Director, Collaboration, Workplace & PAAS

Waste Management (WM) a Fortune 250 company is the leading provider of comprehensive waste and environmental services in North America. We are strongly committed to a foundation of operating excellence professionalism and financial strength. WM serves nearly 25 million customers in residential commercial industrial and municipal markets throughout North America through a network of collection operations transfer stations landfills recycling facilities and waste-based energy production projects.

I. Job Summary
Waste Management is actively seeking a Director of Collaboration Workplace & PAAS who will play a pivotal role in overseeing our collaboration and application initiatives. This visionary leader will be responsible for shaping and driving the overall strategy and day-to-day operations required to deliver robust high-performing scalable and secure collaborative services that are tightly aligned with the evolving goals and needs of our business.

II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute the strategic roadmap for Collaboration Workplace & PAAS aligning with Waste Managements long-term goals and ensuring seamless integration with other technology and business initiatives.

• Operational Excellence: Oversee the design implementation and management of robust and scalable Collaboration Workplace & PAAS services ensuring high availability redundancy and disaster recovery capabilities.
• Team Leadership: Lead mentor and develop a high-performing team of professionals fostering a culture of innovation collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Vendor Management: Establish and manage relationships with key vendors and service providers negotiating contracts monitoring performance and ensuring compliance with service level agreements.
• Security and Compliance: Ensure that all Collaboration Workplace & PAAS solutions comply with industry standards regulations and best practices for security privacy and data protection.
• Budget Management: Develop and manage the budget for Collaboration Workplace & PAAS initiatives optimizing costs while achieving desired outcomes.
• Performance Monitoring: Implement and maintain monitoring and reporting systems to track the performance and health of Collaboration Workplace & PAAS solutions identifying and addressing issues proactively.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with cross-functional teams including IT operations and business units to understand their needs and ensure that Collaboration Workplace & PAAS support their requirements.
  

III. Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job.

A. Demonstrated Performance

• Experience: Minimum of 10 years of experience in Collaboration or PAAS solutions with at least 5 years in a leadership role overseeing those teams.
• Technical Expertise: In-depth knowledge of voice services collaboration solutions (M365) and AV technologies.
• Leadership Skills: Proven ability to lead and inspire teams drive change and deliver results in a fast-paced dynamic environment.
• Analytical Skills: Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to make data-driven decisions and manage complex projects.

• Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

  
  

B. Education and Experience

• Education: Bachelors Degree (accredited) in Computer Science MIS Finance or similar area of study or in lieu of degree High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and four (4) years of relevant work experience

• Experience: Eight (8) years of prior work experience (in addition to education requirement) within Information Technology
  

C. Certificates Licenses Registrations or Other Requirements

• None required.
  
  
  

V. Work Environment
Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding machine operation etc.) most of the work day;
  
• Required to exert physical effort in handling objects less than 30 pounds part of the work day;
  
• Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts burns exposure to toxic chemicals etc.) rarely;
  
• Required to be exposed to physical environment which involves dirt odors noise weather extremes or similar elements rarely;
  
• Normal setting for this job is an office setting.
  

Benefits
At Waste Management each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical Dental Vision Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan Company match on 401K and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation Holidays and Personal Days.

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