Director of Operations

Job Title:

Director (Systems and Applications Development)

Location:

Tallahassee, FL Duration:
Long Term Client:
Direct

Job Description:

Responsible for the full systems development life cycle management of projects/programs. Provides direction for technical and business resources. Actively participates in long-range strategy planning and manages policy development to address complex business issues, provides leadership to cross-functional teams. Serves as the primary point of contact from project/program inception to delivery. Defines and develops project management infrastructure, manages a methodology driven quality plan, monitors and controls the quality of the deliverable, as well as manages the project completion process through customer acceptance.

Works with business unit managers and forms alliances on projects, operational decisions, scheduling requirements/conflicts and vendor contract clarification.

• Serve as strategic interface with a mix of professional subject matter experts and university partners leading to a proposal for a highly respected transportation infrastructure training approach.
• Facilitate meetings with stakeholders and subject matter experts to define scope and expectations leading to desired outputs and outcomes.
• Review proposed frameworks, modules, simulations and material related to the proposals to mitigate risks and leverage opportunities.
• Review proposals for alignment with FDOT content requirements, outputs and outcomes
• Evaluate scope, milestones, deliverables, and communication protocols to ensure success and proved value to business units.
• Provide high-value strategic consulting level support and guidance through key initiatives.
• Communicate decisions, priorities and relevant project information to appropriate levels of staff regarding business unit requests, projects and initiatives.
• Evaluate information received from multiple resources and synthesize to most relevant findings and value for organizational transformation.
• Compare proposals to industry research on trends, educational tools, and materials.
• Evaluate program modules, review participant and facilitator feedback, and use information to recommend refinements. Synthesize findings into written reports.
• Develop success factor metrics for evaluation of pilot project content and delivery.
• Recommend actions and products to support and sustain a long-term program, including and not limited to manuals, guidelines, process maps, and system documentation.
• Prepare information into executive level briefing documents. Support briefings as needed and present findings and options.
• Facilitate the planning and execution of business changes through the use of technology. Serves a lead role in enabling the business to achieve their objectives.

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field. Or equivalent work experience.