Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc

Senior Manager, Engineering Enterprise Applications

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc • $120K — $150K *
Indianapolis, IN 46227In-Person
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, business administration, or related field.
  • 10+ years in IT, with 5+ years in a leadership role managing enterprise applications.
  • Experience with large-scale IT project implementations.
  • Proficiency in PLM, CAD, CAE, and critical business applications.
  • Master's degree or MBA preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development and execution of Engineering Systems strategies.
  • Drive transformational initiatives for innovation and service improvement.
  • Engage with key business stakeholders to maximize business value.
  • Manage end user engagement for feedback from ~1000 global engineering users.
  • Establish and report on business-based KPIs with engineering stakeholders.
  • Oversee the management of the enterprise application portfolio to align with business needs.
  • Develop processes for managing the lifecycle of citizen-developed applications.
  • Ensure operational excellence by adhering to ITIL best practices.

Benefits

  • Choice of medical plans with prescription coverage.
  • Employer HSA contribution.
  • Dental & Vision Insurance.
  • Paid Parental Leave.
  • Short & Long-Term Disability.
  • Voluntary benefits: Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Identity Theft Protection, Pet Insurance.
  • 401K with generous Company match & contribution.
  • Accrued Paid Time Off.
  • 12 Paid Holidays + 1 Floating Holiday.
  • Robust employee wellness program.
  • Tuition assistance program.
Full Job Description
Benefits:

The below list features some of the benefits currently available. Eligibility may be subject to the terms and conditions of governing documents and available benefits may be subject to change at the company's discretion.
  • Choice of medical plans with prescription coverage
  • Employer HSA contribution
  • Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Short & Long-Term Disability
  • Other voluntary benefits including: Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Identity Theft Protection and Pet Insurance
  • 401K with generous Company match & contribution
  • Accrued Paid Time Off
  • 12 Paid Holidays + 1 Floating Holiday
  • Robust employee wellness program
  • Tuition assistance program


Job Description:

Key Responsibilities
  • Strategy Management - Lead the development and execution of a comprehensive strategy for Engineering Systems that supports the strategic imperatives and objectives of the function. Define and own the systems roadmap.
  • Transformation - Lead transformational opportunities that embrace innovation, drives continual service improvement and realizes measurable business value.
  • Business engagement - Establish and maintain strong and productive relationships with the key business stakeholders to drive business value.
  • End User Engagement - Establish and maintain intake mechanism for direct user feedback, including suggestions and issue escalations, for the global engineering population (~1000 users).
  • Business Accountability - establish, maintain, report, and improve business-based KPIs with key engineering stakeholders to ensure value delivery
  • Portfolio management - Manage the Engineering enterprise application portfolio to ensure current and future business requirements. Ensure opportunities are prioritized based on strategic alignment, total cost of ownership and risk. Actively assess the systems landscape for modernization, automation and rationalization.
  • Center-Led Portfolio Management - Develop and manage processes to manage the lifecycle of citizen-developed applications and systems
  • Operational excellence - Ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the enterprise applications following ITIL best practices. Implement and manage the development, deployment, maintenance and support of enterprise systems via Agile execution with defined KPI's.
  • Vendor management - Establish and maintain relationships with key strategic partners. Actively engage with sourcing and vendor management teams to strengthen our position when negotiating contracts.
  • Risk and compliance - Ensure enterprise applications comply with all relevant laws, regulations and standards.
  • Budget management - Develop and manage the budget for enterprise applications in coordination with the IT finance team.


Key Performance Measures
  • System & Application Portfolio maintained in the Application Portfolio Management database
  • System Roadmaps maintained and aligned with the Engineering Product, Technology, and capability roadmaps
  • Timely resolution of escalated incidents
  • Annual portfolio budget planning completed and aligned with the Engineering portfolio planning and the business plan
  • System availability and reliability
  • High stakeholder satisfaction
  • Health of application portfolio
  • Innovation and continuous improvement
  • Adherence to security and compliance

Competencies and Behaviors
  • Technical expertise: In-depth knowledge of Engineering enterprise applications, such as Teamcenter, SAP PLM, Siemens NX, etc.
  • Communication and collaboration: Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to collaborate with executives, stakeholders and cross-functional teams. Ability to work closely with the CTO, CIO and CFO.
  • Project and Product management: Strong project management skills, including experience with agile methodologies. Ability to lead product teams.
  • Analytical skills: Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
  • Financial acumen: Ability to manage budgets and optimize cost.
  • Team building: Ability to build and maintain highly productive, geographically distributed (US/India) teams while fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. Continual talent and leadership development.
  • Business value: Focus on the needs of the business to deliver the expected business outcomes.

Experience & Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, business administration or a related field.
  • Minimum of 10 years' experience in IT, with at least five years in a leadership role managing enterprise applications.
  • Experience implementing large-scale IT projects.
  • Experience with PLM, CAD, CAE and other business-critical applications.

Preferred
  • A master's degree or MBA

Scope Factors
  • International scope
  • Accountable for Engineering IT application budget (~$12M/yr)
  • Direct management of a team of ~10 people
  • Indirect management for ~10-20 vendor resources
  • Project and Product complexity high
  • Highly technical

Travel Expectations
  • Occasional travel to support business needs.

About Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc

Allison Transmission is an American manufacturer of commercial duty automatic transmissions and hybrid propulsion systems. Allison products are specified by over 250 vehicle manufacturers and are used in many market sectors including bus, refuse, fire, construction, distribution, military and specialty applications. Allison was founded in 1915 in Indianapolis, Indiana, where the company's global headquarters still resides today. Allison Transmission is the world's largest manufacturer of fully automatic transmissions for medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles and is a leader in hybrid-propulsion systems for city buses.
Learn more about Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc
Size
3,400 employees
Market Cap
$3.8 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$299 million
Founded
1915
5 Year Trend
+5.5%
Revenue
$2 billion
NASDAQ
ALSN
* Ladders Estimates

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