Appl. Portfolio Manager 2

TALENT Software Services; Leawood (KS); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

TALENT Software Services is seeking an Enterprise Engineering Platforms Leader responsible for the initiatives and operational excellence of enterprise engineering systems. This role is vital for aligning technology capabilities with business strategy to enhance engineering outcomes.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience in managing engineering technology systems, a strong understanding of application lifecycles, and the ability to work collaboratively with various stakeholders to drive innovation. The position is located in Leawood, Kansas, with a focus on developing efficient solutions and maintaining vendor relationships.

Qualifications

• Experience managing application lifecycle for engineering solutions.
• Background in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction industry.
• Excellent skills in architecting enterprise design environments.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely resolution of technology maintenance and support needs.
• Define application and technology roadmaps for engineering systems.
• Manage relationships with key software providers.

Skills

Client focus

Understanding of AEC workflows

Excellent verbal and written communication

Ability to multi-task

Tools

SCCM

ServiceNow

Job description

The Enterprise Engineering Platforms Leader serves as the strategic leader responsible for defining and delivering the initiatives, roadmap, vision, and operational excellence for ***'s enterprise engineering systems and desktop application ecosystem. You will provide forward‑looking leadership across the full application lifecycle ensuring these platforms enable high‑performance engineering outcomes at scale, which includes architecture, deployment, optimization, and sustainment.

As the steward of BV's engineering technology landscape, you bring deep expertise in complex engineering application environments and modern delivery architectures. This role aligns technology capabilities with business strategy, ensuring that engineering teams are equipped with resilient, intuitive, and future‑ready solutions.

This leader orchestrates collaboration across a broad network of stakeholders to anticipate needs, drive innovation, and deliver integrated solutions that strengthen BV's competitive advantage. Through strategic planning, governance, and continuous improvement, this role ensures BV's engineering systems remain a catalyst for operational excellence, digital transformation, and long‑term enterprise value.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure all technology maintenance and end‑user support needs for deployed enterprise engineering systems are resolved in a timely manner; driving continuous improvement and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Corrective Action opportunities as needed.
• Define and maintain application & technology roadmaps which ensure deployed solutions are secure, resilient, scalable, and aligned with vendor lifecycles & the overall BV portfolio strategy.
• Partner with business, technical, and software/service providers to translate business & technology needs into potential solutions with costs/benefits analysis, achievable project timelines, and BV‑standard deployment architectures.
• Manage relationships with key software providers such as Autodesk, Bentley, Hexagon, AVEVA, Esri, and more to achieve BV business outcomes through vendor solutions and services.
• Lead and develop a small team responsible for executing work within the portfolio, ensuring timely delivery of work in alignment with business priorities and strategic goals.
• Provide oversight to IT service providers to ensure engineering systems are continuously available, performant, and supported per business needs, IT policies, and contracted KPIs/SLAs.
• Collaborate with business/discipline stakeholders to package and deploy application updates to BV workstations which keep engineering client applications current and free of defects or vulnerabilities.
• Coordinate with business owners, software providers, and BV software procurement teams to ensure applications are continuously rationalized, licenses are right‑sized, and contracts renewed.

Preferred Qualifications

• U.S. citizen capable of being exposed to data classified as CUI (Controlled Unclassified Information)
• Experience managing the application lifecycle for desktop, cloud, and hosted engineering solutions from key software providers: Autodesk, Bentley, Hexagon, AVEVA, Esri, etc.
• Experience in the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) industry
• Background in designing, building and maintaining enterprise design and modeling environments
• Experience with mapping a solution's recommended deployment application architecture into high‑level architectures which align with enterprise standards

Desired Non‑Technical Competencies

• Client focus and proven ability to solve business problems through the appropriate application of technology
• Understanding of cross‑disciplinary AEC workflows and project execution in CAD/CAE technologies.
• Capability to multi‑task and effectively prioritize within a multi‑tasking environment
• Ability to prioritize tasks independently and deliver to expectations as agreed with stakeholder/requester
• Excellent verbal, writing and presentation skills targeted to all levels of leadership
• Experience leading small technical teams in an operational environment.

Desired Technical Competencies

• Understanding of and experience with the software development lifecycle and methodologies
• Enterprise data and systems integration experience
• Software and systems architecture design, cloud services, and hosting experience
• Experience managing third party SaaS and application hosting platforms
• Understanding of application packaging and deployment technologies and practices via SCCM
• Experience with Service ServiceNow reporting/ITIL service management framework.