Sr. Manager – IT Talent & Training

Job Description

Description

At Exelon, we've got a place for you!

Join the nation's leading competitive energy provider, with one of the largest electricity generation portfolios and retail customer bases in the country. You will be part of a family of companies that strives for the highest standards of power generation, competitive energy sales, and energy delivery. Our team of outstanding professionals is focused on performance, thought leadership, innovation, and the power of ideas that come from a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Exelon will provide you the tools and resources you need to design, build and enhance a successful career. We are also dedicated to motivating the success of our employees through competitive base salary, incentives, and health and retirement benefits.

Join Exelon and share your passion at a forward-thinking Fortune 100 company. Establish yourself in a place where you can truly shine and create a brighter, more sustainable tomorrow. Energize your career at Exelon!

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITION

Engage, along with IT VP and HR, in the creation of a strategy for the development of IT employees. This strategy includes the full employee lifecycle, from recruiting and on-boarding through career development and retention. Partner with HR and IT leadership in the development of an integrated talent and training plan that meets the needs of IT employees across Exelon. Participate on committees that guide overall IT strategy. Lead a team of talent and training professionals in an IT environment responsible for providing an optimized IT experience for all employees. Work with IT leadership to justify and prioritize small to medium sized projects (those under 2 million dollars). Lead the execution of small to large sized IT projects maintaining top quartile on time on budget delivery. Participate in the overall leadership of Information Technology organization.  Create and maintain strategic relationship with key IT vendors and manage IT vendor contracts that support this specific business segment.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Maintain relationships with business clients, ensure business processes and requirements are identified and well understood, and participate on committees and forums that drive investment and technology strategy for the supported product portfolio.
• Provide thought leadership on Talent and Training that is based on industry best practices and is applied to an IT organization.
• Execute a strategic plan to increase employee engagement, and develop employees to ensure employees are dedicated to the mission, understand the vision, and live and demonstrate the values of Exelon.
• Lead, coach and engage a diverse team of represented and management employees specializing in areas such as talent management, learning and education, and clerical work. Effectively communicate and development change management for the IT Talent & Training strategy and implementation to executives, managers, and employees.  Design, construct and maintain talent and training solutions.
• Partner with business clients to justify and prioritize small project investments and manage the delivery and execution of small projects while ensuring top quartile levels.
• Drive process improvement and lead adoption of standard Management Model processes and procedures, which deliver sustainable top quartile cost and performance levels.
• Evaluate performance and provide coaching for IT personnel.  Promote diversity and foster teamwork, collaboration, and a learning organization.  Provide input on development and retention processes for IT employees.
• Manage a budget totaling over $2 million annually.

JOB SCOPE

• Total Staff Managed: Dependent on exact position.
• Budget Managed: Dependent on exact position.
• Position has a high impact on company performance and can adversely or positively impact earnings per share by a combination of the performance of the products and the cost of their delivery.
• Participate in the overall leadership of Information Technology organization.
• Typically reports to Director or Vice President.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in an organizational development or HR related discipline.
• Typically 10 or more years of experience in leading talent management and performance management teams.
• Experience and deep knowledge of the business processes. Previous hands on experience with business applications and/or the product portfolio.
• Demonstrated strategy planning and customer engagement skills and experience leading teams and people through change.
• Excellent consultative skills, including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation. Advanced interpersonal skills, communications skills, and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to present and discuss complex technical information in a way that establishes rapport, persuades others, and gains understanding and approval

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Graduate degree in organizational development discipline

- Experience designing, developing and supporting organization-wide talent management programs that cover performance management, talent development, coaching, succession planning, data analytics and relationship management.

- Experience working in or directly partnering with HR departments