Job Description

Sr Manager, Corporate Systems

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Lennar is one of the nation's leading homebuilders, dedicated to making an impact and creating an extraordinary experience for their Homeowners, Communities, and Associates by building quality homes and providing exceptional customer service, giving back to the communities in which we work and live in, and fostering a culture of opportunity and growth for our Associates throughout their career. Lennar has been recognized as a Fortune 500® company and consistently ranked among the top homebuilders in the United States.

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The Sr. Manager will work as part of the Lennar Finance Technology team and will be responsible for leading various efforts, leading a team and complex projects pertaining to all technology within the Corporate Systems value stream. This role will liaison directly with internal customers to represent their journey, working cross-functionally to guide products from conception to launch. A strong candidate will demonstrate excellent communication skills, problem solving capabilities, have an analytical mindset, and the ability to bridge the technical, product and business worlds. The ideal candidate must also have a passion for driving change and be customer obsessed.

Your Responsibilities on the Team 

60% Strategy & Planning:

• Lead a team’s direction to drive value-added features for operational finance systems and break down the product vision into continuous value delivery.

• Direct efforts to provide support to production environment including break/fix and minor enhancements.

• Oversee effort to support applications through analyzing the current system environment, using technical tools and utilities, performing complex product customization, and developing implementation and verification procedures to ensure successful installation of systems hardware/software.

• Coordinate with business teams to ensure the business community is satisfied with the current service levels and application functionality.

• Lead the product development team, ensuring successful delivery of roadmap releases and features while achieving product goals and KPIs.

• Proactively address product development issues and escalate to senior leadership when necessary.

• Conduct discovery sessions with internal stakeholders, validating opportunities and solutions to define and manage the product roadmap.

• Demonstrate ability to conduct high level needs analysis and produce reporting and data analysis.

• Demonstrate ability to plan, meet deadlines, and manage competing priorities. Ability to work in a fast-paced dynamic work environment.

• Actively Manage business relationships with respectful candor and hold the line on product mindset and be culture change agent.

• Inform and support the product portfolio vision and ensure its alignment with overall business strategies and objectives.

• Manage resource pipelines to ensure timely delivery and proper support for products and services within the portfolio.

• Monitors effectiveness of current business practices and identifies areas for improvement/innovation. Has exceptional skills and expertise of business processes, and IT systems related to application security.

• Exhibits strong facilitation and communication skills both written and oral and interacts with technical and business personnel.

• Ensure compliance with technical best practices, standards and policies.

10% Delivery & Execution:

• Coordinate with business relationship managers to ensure the business users are satisfied with the current service levels and application functionality.

• Manage and direct the activities of up to 4 analyst resources (i.e., specific application support).

• Documents, reviews and ensures that all quality and change control standards are met.

• Formulates, tests and refines assumptions and hypotheses through user research and testing.

• Creates, prioritizes and accepts user stories; incorporate them into release planning.

• Identifies pros, cons, issues, obstacles, dependencies and values associated with features and enhancements.

30% People:

• Fosters collaboration with core team members (Engineering, User Experience Designers, etc.) to drive value and collectively identify and resolve impediments.

• Manage and direct the activities of up to 4 resources (i.e., specific application support analysts). Acts as a proponent of modern software development practices.

• Advocates for the end user and stakeholder by empathizing with and understanding user needs and becoming the domain expert.

• Regularly works with the team to continuously assess progress, disseminate lessons learned, and understand next steps.

• Manages cross functional team and stakeholder expectations to execute product strategy; provides education to requestors to determine prioritization based on tangible benefits and/or user experience.

• Exhibit active listening, facilitate sessions, and clearly communicate at all levels (Executive Leadership Team, stakeholders, associates, etc.) and in all formats the product's long-term strategy which is used to prioritize short-term action.)

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent certified practical experience; secondary degree preferred (e.g., masters, PhD).
• 7+ years progressive experience concurrent with 3+ years in technical product management and 1+ years in leading product teams.
• Experience driving product roadmap, design and execute against leaderships overall strategy.
• Ability to deliver results in a complex, matrixed environment, driving alignment across multiple stakeholders, break down complex problems, and drive solutioning.
• Strong communication skills with proven experience handling collaboration across executives and other stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills, leading research, analysis, and data insights to inform decisions.

• Oracle application (E1, EPM) certifications are a plus.
• Demonstrated experience with automation, AI/ML practices to transform manual workloads

Life at Lennar

At Lennar, we are committed to fostering a supportive and enriching environment for our Associates, offering a comprehensive array of benefits designed to enhance their well-being and professional growth. Our Associates have access to robust health insurance plans, including Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage, ensuring their health needs are well taken care of. Our 401(k) Retirement Plan, complete with a $1 for $1 Company Match up to 5%, helps secure their financial future, while Paid Parental Leave and an Associate Assistance Plan provide essential support during life's critical moments. To further support our Associates, we provide an Education Assistance Program and up to $30,000 in Adoption Assistance, underscoring our commitment to their diverse needs and aspirations. From the moment of hire, they can enjoy up to three weeks of vacation annually, alongside generous Holiday, Sick Leave, and Personal Day policies. Additionally, we offer a New Hire Referral Bonus Program, significant Home Purchase Discounts, and unique opportunities such as the Everyone’s Included Day. At Lennar, we believe in investing in our Associates, empowering them to thrive both personally and professionally. Lennar Associates will have access to these benefits as outlined by Lennar’s policies and applicable plan terms. Visit Lennartotalrewards.com to view our suite of benefits.

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