Senior-level Technical Writer

## Senior-level Technical Writer Apply locations:
USA-IL Lisle Warrenville Roadtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Yesterday job requisition :
R026575
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* Job Description:

**** Broadcom’s Mainframe Software Division (MSD) is looking for a highly-skilled technical writer with experience writing for software in an Agile environment. Mainframe experience is desired, but it is not required.
**** Mainframe systems are at the heart of the digital economy, with 80% of the world’s structured corporate data residing or originating on mainframes, and 55% of all enterprise applications hitting the mainframe to complete transactions. Our industry-leading products are critical to many Fortune 1000 companies.
**** This position is responsible for leading others to create, curate, use, and deliver end-user technical documentation for high-tech IT audiences, which must be accurate and developed in an Agile team setting. Mentors others in producing accurate content that complies with standards and is audience appropriate.
****** Skills & Competencies*****
* • Strong project management skills***
* • Author, edit, test, and deliver content.***
* • Author audience-appropriate content.***
* • Revise and restructure existing content to improve usability.***
* • Perform independent research to understand a product and the needs of customers and stakeholders.***
* • Communicate clearly and effectively with peers, colleagues, customers, and project teams.***
* • Set priorities and escalate issues appropriately.***
* • Effectively lead a writing team and coordinate communication with one or more project teams.***
* • Proactively identify problems and propose solutions.***
* • Demonstrate mastery with tools including Adobe Experience Manager, Github, Microsoft Office, Confluence, Acrolinx, and other industry products and technology including operating systems, programming concepts, and source control.
****** Key Responsibilities*****
* • Content Creation and Management***
* • Partner with stakeholders, customers, and Agile teams to design, create, test, curate, and deliver accurate, clear, and concise technical content for one or more products that is appropriate for multiple audiences as part of multiple Agile teams.***
* • Participate in peer reviews for your own and other's work.***
* • Collect, analyze, and share data to improve the customer's experience by improving the quality of a product's content.***
* • Define and advocate for multi-year content roadmaps for one or more products.***
* • Advocate for content the customer can find and use easily, including championing department initiatives to provide quality content (such as lean content).***
* • Review the user interface (UI), partner with user experience (UX) designers to suggest ways to make the UI intuitive, and provide content that can be embedded in the UI.***
* • Monitor and respond to customers using a variety of mechanisms to address customer feedback and ensure that content meets their needs.***
* • Function as a subject matter expert for products.
****** Leadership*****
* • Develop and implement efficient ways to manage work and overcome roadblocks to meet deadlines.***
* • Responsible for own professional growth and development by staying current with department and industry standards, by understanding products, customers, and competitors, by meeting training deadlines, and by setting challenging goals for growth.***
* • Demonstrate the flexibility to take on new products and assignments as business needs require.***
* • Represent the company by attending, presenting, and exerting influence at Broadcom and industry conferences, symposiums, and standards bodies.***
* • Communicate, collaborate, coach/mentor, and innovate with others in alignment with core values.***
* • Leverage partnerships with other departments (such as Education, Marketing, Product Management) to understand and improve the customer's experience.***
* • Lead content…