Sr Manager, Digital Solutions Software Development

RWE Americas, LLC
To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent

Functional area: IT / Digital
Remuneration: Exempt

In your role as Senior Manager, Digital Solutions – Software Development, you will be responsible for leading and developing proprietary, custom applications that power our day-to-day business, connecting operational data to enable business decisions and drive outcomes that improve the performance and availability of over 160 renewable energy sites with 13GW of wind, solar, and battery assets. You will serve as the domain solution architect, actively collaborate with business stakeholders, and partner with technologists to define and implement the go-forward technical strategy for Engineering & Operations applications. You will guide and grow a team of technical experts to develop products and applications using Agile practices and enhance interdisciplinary collaboration across different teams. 

Role Responsibilities: 

• Product & Team Leadership: Lead multiple application development teams within the Engineering & Operations portfolio, ensuring coordinated delivery and strategic alignment with business stakeholders to optimize the development and operations of renewable energy sites
• Architecture Modernization: Develop and execute technical roadmap and architecture refresh initiatives to improve design robustness, scalability, and maintainability to support asset growth and demand
• Mentorship & Talent Development: Mentor and coach software engineers from entry level through senior, and provide direction to third-party engineers to reduce knowledge silos
• Agile & DevOps Excellence: Standardize Agile and DevOps practices across teams, using industry metrics (e.g., DORA) to improve velocity, quality, and uptime
• Operational Accountability: Own software Azure spend and drive reliability engineering practices to achieve 99.9% availability, including comprehensive monitoring and distributed tracing
• Security, Risk & Compliance: Ensure adherence to cybersecurity standards and manage technology risk and compliance requirements across the portfolio
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration with business stakeholders, RWE IT/OT departments, and the RWE Group to enable iterative delivery and continuous feedback
• Product Lifecycle Management: Oversee the full product lifecycle from concept through delivery, operations, and retirement, ensuring each stage meets quality, budget, and timeline targets
• Budget & Financial Stewardship: Develop, manage, and monitor budgets across multiple product lines, ensuring cost efficiency while meeting strategic objectives
• Escalation & Issue Resolution: Serve as a senior escalation point for complex technical or delivery issues, ensuring timely root-cause analysis and resolution
• Integration & Interoperability: Ensure interoperability and integration between systems, applications, and platforms to support enterprise-wide initiatives
• Continuous Improvement: Drive process improvement initiatives to increase delivery efficiency, reduce downtime, and enhance system reliability
• Stakeholder Alignment: Engage senior business stakeholders to align technology priorities with evolving business strategies

Job Requirements and Experiences:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field of study is required
• Relevant industry training and certifications (Cloud Architect, Agile Leadership, etc.) are a strong plus  
• A minimum of 7 years of relevant software development experience, with a strong preference for prior people management experience
• Proven track record of setting strategic direction, orchestrating cross-functional teams, and delivering complex, high-impact initiatives in partnership with internal stakeholders and external partners
• Technical Proficiency:
  • Cloud-Native Development: Proven experience developing complex Linux applications and leading product teams building and maintaining cloud-native distributed software applications. Event-driven architecture, domain-driven design, and leading event storming exercises are a must
  • Cloud Platforms & Orchestration: Strong knowledge of Azure or Cloud services, container orchestration (Kubernetes/AKS), Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/Helm), and workflow automation (Airflow)
  • Programming Languages: Ability to code in multiple programming languages, including C#, ASP.NET, React, SQL, Go, and Python
  • API & Web Services: Good understanding of web services protocols, including REST, WebSockets, SignalR, AMQP, and API design for extensibility and portability
• Experience in managing platform solutions and products, ensuring operational excellence, availability, and reliability for big tech / large-scale energy/utility companies 
• Demonstrated experience in implementing agile frameworks at scale within IT organizations 
• Extensive technical expertise of SDLC, including security, software development trends, and developer efficiency 
• Excellent communications, stakeholder management, and leadership skills 
• Leadership style: Champions a culture of innovation and shared ownership; architects strategic roadmaps and OKRs that connect team execution to broader organizational goals
• Communication: Communicates complex technical concepts and trade-offs to executive and non-technical audiences; produces clear artifacts (diagrams, decision records) to drive alignment
• Product mindset: Applies customer- and value-focused thinking to define outcomes, make trade-offs, and continuously improve products throughout their lifecycle
• Agile, DevOps & engineering excellence: Establishes consistent Agile/DevOps ways of working; uses flow and reliability metrics to improve delivery throughput, quality, and operational performance
• Coaching & talent development: Builds high-performing teams through hiring, mentoring, performance management, and career development; grows internal capability and supports succession planning
• Decision-making & escalation leadership: Leads triage and resolution of complex technical and delivery issues; drives root-cause analysis, risk mitigation, and clear decisions under pressure
• Solution architecture & integration: Designs evolvable architectures and integration patterns (APIs, events, data flows) that enable interoperability, scalability, and maintainability across the portfolio
• Delivery & execution management: Leads delivery across multiple teams by aligning scope, dependencies, staffing, and timelines; drives predictable outcomes through planning, prioritization, and clear accountability
• Financial stewardship: Manages budgets and vendor spend with transparency and discipline; optimizes cloud and delivery costs while meeting reliability and roadmap commitments
• Operational excellence & continuous improvement: Improves reliability and supportability through monitoring, incident management, post-incident learning, and automation; removes waste from delivery and operations
• Security, risk & compliance: Ensures secure-by-design practices and adherence to cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance requirements; manages technical risk and audit readiness across the portfolio
• Stakeholder influence: Partners with business and technology leaders to set direction, communicate trade-offs, and align priorities to measurable business outcomes
• This position is an office-based role with some travel and visits to other RWE Americas offices and field locations
• Must be able to sit, walk, or stand for long durations of time

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. RWE Americas is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time.  

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. Eligible employees also participate in short-term incentives, in addition to salary.

Apply with just a few clicks: ad code 92343. Any questions? Contact HR:  rwe_americas_recruiting@rwe.com

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

RWE Americas, a subsidiary of RWE, is a US-based energy company that is helping to meet the growing demand for energy across the United States. Backed by RWE’s 125-year global legacy of managing diverse power assets, RWE Americas operates approximately 13 GW of power projects across 27 states. With a talented workforce of 2,000 employees, RWE Americas develops, constructs and operates wind, solar and battery storage projects that safely deliver affordable, reliable electricity to our customers. Committed to responsible development, RWE Americas invests in local and rural communities, creating jobs and partnering with stakeholders to support and strengthen the places where we live and work. Learn more about how RWE Americas is generating impact at americas.rwe.com.

At RWE Americas, we foster a culture defined by our Essential Behaviors – Have Courage, Create Impact and Actively Collaborate. We encourage bold thinking and continuous learning, and we value ownership, resilience and inclusion in everything we do. When you join us, you become part of a team that supports your development, respects your contributions and celebrates shared success. This is a place where you can grow your career and make a meaningful difference.