IT Product Lead
 Koch Business Solutions, LP | |
life insurance, parental leave
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 United States, Kansas, Wichita | |
 Jan 28, 2025 | |
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Your Job
Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) is looking for an IT Product Lead, to join our Information Technology (IT) team. The IT Product Lead will be focused on a strategic partnership with our businesses to understand their opportunities, pain points and drive innovative solutions in the Commercial functions globally. Like an employee of a startup, you will need to be resourceful and capable of partnering with key stakeholder's, building relationships, and interacting with market solution providers that can accelerate progress of our business objectives. Our Team This team is a vital component in KES' strategy to improve business performance through the application of technology and profitably transforming our business. You will collaborate to develop solutions and prove their value through experimentation and scalable deployment in our business. Leading in a collaborative environment, displaying creativity, and focusing on attaining positive business results will be necessary skills. What You Will Do * Providing Leadership by working closely with our Commercial functional areas to understand business outcomes, business processes, review current systems, and identify profitable opportunities within a defined product scope. * Collaborate with business stakeholders and product teams to prioritize and drive alignment of product backlogs and new demand. * Aiding team members to overcome obstacles with the appropriate risk-based philosophy. * Staying current on technologies and best practices, ensuring that we are leveraging the best knowledge to achieve success. * Partnering to provide input to both application and product roadmaps and strategies. * Communicate effectively to Business Process owners and IT Leadership on status, risks, and roadblocks. * Coach and mentor product team members, ensuring projects are delivered in alignment with the product vision and business requirements. Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) * Experience leading through direct supervision or indirectly through mentoring or project management. * Experience working on projects from idea to implementation, executing all aspects of solution delivery including requirements gathering, scope definition, status reporting, and understanding project risks. * Self-motivation and practical experience with work process transformation. * Proven collaboration and influencing skills with peers and customers to gain alignment on objectives. * Potential travel up to 20% of the time, economic conditions considered. What Will Put You Ahead * Information Technology or relatable leadership experience. * Experience working with Commercial Sales and/or Order Management. * Experience with Salesforce (CRM), Salesforce Field Services. * Experience working with software vendors or software development to solve business needs. * Experience working within AGILE Teams and DevOps methodologies, processes, and tools. * Experience with analytics tools and concepts such as Data lakes and/or Power BI. * Experience in business system analysis, or process analysis experience. At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy. Hiring Philosophy All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy [1] here. Who We Are As a Koch company, Koch Engineered Solutions is a dynamic network of businesses that work together to create an ecosystem of domain expertise to increase operational efficiency, improve safety, reduce waste, and reduce emissions. At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our [2] business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company. Our Benefits Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter. Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results. Equal Opportunities Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click [3] here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click [4] here, [5] aqui, or [6] tu). #LI-DL1 References Visible links 1. https://jobs.kochcareers.com/pages/culture 2. https://www.kochind.com/about/business-philosophy 3. https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/EVerifyParticipationPoster.pdf 4. https://labor.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idol/employers/posters/e-verify/Right%20to%20Privacy%20in%20the%20Workplace_English.pdf 5. https://labor.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idol/employers/posters/e-verify/Right%20to%20Privacy%20in%20the%20Workplace_Spanish.pdf 6. https://labor.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idol/employers/posters/e-verify/Right%20to%20Privacy%20in%20the%20Workplace_Polish.pdf | |