Are you a technology leader who thrives on driving innovation, building strong teams, and delivering meaningful business solutions? TxDOT is seeking a Manager for the ERP, Procurement, and Contracts Branch to lead enterprise-wide product teams supporting critical business operations. In this role, you'll oversee strategic initiatives, manage vendor partnerships, champion modern product delivery practices, and collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to deliver high-quality digital solutions. This is an exciting opportunity to influence agency-wide technology strategy, develop talented professionals, and make a lasting impact on how TxDOT serves Texans every day.

At TxDOT we value employee work-life-balance. In keeping with our commitment to this value our employees benefit from a wide array of programs and activities that include wellness leave incentive, in-house wellness center, career development programs, tuition assistance, and various other benefits.

At TxDOT, we value work-life balance and are committed to providing our employees with a comprehensive range of benefits and programs, including:

• Retirement Plans

• Alternative and/or Flexible Work Schedules

• Paid Leave and Holidays

• Health Premiums paid at 100% for Full-Time Employees

• On-the-Job Training

• Tuition Assistance Program

• Holistic Wellness Program with Leave Incentives

• Career Development and Advancement Opportunities

• Family-Friendly Policies and Programs

In 2024, TxDOT was recognized as a Best Place for Working Parents, and many of our offices statewide are also designated as Texas Mother-Friendly Worksites. These recognitions reflect our dedication to supporting families and promoting a healthy work-life balance.

For a complete list of our total compensation package please visit our Total Compensation Package website

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Manages the daily activities and functions for the ERP, Procurement, and Contracts Branch. Work involves directing the activities of
product teams through establishing a plan with goals and objectives, principles, standards and measurement tools used to determine the progress in meeting goals; coordinating and evaluating program activities and reviewing and recommending budgets. Oversees the technical quality of the work delivered by outsourced vendor teams. Drives stakeholder alignment through continuous engagement and feedback. Trains and enables the team to operate in accordance with product delivery best practices and manages processes to integrate digital solutions as well as overcome obstacles. Supervises a team of professional and technical employees. Reports to the Applications Development and Maintenance Section Director. Employees at this level are virtually self-supervising and assume
direct accountability for the work product.

Essential Duties:

• Facilitates cross tower overlap sessions with project managers to ensure solutions are standardized.
• Implements the vision and develops the overall approach for the program, its major milestones, deliverables, and managing the assigned budget to address and meet the desired goals and outcomes.
• Communicates strategic needs, goals, and objectives.
• Coordinates programs and projects to enhance efficiency and streamline operations.
• Guides the work stream of project managers to adhere to a standardized and consistent project delivery process.
• Drives and/or travels to represent the Division or the Department at national, state and local levels concerning Information Management-related activities.
• Responsible for performing on-site reviews, analyses, tests, training and/or to provide technical support for IT activities; drives to perform this essential function.
• Develops criteria for evaluating programs, proposals, and other pertinent information related to areas of responsibility.
• Manages and cultivates relationships within various business units, to ensure users have IMD liaisons who understand their business needs and requirements.
• Oversees business analysis and business case development for proposed solutions.
• Partners with other areas in the agency to support local and enterprise-wide activities and drive engagement.
• Supervises professional and technical staff.
• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline. Relevant work experience may be substituted for degree on a year per year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications

Experience:

• 6 years of experience in project management, planning and analysis, implementing business enterprises (Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent) Related graduate level education may be substituted for experience on a year per year basis.

• Must have three (3) years supervisory/managerial experience. Project leader or lead worker experience may substitute for supervisory/managerial experience.

Licenses and Certifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

• Project Mgmt Professnl (PMP)

• Cert Agile Practitioner (ACP)

• Cert Scrum Master (CSM)

Competencies:

Knowledge of:
• Applicable analysis methodologies
• Developing business cases, ROI analysis and acting as a sponsor for IT initiatives
• Program/project evaluation methods and techniques
• Portfolio, program and project planning, development and management
• Applicable computer software applications and hardware
• Developing IT strategies based on business goals and objectives
• Public relations for maintaining effective working relationships with individuals and groups outside of the centralized IT organization
• Public relations for maintaining effective working relationships with individuals and groups outside of the centralized IT organization
• Methodologies and tools used in information technology functions and architectures
• Budgeting methods and procedures
• Communicating vision and direction of how an organization should function or a system should work under ideal conditions and conveying to others
Skills in:
• Planning, assigning, directing, coordinating and reviewing the work of professional, administrative and technical employees
• Communicating complex ideas and information clearly, concisely, and effectively
• Establishing plans and setting objectives and goals that support overall business strategy/results; anticipating and adjusting for problems/roadblocks
• Directing and establishing objectives; clarifying roles and responsibilities through individual performance plans; monitoring and measuring performance against goals; evaluating results and making necessary adjustments to meet deadlines
• Planning methods, techniques, and strategies
• Applying engineering principles, practices, and methods in job responsibilities
• Persuasion, negotiation, and communication of critical issues
• Interpreting and analyzing legislation, rules, and regulations
• Manages financial and personnel resources to achieve individual and organizational goals
• Exercises logic and reasoning to define problems, establish facts and draw valid conclusions; makes decisions that support business objectives and goals

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

- Sedentary work: Lift up to 10 lbs at a time and occasionally carry files/small tools
- Light work: Lift up to 20 lbs at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 10 lbs
- Talking-expressing or exchanging ideas by spoken words
- Close Visual Acuity-work includes data/figures; view a computer screen; extensive reading

Conditions of Employment:

Please read the Standard Conditions of Employment (TxDOT) for all positions.

• To be selected for and continue employment in this position, the selected incumbent must maintain the security or integrity of the agency’s critical infrastructure and will be subject to regular assessments of criminal history and/or reviewed for connections to foreign adversaries.

• Must have or obtain at least one of the listed (or equivalent) licenses or certifications within twelve (12) months of date of hire.

TxDOT is committed to hiring veterans. To assist in determining whether your military experience may pertain to the minimum requirements for this position, Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) codes from each branch of the U.S. Armed Forces have been assigned to each state classification code/title where applicable. The MOS codes are grouped by occupational category.

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The Texas Department of Transportation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

If requested, reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities for any part of the employment process in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Action of 1990.

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