Solution Manager - Hybrid

At a glance

Position:Solution Manager - Hybrid

Primary Location:Midland (MI, USA), Michigan, United States of America

Schedule:Full time

Date Posted:08/27/2024

Job Number:R2053859

Position Type:Regular

At Dow, we believe in putting people first and we’re passionate about delivering integrity, respect and safety to our customers, our employees and the planet.

Our people are at the heart of our solutions. They reflect the communities we live in and the world where we do business. Their diversity is our strength. We’re a community of relentless problem solvers that offers the daily opportunity to contribute with your perspective, transform industries and shape the future. Our purpose is simple - to deliver a sustainable future for the world through science and collaboration. If you’re looking for a challenge and meaningful role, you’re in the right place.

Dowhas an exciting and challenging opportunity for aSolution Managerin one of Dow’sDigital Fulfillment Centerslocated inMidland, MI! This role will align to Dow's Design Your Day approach and allows employees to work remotely but will also require onsite work based on project work and role needs.

About you and this role

Dow’s Digital Centers are focused on driving and accelerating our Digital Dow strategy as they spearhead digital capability and solution ideation, exploration, concept proofing, and pilots across multiple business process and business digital theme areas. The centers work both separately and collaboratively as required to enable value and achieve desired business outcomes. Individual Centers are focused on driving digital innovation in partnership with Dow sites, regions, functions, businesses and aligned Business Digital Themes and set goals specific to their areas of emphasis, in alignment with their key partners.

As the Digital Center Solution Manager, you will be a member of the Digital Fulfillment Center (DFC). As a manager for the DFC, you will be working closely with the Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) data scientists and stakeholders to design, develop, implement, and support innovative solutions. You will work closely with stakeholders to explore and scale new technologies to help meet business and functional needs. You will be a proponent and practitioner of Dow's Agile Scrum methodology and strategy. You will be a mentor to less experienced developers on your direct scrum team, work with senior developers within the DFC, and collaborate with Dow developers. Additionally, you will help deliver demonstrations of technologies through showcases and participate in design thinking workshops, along with event storming sessions with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Understands, practices, and mentors good software design and development principles to ensure that the DFC is able to produce software of the highest quality, in the most efficient timeline, and will maintain these ideals throughout future projects

• Works with the Senior Advisory Developer to define the scope and solution architecture of products

• Leads the development of cloud native, scalable solutions

• Understands machine learning concepts and MLOps strategies

• Ensures dev team’s successful execution of iteration, including:

• Identifying and mitigating risks that may affect sprint success

• Identifying stories that are falling behind schedule and assists in recovery

• Identifying and eliminating gaps in dev team’s knowledge / talent

• Communicating and clarifying client specifications to developers

• Writing (and demonstrating the writing of) maintainable, reliable, efficient, and tested code

• Reviewing and upholding quality of dev team’s source code

• Understands complex data sources and integrations and develops/implements necessary data flows

• Implements top-tier security and data protection

• Partners with external vendors and academic institutions to collaboratively design and/or build the best solutions

• Develops and implements a robust set of microservices that power Dow’s machine learning use cases

• Builds reusable code and libraries for future use and sharing across Dow

• Contributes and enforces software best practices for Dow

• Works with the Product Manager to ensure technical feasibility of acceptance criteria and user stories

• Helps shape and guide the adoption of cloud technologies that integrate or interface with legacy systems

• Ensures that cross-team collaboration is happening within and outside the project team through explicit activities like knowledge sharing, architectural and design reviews and code reuse

Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree, 8 years relevant experience, or relevant military experience at a U.S. E6 rank or Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class or higher

• A minimum of 5 years of software solution development experience

• Experience working with modern software engineering skills, including experience with containerization

• A minimum requirement for this US-based position is the ability to work legally in the United States. No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position, including for any type of U.S. permanent residency (green card) process

Preferred Skills

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related technical field

• Recent experience designing and deploying in Microsoft Azure’s Environment

• Proficient knowledge in front-end and back-end development

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in Agile software development methodologies and work processes, especially Scrum

• Participated in application development process from requirements through implementation

• Excellent Leadership & Communication Skills

• Familiarity with Code and Frameworks from recent developments: ASP.NET, C#, Angular, HTML, TypeScript, Python, Bicep, Playwright, Prefect

• Familiarity with Common Azure Cloud Services: Azure Static Web App, Azure App Service, Key Vault, Azure Entra ID, App Insights, SQL, Cosmos DB, Functions, Kubernetes, Data Factory, Azure ML, API Manager and more

Additional notes

• This position does not offer relocation assistance

Benefits – What Dow offers you

We invest in you.

Dow invests in total rewards programs to help you manage all aspects of you: your pay, your health, your life, your future, and your career.  You bring your background, talent and perspective to work every day. Dow rewards that commitment by investing in your total wellbeing.

Here are just a few highlights of what you would be offered as a Dow employee:

• Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives.

• Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental and emotional well-being, to help you get the care you need...when you need it.

• Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial-goals.

• Become a Dow shareholder through various employee stock programs.

• Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building.

• Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs.

• Global Paid Time Off (PTO) policies:

• Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).

• ​Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured.

• Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group’s (ERG) participation.

Join our team, we can make a difference together.

About Dow

Dow (NYSE: DOW) is one of the world’s leading materials science companies, serving customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Our global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation, leading business positions and commitment to sustainability enable us to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future. We operate manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employ approximately 35,900 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $45 billion in 2023. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. ​​​​Learn more about us and our ambition to be the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world by visitingwww.dow.com.

As part of our dedication to the diversity of our workforce, Dow is committed to equal opportunities in employment. We encourage every employee to bring their whole self to work each day to not only deliver more value, but also have a more fulfilling career. Further information regarding Dow's equal opportunities is available onwww.dow.com.

Dow is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to providing opportunities without regard for race, color, religion, sex, including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity, national origin, age, disability and genetic information, including family medical history. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may call us at 1-833-My Dow HR (833-693-6947) and select option 8.