IT Solution Lead (Corporate Platforms & Systems)
Xcel EnergyMinneapolis, MN
Full Time
Posted October 21, 2026
$98k - $139k
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- Freshness
- Open in the current public read path; this is not an employer guarantee.Last observed October 22, 2026
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- Modern power-system classification not yet published for this listing.Legacy source industry field: Utilities
- Pay provenance
- Employer-provided pay
Job Description
Connected, Committed, Trustworthy, Safe
Key Responsibilities
- The Solution Lead is responsible for leading work within or across end-to-end solution lifecycle. They hold accountability for meeting business needs, supporting business strategy, and ensuring IT solutions have sound operation. They provide in-depth knowledge of business needs, business processes, information management practices, and corresponding solutions. They provide technical guidance in partnership with cross-organizational team members to ensure solutions align with architecture and IT strategy, security, compliance, and governance requirements. They are a key contact to business, customer and stakeholder groups for their respective domain, helping ensure business needs and corresponding value and risk are well represented. The role helps drive adoption and effective use of enterprise applications, collaboration platforms, content management solutions, and emerging digital capabilities. Essential Responsibilities
- Relationship Management: Partner with business areas, customers and other stakeholders to understand business needs and opportunities. Represent business partners/stakeholders in input to strategic planning and investment prioritization. Establish and maintain collaborative partnership with internal partners. Provide coaching and direction to less experienced team members. Identify opportunities for process improvement, information management, and technology enablement that support business objectives.
- Solution Delivery: Participate in Demand Management preparation, lead and support delivery lifecycle activities, and ensure solutions are designed for great user experience and operational performance. Facilitate delivery meetings and ceremonies. Lead analysis and design. Provide needed plans, demo's, artifacts, and procedural documentation. Lead requirements discovery, solution evaluation, and stakeholder alignment activities.
- Operations Management: Ensure solutions are designed for stable operation. Review solution performance, and continually assess health of systems and processes, driving action to avoid service disruption and minimize impacts. Drive alignment with stakeholders on maintenance activities and schedules. Ensure solutions align with applicable security, compliance, governance, and lifecycle management requirements.
- Subject Matter Expertise: Stay abreast of industry and technology trends , including enterprise collaboration, information management, automation, and artificial intelligence capabilities, to continuously improve solution delivery practices and customer satisfaction.
- Software Management: Coordinate with business stakeholders, vendors, sourcing, and procurement teams to support software licensing, contract renewals, and vendor-managed services, helping ensure business needs are represented and renewals are completed in a timely manner.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Science, Business or related field, or 4 years of experience equivalent to the position.
- Seven years of related functional experience.
- Experience with project or product delivery practices, including SDLC, Agile, and Waterfall.
- Demonstrated ability to recommend innovative solutions to meet business needs.
- Ability to drive continuous improvement through lean and agile practices.
- Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of end-to-end process and system capabilities, as well as industry standards and emerging technologies and methods.
- Strong understanding of technical, functional, and operational details of respective solutions.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Demonstrated ability to build functional and technical subject matter expertise, as well as process and tools expertise, and drive consistency in processes.
- In-depth knowledge or the ability to quickly attain expertise on core IT components within the respective domain.
- Excellent communication skills, effective with varying organizational levels and skill sets, and able to translate between technical and non-technical concepts.
- Excellent relationship management and collaboration skills, with a track record of working cross-organizationally to drive innovation and business results.
- Experience supporting enterprise content management, records management, document management, or collaboration platforms.
- Experience working with Microsoft 365 technologies including SharePoint Online, Teams, Power Platform, OneDrive, and Copilot-related capabilities.
- Experience partnering with corporate functions such as Legal, Corporate Communications, Safety, Compliance, Human Resources, or Corporate Services.
- Experience developing solution roadmaps, business cases, governance models, and operating models.
- Experience leading cross-functional initiatives involving business, security, compliance, and technology stakeholders.
- Knowledge of information governance, records retention, privacy, and regulatory compliance practices.
- Experience with vendor relationship management and software lifecycle management.
- Experience facilitating workshops, requirements gathering, process mapping, and stakeholder alignment activities.
- Experience managing complex enterprise applications and integrations.
- Strong understanding of user adoption, change management, and organizational readiness practices.
- Our culture is grounded in shared values and employee commitments that guide how we work, support one another, and grow together.
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