You will become Business IT Leader (Head of BT Enabling functions) - one of the 3 business domains within the new Business Technology Organization. This domain is primarily tasked to delivering IT value through enabling core processes (e.g., related to ERP, HR and Finance platforms).
You will closely collaborate with Business to make sure IT delivers the best results for TenneT by coordinating end-to-end value streams within your business domain. You will develop a business roadmap to align with internal stakeholders and TenneT leadership on OKR’s, KPI’s, budget and prioritization of initiatives. Simultaneously, you will lead and inspire a team of talented people.
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Your contribution to TenneT
You will lead the business domain (+/- 75 fte within TenneT and 150 fte indirect via suppliers) with an internal drive to achieve sustainable results. You show a strong orientation towards internal stakeholders such as finance, HR and IT
Manage E2E value streams through business roadmaps
- Co-develop a strategy business roadmap in alignment with the internal units (finance, HR and IT) and communicate this with the team
- Lead quarterly business reviews (QBRs), preparing a QBR document
- Shape backlog: define and continuously prioritize strategic direction and epics
- Manage expectations of all stakeholders
- Manage the business domain budget
Create and safeguard engineering culture & practices
- Participate in planning, definition and high-level design of solutions; assist teams to identify the right technologies and ensure sound architectural decisions
- Work with team leads and team members to ensure support model is considered and modelled as part of the design process
- Support teams in adhering to architecture & engineering governance and control processes
Perform people management & role modeling
- Create an atmosphere of confidence and trust in the business domain and engage members to deliver on the defined purpose & priorities
- Have role model mindset & behaviors as a servant leader
- Make proposals on the business domain’s composition and headcount
You create value and lead the value streams within your business domain. You create a high-performance culture, raise the bar and drive accountability while you stimulate people to invest in their own personal development.
Mindsets and behaviours
- Foster open dialogue and coaching on individual behaviour
- Encourage an organizational culture of continuous learning
- Empower teams and delegates adequately tasks, challenges to do bigger and better things, enable teams by allocating resources
- Clear decision making, taking into consideration all relevant factors and keeping to decisions
- Anticipate future consequences and trends accurately
Skills & qualifications
- Enterprise-awareness in critical thinking, problem solving and decision making on technical solutions (i.e. thinks beyond own area)
- Lead workshops, stimulate cooperation between teams/individuals to identify technical risks & relentlessly mitigate these by delivering the ‘tough stuff’ early
- Ensures that relevant (performance) metrics are transparently reported to inspire a fact-based dialogue within the team and with others
- Cooperate and bridge the gap between business strategy to technical solutions, bringing topics further
- Take accountability for actions and make well balance decisions by delegating decision making when possible, using expertise of team members
Domain expertise
- Seen as an expert of the tech landscape in the respective business domain
- Have experience in managing tech dependencies across the IT landscape
Your profile and background
You are a senior IT expert with a strong business acumen and people management skills:
- You have a background in IT execution, understand modern architecture patterns, the digital technology space, and are capable of simplifying and decoupling legacy systems.
- You are familiar with information security and risk management.
- You are experienced with SAP competence centers, HR and Finance platforms, IT4IT.
- You have experience in optimizing and standardizing processes across multiple countries
- You have a strong business acumen and know how to create value in your business domain through business roadmaps and continuous prioritization.
You have experience in people management (~100 FTE) and are a clear and inspiring communicator, enabling engineering teams to deliver and support business solutions efficiently, being the bridge between IT and Business
Furthermore:
- You have a degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field, or a clear affinity with Computer Science
- You have at least 5+ years of experience in a comparable job
- You are fluent in English, German and/or Dutch is an advantage
This is a 100% dedicated role to lead engineering competency & practices within a business domain, and to support realization of business objectives.
Our recruiting process
Our offer
This will be our challenge
BTO’s vision is to drive security of supply, energy transition, organizational and financial health through digital, data and analytics. For that BTO will deliver on 3 promises: (1) secure solid IT foundations including seamless user experience (UX) and industry-leading cybersecurity, (2) organize for success through a new operating model and organizational structure, and (3) unlock value of data and digital using domain-driven business roadmaps. While delivering its vision, BTO will focus on building culture that fosters pride of the work done and supports sustainable growth, a culture aligned with TenneT’s promise and principles of ownership, courage and connection.
Additional information
- Start date: asap
- The weekly working time is 36-40 hours
- The position is unlimited
- The position is offered in hay21 (max. 14.671 euro per month)
- Job interviews for this position will be (partly) in English. Please send us your application document in English as well
TenneT is a leading European grid operator committed to a secure and reliable electricity supply - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We are shaping the energy transition for a sustainable energy future. As the first cross-border transmission system operator, we plan, build and operate an almost 24,500 kilometres long high and extra-high voltage grid in the Netherlands and Germany and are one of the largest investors in national and international electricity grids, on land and at sea. Every day, our 6,600 employees give their best and ensure with responsibility, courage and networking that more than 42 million end consumers can rely on a stable electricity supply.
Lighting the way ahead together
We are family friendly and flexible
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