Job description

027292 Work and Asset Management, Manager (Gas)

About The Position

This position is responsible for representing the Business as the product owner of an Agile team of co- workers and/or consultants in designing and delivering new products and features that enhance the digital interactions and experiences of our customers or co-workers. The role is responsible for creating the vision for the team, prioritizing work to achieve the vision while maximizing the value of the products and features delivered. The role is to continuously improve our systems to support better business decisions, drive efficiency, and integrate mobility into the field workforce. Initially, this position will be split between local Missouri Gas field work and a home office.

Position may be remote or hybrid in St. Louis
#LI-Remote, #LI-Hybrid, #LI-Onsite

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St. Louis, Hybrid, or Remote _ Key responsibilities include:_

• Sets the vision, roadmap (both short and long term), and release plan for new products and features for gas business
• Works with other WAM Managers/Agile Product Owners to coordinate vision, roadmap, and releases across various lines of business (e.g., substation/relay, electric)
• Manages the delivery of business value and outcomes by owning and prioritizing the team backlog, defining stories, acceptance criteria and driving the team to release products and features iteratively through sprints
• Develops business cases that accurately represent the investment and benefits of the features to be developed or enhanced
• Identifies the measures of success and routinely reports status of progress against them
• Reports the status of projects to leadership
• Serves as primary liaison and contact point for the team's communication needs
• Works with training and change management teams to develop best practices around deployment and training.
• Serves as an advocate and champion for these products and features, presenting at demonstrations, retrospectives and other opportunities to provide progress updates and future plans with stakeholders
• Manages various individuals such as engineers, supervisors, analysts, and others both directly and indirectly.
• Develops robust gas work and asset management (WAM) user group to gather functional requirements and corresponding business value, acts as change champions, be super users to various departments/areas, and assist with testing
• Evaluates and leverages data to gain a comprehensive understanding of needs to ensure the products and features provide value to customers and co-workers
• Collaborates with user interface/user experience and developer resources, as well as the rest of the agile team and other Ameren teams, to ensure successful delivery in accordance with timeline and budget

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college is required, master's degree preferred. A minimum of seven years of operational/engineering/agile experience required.

Gas experience is preferred.
Certification as a Scrum Product Owner and PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner is required or must be obtained within 12-months of employment in this role.
Operational/engineering supervisory experience preferred. Experience in supervising both professional and union workers is preferred. One or more years of direct experience working as key member of a team enhancing business or customer processes and solutions (e.g., business analyst, product owner, technical lead, etc.) preferred. Scaled Agile experience preferred.
In addition to the above qualifications, the successful candidate will demonstrate:
High-energy and a passionate outlook to the job and demonstrates ability to effectively influence others; Continuous improvement mindset; Able to build a sense of trust and rapport that creates a comfortable and productive workplace; Proven analytical skills, able to make sound decisions with ambiguous information and possess a high level of organizational skills; Assertive, with the confidence to be voice of authority – not afraid to do what is best for the team; Creative self-starter with strong interpersonal skills - able to work effectively as a team and with various stakeholders at all levels of the organization; Excellent communication skills, including presentation, written and verbal; Ability to promote innovative thinking and self-improvement within the team; confident and skilled at navigating the team through road-blocks to allow sprints to be completed on time; Ability to coach team on agile practices and ensure adherence to agile methodology to deliver maximum business value at the right time; Ability to resolve conflicts within the team before they become an issue – strong mediator; Knowledge of specific Ameren applications (e.g., OAS, DOJM, Maximo,
CSS, Click, Epoch); Basic knowledge of budgeting system; and the following Ameren competencies:
Think Customer, Inspire and Engage, Foster Innovation, Drive Results, Champion Learning, Build
Trust, and Be Strategic.

Please apply at: Ameren.com/careers

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary

Pay: $93,000.00 - $145,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Physical setting:

• Office

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Ability to commute/relocate:

• St. Louis, MO 63166: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Experience:

• Microsoft Excel: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in St. Louis, MO 63166

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