ALLETE is headquartered in Duluth, Minnesota, on beautiful Lake Superior, and has operations throughout the United States. We invest in energy-centric businesses and transmission infrastructure. Our companies include clean-energy producers and developers, and regulated utilities that already deliver more than 50% renewable energy. Each of our businesses—Minnesota Power; Superior Water, Light & Power; ALLETE Clean Energy; New Energy Equity; ALLETE Renewable Resources; and BNI Energy—plays a unique and significant role in ALLETE’s sustainability-in-action strategy. Our culture drives excellence through our shared values of integrity, safety, people, and the planet.

In collaboration with peers in CTS and throughout ALLETE, the Manager – Enterprise Applications leads and supervises the team to design, procure, implement and maintain ALLETE’s enterprise applications, ensuring reliability, availability, accuracy, security and resilience. Working within the ALLETE enterprise architecture framework, they will collaboratively develop and execute a strategic plan for the applications they support (on-premise and cloud), ensuring they continue to address changing business needs and technology risks.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide leadership and direction to the teams who design, procure, implement, and maintain ALLETE’s enterprise applications, to ensure reliability, availability, accuracy, security, and resilience. 
• Collaboratively develop and execute strategic plans for supported applications (on-premise and cloud technologies) to ensure changing business needs and technology risks are continually addressed. 
• Requires high level of interpersonal skills to establish and maintain positive and productive working relationships.

REQUIRED EDUCATION:

• Bachelor’s or higher required. 
  • Degree in software-related field preferred.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• Ten years or more experience in IT, Operations, or business process improvement WITH three years or more in a supervisory role.
  • Strong technical background in project management, application design, implementation, and maintenance preferred.
  • Familiarity with relevant regulations and standards preferred (SOX, NIST/CIS, NERC CIP).

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Our balanced work routine offers the flexibility of hybrid work with the benefits of in-person collaboration. Team members are expected to be in the office between 3 to 5 days each week, ensuring productive team interaction and personal flexibility.
• This position will report to Duluth, MN.
• Knowledge of emerging technologies and industry trends in the enterprise applications space and the ability to form a defined strategy that balances needs with resources.
• Ability to analyze complex issues and provide innovative solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to explain technical topics clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• This position may be subject to assessment of skills, job match and/or aptitude.  

The ideal candidate will have a strong and broad background in IT systems and applications, along with proven collaboration, leadership, and management skills in:

• Identifying business improvement opportunities and then implementing them.
• Motivating and influencing, enabling group collaboration.
• Developing and executing a strategic workforce plan.
• Applying business savvy.
• Taking initiative and being proactive.
• Promoting change and leading others through it.
• Soliciting, accepting, and acting on feedback.
• Building consensus and fostering engagement.
• Empathizing with customers and CTS employees.
• Communicating at the right level and frequency.
• Setting and communicating expectations.
• Following through and taking action when expectations are not met.
• Being organized and delivering on commitments.
• Tackling difficult situations or conversations when needed.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

• The expected annual compensation range for this position is $133,400 - $166,800. Compensation offered to the selected candidate will vary depending on relevant knowledge, skills, training, experience, and market conditions.
• Compensation Incentive Program
• Retirement Benefits
• Medical, Dental & Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account & Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life Insurance, Disability & Voluntary Benefits
• Paid Time Off
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Professional Development Opportunities 
• Community Engagement, and more. 

Employer will not sponsor Visas for position.

External applicants must apply online via www.allete.com/careers.

This job posting will be available for application until the position has been filled OR the posting close date noted herein, whichever date is earlier.

ALLETE is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.  

If you are an individual with disabilities who needs accommodation or you are having difficulty using our website to apply for employment, please contact our Human Resources department at 218-723-7553.

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