Solution Manager

Description -

A Solution Manager plays a pivotal role in overseeing and optimizing the end-to-end development and implementation of solutions within an organization. Responsibilities include analyzing business requirements, collaborating with stakeholders, and ensuring that proposed solutions align with strategic objectives. They guide project teams, manage resources, and facilitate communication between technical and non-technical teams. Additionally, Solution Managers play a key role in evaluating technology trends, recommending improvements, and ensuring that delivered solutions meet quality standards and user expectations. This role demands a blend of technical expertise, project management skills, and a deep understanding of business needs to drive successful solution delivery.

Job Description:

Conceptualize, Design, and Develop Innovative Solutions:

• Innovation and Creativity: Generate creative and forward-thinking solutions that not only meet but exceed client challenges and business requirements.
• Problem Identification: Proactively identify potential challenges and bottlenecks, offering preemptive solutions through a combination of industry best practices and original thinking.
• Continuous Improvement: Foster a culture of continuous improvement, encouraging the team to explore new technologies and methodologies to enhance solution offerings.

Work Closely with Clients (Internal Mainly):

• Client Relationship Management: Establish and maintain strong relationships with clients, ensuring a deep understanding of their unique needs, challenges, and objectives.
• Active Listening: Employ active listening skills to grasp the nuances of client requirements, ensuring accurate translation into actionable plans.
• Client Collaboration: Collaborate with clients in a consultative manner, providing insights and recommendations that align with their strategic goals.

Develop Solutions for Key Business Problems:

• Strategic Alignment: Align developed solutions with key business problems, ensuring they contribute directly to overarching business objectives.
• IT Collaboration: Collaborate effectively with IT teams to bridge the gap between conceptualization and implementation, ensuring seamless execution of solutions.
• Create process flows, system understanding, Identify gaps, define solutions.
• Able to size the solution with estimated time to delivery and funding needs to develop the solution.
• End-to-End Oversight: Provide end-to-end oversight of solution development, from ideation to delivery, ensuring all stages align with business needs and quality standards.

Understand Complexities and Draft Funding Requests:

• Comprehensive Understanding: Develop a profound understanding of the complexities associated with proposed solutions, taking into account technical, operational, and financial aspects.
• Financial Acumen: Work closely with finance and relevant stakeholders to draft comprehensive funding requests, clearly articulating the investment rationale and expected returns.
• Risk Assessment: Conduct thorough risk assessments to identify potential challenges and devise contingency plans within funding requests.

Present to Management:

• Effective Communication: Develop compelling and clear presentations tailored to various audiences, from project teams to senior management, up to at least the director level.
• Strategic Communication: Articulate the strategic significance of proposed solutions, emphasizing their alignment with organizational goals and potential impact on key performance indicators.
• Q&A Proficiency: Demonstrate the ability to field questions and concerns effectively, fostering confidence in the proposed solutions and their potential benefits.

Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience
• 4+ years of experience in a combination of business and technology

The base pay range for this role is $69,600 to $107,150 annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to US candidates only).  Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits:

HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies, including; 
  • 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
  • 11 paid holidays
  • Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Job -

Services

Schedule -

Full time

Shift -

No shift premium (United States of America)

Travel -

Relocation -

Yes

Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) - 

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