of resources that delivers best in class solutions to business problems through the application of information technology.
• Provides in depth application and technical expertise for the assigned business function.
• Coordinates cross functionally within IT and/or business functions to deliver projects.
• Executes projects and initiatives in full compliance with defined processes and controls.
• Manages the customer relationship with business/IT function leads, in support of the assigned area.
• Manages and deliver projects - on schedule, within budget, with high quality and within scope, following defined processes/controls.
• Coordinates cross functionally on complex projects, as appropriate.
• Manages and mentors team members, conducts periodic reviews, and identifies areas of development, opportunities for their growth.
• Assists team members with delivery/tools needed to perform their job.
• Proactively recommends alternative approaches to business problems in the assigned area.
• Participates in decision making process around technology strategy, conducts analysis on technical viability of solutions and provides guidance on delivery of complex projects.
• Reviewing, merging, and deploying code.
• Responsible for teambuilding, interviewing, hiring, performance plans, and promotion justifications.
• Ensures compliance with audit requirements, SOX and operational control.
• Prioritizes tactical and strategic development work for the development team.

Education, Experience, & Skill Requirement
• Experienced gained through college degree programs and/or certification in Information Technology or related field or equivalent experience with alternative professional certifications.
• Proven track record of the ability to design and implement software solutions to solve business problems.
• Proven track record of successfully coordinating software development efforts with other developers, project managers, and stakeholders.
• Proven track record of mentoring other software developers.
• Demonstrates expertise in full stack programming ability, including data modelling, service-oriented design, and user interface design.

Key Metrics
• Collaborates well with others and respectively considers other points of views during assessments and decision-making.
• Remains unbiased toward any specific vendor or technology choice, is more interested in long-term results than personal preferences.
• Recognizes the difference when making architectural recommendations based on technical hypothesis versus objective root cause analysis findings.
• Tolerates innovation ambiguity and displays intellectual integrity as ideas mature from concepts to disposition path.
• Willing to challenge the status quo and be a change agent to move solutions toward agreed upon long-term roadmaps.
• Adheres to the design guidelines and frameworks provided by the application architecture team.

Job Family
Information Technology

Company
Vistra Corporate Services Company

Locations
Irving, Texas

Texas

About Vistra Corp.

Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company that provides essential resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine. Based in Irving, Texas, Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability. The company safely operates a reliable, efficient, power generation fleet of natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities while taking an innovative, customer-centric approach to its retail business. In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, Vistra Energy was ranked as the 756th-largest public company in the world. The company owns the Moss Landing Power Plant in California which currently contains the largest battery energy storage system in the world. In 2016, Texas Competitive Electric Holdings, parent company of TXU Energy and Luminant, emerged from Chapter 11. TCEH was then rebranded as Vistra Energy. Vistra acquired Dynegy in 2018. In 2019, Ambit Energy was acquired, resulting in a 32% residential market share in ERCOT, with NRG Energy as its largest competitor. It also acquired Crius Energy in 2019.
Learn more about Vistra Corp.
Size
5,060 employees
Market Cap
$9,272
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