TEKsystems DirecTvSOLUTION MANAGER/ PLANNER
Mar. 2023• Lead intake and assessment of enterprise-wide IT initiatives, evaluating strategic alignment, organizational readiness, technical feasibility, and resource availability.
• Facilitate quarterly enterprise planning sessions with cross-functional stakeholders (IT, business, finance, architecture, and delivery) to evaluate capacity, prioritize initiatives, and align execution plans.
• Guide teams through early project shaping—including scope definition, solution architecture alignment, and Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) estimation—to enable informed decision-making and financial forecasting.
• Drive continuous improvement by introducing innovative technologies and workflow optimizations within the DIRECTV IT infrastructure, improving planning efficiency and execution readiness.
• Act as a strategic liaison among executive sponsors, architecture, finance, and delivery teams to ensure clarity, accountability, and cohesion from intake through delivery.
• Refine and manage intake pipelines to support Agile, hybrid, and traditional delivery models, increasing portfolio throughput and visibility.
• Serve as a key contributor to DIRECTV’s Agile transformation, supporting Jira Align implementation to connect strategy to execution across all teams.
• Operate within a hybrid Agile/Waterfall delivery environment, maintaining compatibility between Agile execution and traditional financial governance.
• Define and lead estimation practices—including T-shirt sizing, ROM modeling, and scope validation—to standardize project forecasting and portfolio planning.
• Facilitate solution-level governance events such as epic discovery, scope refinement, change control, and budget alignment.
• Partner with architecture and engineering teams to ensure technical handoffs are fully scoped, feasible, and aligned with product strategy.
• Oversee project setup in enterprise financial systems, ensuring compliance with PMO standards, audit requirements, and delivery readiness.