Director, Enterprise Systems, Strategy & Governance

Minimum Pay Rate: $184,350.40 

Maximum Pay Rate: $256,776.00 

Apply by Date: 01/17/2024 

Posting Type: Open 

 

SMUD is seeking an experienced and thoughtful technical leader for Director, Enterprise Systems, Strategy & Governance.  If you have a passion for driving technology innovation and providing operational excellence and want to be a key contributor in helping SMUD achieve its Clean Energy Vision, this may be the opportunity for you! Your technical and people-skills will be your best asset as you bridge the technical and business gap. 

 

This is a non-Civil service position.

 

Employee Benefits

• Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
• Defined Benefit Retirement plan through California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS)  
• 457 and 401(k) plans available
• Personal & Sick Leave
• Nine (9) paid holidays plus three (3) floating holidays plus five (5) management leave days
• Technology reimbursement
• Flexible Savings Account
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Employee and Spouse Life Insurance
• Full relocation  
• Education assistance program
• On-site fitness centers
• Close proximity to Sacramento Regional Light Rail
• Performance-based monetary awards

Purpose

Provide strategic and managerial oversight and direction for processes and services to deliver information technology projects and maintain enterprise applications, including SAP, in order to meet SMUD’s strategic and operational goals and objectives. This position is accountable for ongoing leadership and management control to ensure the ongoing reliability, confidentiality, integrity, availability, and efficiency of Information Technology (IT) systems and programs.

Nature and Scope

This is a senior management level position. It is distinguished from other director positions by its emphasis on technology strategy execution, applications development and operations. This position is accountable for the design, development, implementation, evaluation, and modification of enterprise technology functions and services, which includes IT project management (waterfall, hybrid and agile), data governance and analytics, strategic planning, and enterprise architecture. This position will also partner with business units and other technology directors to deliver and support technical solutions for employees and customers in alignment with enterprise strategy and IT roadmap.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures appropriate business and technical inputs and choices are in alignment to support effective implementation of SMUD-wide systems/applications, architecture, implementation, timing/approach, and data repository policies/management, with a focus on enterprise systems and platforms centricity. Participates in the establishment of long-range strategies, direction, plans, projects, and specifications for all SMUD-wide process improvements involving technology.
• Manages all aspects of project management, systems acquisition, installation, maintenance, training, programming, support, and utilization of complex business applications; information processing; and short- and long-range planning for key future IT services such as enhanced Web applications, project integration, and internal applications and systems improvements.
• Works with executives, senior managers, and staff to develop and implement IT policies, procedures and processes. Works with managers and supervisors to guide and direct the work of professional and technical staff performing full range of mission critical information services work. Negotiates and administer contracts, including monitoring compliance, for a variety of consulting, maintenance, and technical services contracts.
• Provides management and direction in goal setting and planning for a variety of IT initiatives by selecting system requirements, preparing and presenting cost/benefit analyses, and making recommendations. Contributes to ensuring effective system utilization by informing users at all levels about new technological advances, application upgrades, and new methods and procedures. Ensures maximum possible application/system availability by establishing and maintaining comprehensive and effective maintenance and upgrade schedules.
• Oversees major IT acquisition and project management activities. Works with managers, supervisors and staff to develop and maintain high levels of customer service, professionalism, skillsets, and effective team approaches to work. Works with managers and supervisors to address and resolve a variety of staffing, employee relations, performance, and discipline issues. Serves as a member of SMUD’s senior management team. Prepares and submits an annual budget. Establishes long and short-range goals and monitors p