VP, Technology

About the Company

BMI is a mission-driven organization at the forefront of music rights and creator advocacy. Celebrating over 80 years of service to songwriters, composers, music publishers and businesses, BMI is a global leader in music rights management. Currently representing the public performance rights in over 25 million musical works created and owned by more than 1.4 million artists. BMI negotiates music license agreements and distributes the fees it generates as royalties to its affiliated writers and publishers when their songs are publicly performed.

About the Role

POSITION SUMMARY:  Leads all software development, architecture, and development activities for core distribution and copyright management products. Executes budget responsibility for BMI’s portfolio of custom and third party software applications, including the selection, design, development, and operational control of the systems. Drives high impact projects and initiatives.

FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB:

 

Essential Functions: which may be representative but not all inclusive of those commonly associated with this position.

 

• Defines execution plan for technology related to supporting BMI’s operational business.
• Interfaces with product management and other teams to establish requirements, design and timeline for all core rights products.
• Provides ongoing evaluations of technology solutions and capabilities to ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Builds and maintains strong relationships with Product Management and operations stakeholders, direct reports and tech team leaders.
• Leads staff for career growth and determines assignments to meet project delivery success and operational Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
• Determines resource allocation that drives the formulation of labor budgets and ongoing measurement of labor productivity.
• Plans, develops and maintains accurate budget line-items related to assigned 3^rd party software applications.
• Manages day to day operations in all development centers, including the off-shore contractor site.
• Monitors and maintains financial control such as labor, subscriptions, licensing, and maintenance as key drivers for the IT budget.
• Takes leadership for delivery management across business and technology work streams with internal and third-party coordination and collaboration.
• Develops and drives BMI strategy for Cloud computing and operations.
• Regular attendance.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Supports our BMI Core Values and cultivates a culture of diversity and inclusion

 

Supervisory Responsibilities:  Directly supervises departmental employees.   Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.  Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring and training employees; planning, assigning, directing and ensuring reliability of work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

 

 

POSITION QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

 

Education:  Bachelor’s degree in related field; equivalent experience considered.

 

Experience:  Fifteen (15) years’ related technical and leadership experience within application development areas.

 

Skills and Abilities:   which may be representative but not all inclusive of those commonly associated with this position.

 

• Must be familiar with standard computing technology platforms such as J2EE, .Net.
• Full database representation inclusive of Oracle RAC, SQL Server, DB2, etc.
• Experience of 'system of systems' architecture development, partitioning of functionality among applications and components and application interfaces/interoperability concerns.
• Experience of software development methodologies and structured approaches to system development.
• Awareness of systems management and operational support tools.
• Security and/or infrastructure experience would also be a significant benefit.

• Highest level of confidentiality.
• Ability to establish a constructive and informative relationship with employees, management and vendors.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals and technical manuals.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedural manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.

 

 

Machines, Tools, Equipment and Work Aids:  which may be representative but not all inclusive of those commonly associated with this position.

 

Personal computer and associated software. Normal office equipment.

 

License(s)/Certifications Required:  None

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying the position.  Employees may be required to follow other job-related instructions and perform other job-related duties as requested, subject to all applicable state and federal laws.

 

“Commonly associated” is not intended to mean always or only.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.