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JOB SUMMARY

ONEOK is looking for an IT Applications Manager with a minimum of 5-10 years of midstream or related energy experience. We are looking for an individual with the experience and skills to lead an IT Applications team that supports the Gas Measurement business unit and the applications they depend upon, such as Quorum FLOWCAL and TESTit, Autosol ACM, and various custom-built reports and solutions.

The ideal candidate should be able to coach and mentor direct reports, supporting their growth and career development to help them increase their impact. They must consistently support the staff through regular, actionable feedback, including constructive criticism. This includes ensuring that each member of the team understands expectations for their level and how they are performing against them. They must be supportive of lateral moves to broaden the scope of a team member’s impact and growth despite the loss of not having them in the team.

As manager, this role will be accountable for the team, do the right thing for the company, and be able to balance necessary conversations with empathy and respect. They must be responsible for creating and protecting an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. They must also facilitate the team’s successful delivery, keeping everyone on track and helping them to navigate or remove blockers. This includes communicating clear direction and stretch goals for the team while setting them up for success in achieving them. It is also expected that the manager would cover for the team as project manager when needed and ensure that meetings or ceremonies are effective.

The ideal candidate must excel at communications, be able to facilitate the open exchange of ideas, and encourage team members to share their views, thoughts and feelings. This must be done in a way to foster a culture where it is safe to ask questions, make mistakes, and be vulnerable without consequence. It is also expected that as manager, they can land proper messaging about department-wide or company-wide initiatives, and organizational changes, ensuring that the team understands the reasoning, can move things forward positively and be resilient to change.

As manager, they must be able to prioritize work effectively in alignment with strategic direction of the team, department, and company. They will be expected to identify short- and medium-term opportunities, ensuring technical and strategic alignment by influencing the work and strategic direction the team is taking.

Remote candidates will be considered, but the selected candidate will be expected to regularly travel to our corporate office in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

This position is eligible for remote work in one of the following states: Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, or Wyoming. This position will require some travel for office meetings, as needed, to our corporate office in Tulsa, OK.

Job Profile Summary
Oversees IT service delivery for one or multiple business applications, including identification and prioritization of work requests, managing development resources, and ensuring agreed upon service levels are met.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Supervise and direct employees working with a specific business application or group of applications. Ensures issues are prioritized, assigned and resolved as needed. Communicate IT activities to business process owners and coordinate activities across teams as needed

• Oversee supervisors and individual contributors engaged in design, development and maintenance activities for IT business applications. Consult with other IT and business personnel to ensure proper controls are designed into the solution for appropriate levels of reliability.

• Provide input to IT strategic planning process. Develop tactical plans for applications based on overall strategies.

• Consult with business process owners on potential and existing technology solutions, including recommendations for process improvements, project planning, and resource allocations. Participate in and lead steering teams as needed

• Ensure company technical and development standards are met and appropriate communication channels are in place for infrastructure team.

• Manage small to medium software implementation and update projects

• Collaborate with other IT work groups when resources (hardware, software or people) are required outside the team

• Direct activities of a development team including budgeting (expense and capital) and providing financial and personnel updates to impacted business leaders on a frequent basis

• Interact with business users via consulting and training to ensure effective use of technology solutions

• Maintain tactical and strategic relationships with key software and service vendors

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in MIS, computer science, mathematics, or related field or an equivalent combination of formal education and the following job related experience

Work Experience

• Experience managing small to medium software implementation projects

• Experience managing all aspects of the software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, RFP development, software evaluations, development methodologies, testing and deployment

• Experience in use and function of office equipment including computers and applicable software

• Training and experience relative to one or more of the following areas:

  • Industry specific package solutions

  • Enterprise Resource Planning systems

  • Application programming languages and tools

  • Information Technology infrastructure

  • Data base management techniques

• Experience with basic infrastructure technologies and experience communicating impacts resulting from development activities

• Experience interacting, advising and communicating effectively with subordinates, peers and all levels of management

• Experience developing information, conducting meetings and making presentations

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to: direct the activities of a development team, including planning, budgeting, personnel development, and other administrative functions

• Ability to: identify, prioritize and negotiate application support and project requirements with process owners and key business segment leadership

• Ability to: manage integrated solutions that support multiple business functions including understanding of business processes inside the functions and related technology that supports those processes

• Ability to: guide the business towards strategic IT solutions, ensuring business leadership has a clear understanding of the cost/benefit of the solution

• Ability to: apply math, algebra, and statistical methods

• Knowledge of: personnel policies and procedures

• Ability to: communicate and/or exchange information and instructions; conduct oral presentations

Licenses and Certifications

• None required

Strength Factor Rating - Physical Demands/Requirements

• Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Strength Factor Description - Physical Demands/Requirements

• Standing: Remaining on one's feet in an upright position at a work station without moving about (Occasionally)

• Walking: Moving about on foot (Frequently)

• Sitting: Remaining in a seated position (Constantly)

• Lifting: Raising or lowering an object from one level to another (includes upward pulling) (Occasionally)

• Carrying: Transporting an object, usually holding it in the hands or arms, or on the shoulder (Occasionally)

• Pushing: Exerting force upon an object so that the object moves away from the force (Occasionally)

• Pulling: Exerting force upon an object so that the object moves toward the force (includes jerking) (Occasionally)

• Climbing: Ladders, Stairs (Occasionally)

• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling (Occasionally)

• Stooping: Bending the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist (Occasionally)

• Kneeling: Bending the legs at the knees to come to rest on the knee or knees (Occasionally)

• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending the legs and spine (Occasionally)

• Crawling: Moving about on the hands and arms in any direction (Occasionally)

• Reaching: Extending hands and arms in any direction (Constantly)

• Handling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise working with the hand or hands (Manual Dexterity) (Constantly)

• Fingering: Picking, pinching or otherwise working with the fingers primarily (Finger Dexterity) (Constantly)

• Feeling: Perceiving such attributes of objects/materials as size, shape, temperature, texture, movement or pulsation by receptors in the skin, particularly those of the finger tips (Constantly)

• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas/information by means of the spoken word (Frequently)

• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sound by the ear (Frequently)

• Tasting/Smelling: (Occasionally)

• Near Vision: Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less (Constantly)

• Far Vision: Clarity of vision at 20 feet for more (Frequently)

• Depth Perception: Three-dimensional vision; ability to judge distances and spatial relationships so as to see objects where and as they actually are (Frequently)

• Vision: Color - The ability to identify and distinguish colors (Constantly)

Working Conditions/Environment

• Employee is subject to inside environmental conditions

Working Conditions

• Well lighted, climate controlled areas (Constantly)

• Frequent repetitive motion (Constantly)

• CRT (Computer Monitor(s)) (Constantly)

Travel

• Travel to other locations may be required.

• If not located in Tulsa, the selected candidate will be expected to regularly travel to our corporate office in Tulsa, OK.

Driving

• Based on assigned tasks, employee may be assigned a company vehicle requiring the applicable driver's license

ONEOK is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, religion, creed, national origin, gender identity, disability, military/veteran status, genetic information or any other categories protected by applicable law.

The job description is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties or skills required for the job and is subject to review and change at any time, with or without notice, in accordance with the needs of ONEOK.

ONEOK is committed to making our workplace accessible to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, for individuals to participate in the application and hiring process. To request an accommodation email [email protected] or call 1-855-663-6547​.

Expected Salary Range

$129,000.00 - $193,000.00