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Technology Delivery Manager

Clayton

Clayton

IT
Maryville, TN, USA
Posted 6+ months ago

Tech Delivery Manager

Position Summary

The Manager role at Clayton is a professional who guides and encourages a group of people. The Manager role inspires, motivates and provides suggestions to help their team members reach certain department or company goals. A Manager’s duties can vary depending on the department, but common responsibilities may include overseeing the efforts of team members within their department, hiring and training new team members, providing guidance and direction to team members, conduct meetings, collaborate within and across departments and encourage and coach team members through a variety of techniques. A Manager may or may not work in a similar role as their team members. The Tech Manager is a mid-level management position.

About The Team

This role will be part of the Enterprise Enablement Team (EET) within Clayton Technology’s Architecture group. The Enterprise Enablement Team's mission is to focus on innovation, frameworks, and reference models as well as build, experiment with and test new technology with the thought that the effort put forth by this team will speed up the development and use of the technology by the business units. The business units and shared services teams will work alongside with the EET to ensure that the business units needs are met, there are no surprises when the business unit takes over the technology and they begin to understand the transition requirements for production implementation. The team is a cross-role unit and forward looking, while still helping with architecture backlog items and tech debt. The team will take its direction from the Director of Enterprise Architecture and the Architecture Steering Committee to prioritize their work, while still supporting the development teams and the business units

Primary Responsibilities

  • Prioritization of activities at the team or Portfolio level, depending on role

  • Implement Strategic Tech Initiatives as defined through Tech Leadership activities (TechOps, Directors, Senior Leaders, and Tech Leadership Team)

  • Develop team morale through encouragement, coaching, and collaboration

  • Serve as a chief communicator, particularly with team members reporting directly to you

  • Support capacity planning activities to ensure the right roles are in the right place at the right time for projects to succeed

  • Implementing and executing projects, activities, tasks and plans

  • Develop roadmaps or tactical plans for upcoming work on a monthly or quarterly basis

  • Manage portions of budgets that are relevant to your work area

  • Setting goals for a team and monitoring progress

  • Fostering positive relationships with your team members, peers, and other teams that support or interact with your team

  • Inspiring team members and motivating them to reach individual and team goals

  • Providing feedback or performance reviews to encourage future growth

  • Celebrating team successes

  • Creating objectives for teams and departments

  • Assisting in the development of project budgets and deadlines, or possibly managing department budgets depending on role (e.g., Portfolio Manager vs. Software Engineering Manager)

  • Leading the hiring, interviewing and training processes

  • Using strategic planning to create business and productivity goals for your team, area, or department

  • Manage contractors and vendor relationships associated with contract labor

Primary Qualifications

  • 3 to 5 years of experience in the direct field of responsibility or similar experience

  • 1 to 3 years of previous management experience

  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

  • Ability to develop plans and define tasks needed to complete projects or defined activities (e.g., upgrade a system; test a suite of releases; etc.)

Desired Skills

  • Project Management

  • Financial Acumen

  • Analysis of Problems (size, scale, scope, impact)

  • Courageous Conversations

  • Hiring Practices

  • Interviewing Skills

  • Prioritization (for self and others)

  • Goal Setting

  • Change Management

  • Relationship management

  • Contract and vendor management

Behavioral Competencies

  • Communicating

  • Conflict Management

  • Influence and Persuasion

  • Collaboration and Teamwork

  • Global Mindset

  • Interpersonal Dynamics

  • Relationship Building

  • Coaching and Developing Others

  • Delegating

  • Managing Innovation

  • Strategic Talent Management

  • Deliberative Decision Making

  • Strategic Thinking

  • Planning and Priority Setting

  • Analytical Thinking

  • Composure and Resiliency

Why Clayton Homes:
• Consistently striving vertically integrated Berkshire Hathaway company
• One of America’s largest home builders and leader in housing
• Forbes lists: America’s Best Employers, America’s Employers by State, Best
Employers for Diversity, Best Employers for Women
• Quarterly profit share bonus program
• Onsite gym with variety of classes, wellness, professional and personal
development programs and much more!
Clayton is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Clayton is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Business Unit - B00023

Technology