What are the responsibilities and job description for the Vice President of Product Development position at Suddath?
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- A competitive wage with a comprehensive benefits package, including a 401(k) plan with company matching
- Weekly pay for hourly-paid employees. Biweekly pay for salaried employees.
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid company holidays
- A tuition reimbursement plan where employees are encouraged to continue their education and development
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General position summary:
NXTPoint Logistics seeks a seasoned leader to manage, expand, and innovate technologies for its Product Suite and Business Technology Strategies. This leadership role will be responsible for supervising all software development activities within the Software Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC).
The role entails providing strategic technology vision and delivering innovative products and capabilities. It includes leading a cross-functional team of product owners, developers, business analysts, and report analysts composed of onshore, offshore, and contracting talent. You would be responsible for executing and delivering high-quality solutions that contribute to the broader business service lines.
Additionally, the role supports the direct sales force and client-facing organizations by serving as the Technology representative to our customers. It requires collaboration with Business Partners and Product Owners to ensure alignment on the Product Roadmap and prioritization. Coordination with centralized Information Technology teams is essential for the efficient implementation of application development, change management, and adherence to technical standardized practices.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Define and promote strategic plans and energize the organization around it
- Define and execute path from current to future state, based on strategic plan
- Define technology roadmaps suitable for planning, prioritization, and investment decisioning
- Solve identified architectural risks and address correction where existing architectures and or products are failing
- Further strengthen AI capabilities within technology and our field locations (RPA and Robotics)
- Lead and develop technical professionals to ensure career growth and achievement of organizational goals, including interim and annual performance reviews
- Define and execute talent strategy, including selection of the right leadership talent, removing lower impact individuals, ensuring talent is optimally placed, and identifying and solving for talent gaps
- Driving offshore and near-shore development that ensures teams are optimally structured, have appropriate talent, are well led, and deliver quality output
- Representing the organizational technical credentials to clients and prospects
- Exploit synergies across the product portfolio
- Champion the introduction of new products that have an impact across the business service lines and back-office operations that can maximizing reusability, flexibility, and maintainability.
- Providing application developers appropriate frameworks and support infrastructure enabling delivery of innovative products consistent with vision
- Strategic solution design with cross-functional teams focusing on integration, best practices and enterprise re-use
- Direct and enforce the standards for enterprise and system architecture
Job Skills Required:
- 8 Years of Logistics, Transportation, Business / Operational Experience
- Strong Business Acumen with the ability to lead through influence and persuasion
- 10 Years of Proven Experience Leading and Executing large IT programs
- Reporting Line - Matrix with Primary line into IT & Dotted line to the Business Unit President(s)
- Good organizational, team-building, coaching, mentoring, project and time management skills
- Deep knowledge and expertise of software development practices and methodologies (Software Design, Software Documentation, Software Development Process, Software Requirements, Analyzing Information, Teamwork, Software Maintenance,
- Strong Written Communication
- Promoting Process Improvement
- Experience executing long-term vision and executive presence
- Strong analytical, statistical and problem-solving skill
- Proven success in building relationships
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Supervisor a Team of 8 resources, local and remote.
Other Duties & Responsibilities:
- Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Travel:
- Some travel required.
Working Conditions:
- Office working environment
- Working in the Office 3 or more days a week
- Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate
Physical/Environmental Demands:
- Stand - Under 1/3 Time
- Walk - Under 1/3 Time
- Sit – Over 2/3 Time
- Use hands to finger, handle, or feel - Over 2/3 Time
- Reach with hands and arms – 1/3 to 2/3 Time
- Climb or balance – None
- Stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl – Under 1/3 Time
- Talk or hear – over 1/3 to 2/3 time
- Taste or smell – None
- Other - None
Physical Activity Level:
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
- While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.
- The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms.
Manual Dexterity:
- Manual dexterity sufficient to reach/handle items, works with the fingers, and perceives attributes of objects and materials.
Special Vision Requirements:
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.
The Suddath Companies is a multifaceted group of companies that specialize in worldwide corporate employee relocations, household moving, warehouse and logistics management and specialized transportation services.
The Suddath Companies provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
