Platform Engineering Manager

The Platform Engineering Manager for Application Virtualization Platform is an experienced leader who can lead an engineering practice and team(s) across the end-to-end enablement lifecycle of Foundational Technology (Infrastructure, Monitoring Telemetry, Networking) platform capabilities (i.e. development, testing, release, validation, and support).

**RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Direct platform engineering team by establishing priorities aligned to committed objectives, then executing and monitoring progress towards platform engineering outcomes.
- Provide specialized knowledge and expertise in Application Virtualization platform engineering activities related to Foundational Technology platform family, primarily leading design, deployment, management, and maintenance of the Citrix Virtual Apps / XenApp global environments which are supporting critical Business Functions (i.e. Manufacturing, Plasma, R&D, etc.).
- Ensure focus on platform engineering quality by adopting consistent development, testing, debugging and documenting practices for effective communication of capabilities.
- Accountable for overall platform capabilities engineering outcomes (i.e. implementation, development, testing, validation, maintenance), as well as management of development practices.
- Continuously drive improvements across platform performance while remaining accountable against identified KPIs and OKRs (i.e. Quality, Speed, Adoption, Costs).
- Execute activities based on Scaled Agile Framework PI Planning framework.
- Responsible for platform budgeting activities.
- Responsible for planning, managing, and measuring work.
- Responsible for managing and motivating team members.
- Responsible for management of vendor contracts, and capacity commitments.
- Responsible for Level 3 platform support and maintenance activities.
- Provide leadership to the platform engineering team(s).
- Establish and maintain engineering governance structures and best practices for platforms.
- Responsible for financial planning, budgeting, procurement, and staffing for platform engineering team.
- Drive partnership with platform and Enterprise architecture teams to drive consistent design of platform capabilities.
- Contribute to platform architecture roadmap, in collaboration with platform owner, product manager, and platform architecture leads.
- Drive platform capabilities engineering development based on platform architecture roadmap.
- Lead and oversee platform engineering execution lifecycle (planning / scheduling / building / testing / deploying / documenting), and monitor progress to ensure that engineering activities are completed on time, on budget, and with proper engineering practices and quality processes.
- Own platform development and communicate how the platform is meeting the business priorities and goals of the organizations (business, technology, and marketing).
- Collaborate with other platforms managers or owners, GDD&T and business stakeholders to successfully ensure consistent development, integration, and maintenance of Foundational platforms.
- Continuously identify new technology platform capabilities for best fit purpose, and outline options for cost effective, incremental, and resilient implementation approach.
- Plan, coach, and support platform system demos in collaboration with product management leads, to communicate progress and value of Foundational Technology platform capabilities being built.
- Manage level 3 engineering support for platforms.
- Provision, manage and maintain the software infrastructure that supports platforms.

**SKILLS / COMPETENCIES**
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, and/or Management Information Systems from an accredited university or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of more experience with Agile methods / methodologies, and leading SCRUM / Lean / Kanban teams.
- 7+ years or more of relevant professional experience as a technology engineer, with 7+ years in a role managing platform teams.
- ** 7+ years of experience deploying Application Virtualization infrastructure using private hosting and public cloud solutions.**
- ** Demonstrated knowledge and experience with the following technologies and activities are **required**:Citrix Virtual Apps / XenApp deployment on premises using VMware virtualization, and on AWS, Automation using PowerShell scripting required, Troubleshooting related to Citrix XenApp infrastructure.**
- 3+ years of experience using public cloud infrastructure (AWS required, Azure desired).
- Proven track record of getting things done in complex organizations.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Referenceable leadership, management, or key influencer experiences required.
- Ability to work in an agile and rapid changing environment with high quality deliverables.
- Previous experience managing global engineering teams and budgets required.
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated presentation, communication, and influe