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Senior Manager, Custom Development Services
Senior Manager, Custom Development ServicesD2L • Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
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Senior Manager, Custom Development Services

Senior Manager, Custom Development Services

D2L • Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
21 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

General Description :

The Manager Custom Development Services is responsible for leading revenue generating Custom Development Services team that delivers innovative solutions and exceptional customer experience to our client base. Your teams mission is to help our customers extend the capability of the Brightspace platform through public facing APIs integration and extension points. You are charged with continuing to grow and develop a team of highly skilled and passionate full-stack and front-end web developers.

You are an innovative customer oriented seasoned technical leader. Possesses a strong entrepreneurial spirit. Is an expert in cutting edge development practices. Enjoys working with external customers and internal partners to build a growing line of business while bringing inspiration and fun each and every day. Youll reap the rewards of your efforts watching the team grow and deliver exceptional customer experience to our clients.

Major Responsibilities (How Will I Make an Impact) :

This role is accountable for managinga revenuegenerating Custom Development Services team that delivers innovative solutions and exceptional customer experience to our client base.

Performance and People

  • You are passionate about people leadership.
  • You will manage a team ofFront EndWeb Developers and Full Stack Software Developers
  • You will coach and provide opportunities to grow their skillsprovidecareer path opportunities give regular feedback and create a collaborative and open environment.
  • You will create and manage a web of internal team relationships and look for opportunities to collaborate andknowledge sharebetween your team and groups such as Product Management Product Development Sales and other Services teams.
  • You will work closely with Product Management and Product Development to evolve and align to D2L SDK practices

Clients and Projects

  • Clients are of utmost importance to you.
  • You will act as trusted client-advocate within the D2L organization by helping assigned clients design and build extensible platform solutions
  • You will provide consulting in a pre-sales capacity to support scopingpricingand pitching new opportunities
  • You will provide agile development leadership to drive successful completion of client engagements for your team
  • You will build andmaintainpositive relationships and encourage open dialogue and feedback with clients.
  • You will act as a leadership sponsor and escalation point for customersrepresentingServices leadership with customer executives.
  • Your efforts will drive towardachievement ofa 95% average CSAT score with our clients.
  • You willrepresentServices leadership internally with executive level communicationregardingindividualprojectand overall portfolio health.
  • Departmental and Revenue

  • You are focused on delivering business results.
  • Youare responsible forforecasting and revenue delivery against plan services revenue.
  • Youare responsible forbudget adherence across our entire portfolio projects and driving billableutilizationin the team to achieve 40% margin.
  • Youare responsible fordriving a maintenance revenue stream and ensuring quality profitable delivery of solution maintenance against delivered solutions.
  • You willbe responsible formanaging planning and reporting on projects and business metrics for the team including financial customer satisfaction andprojectssuccess.
  • You willestablishacost effectivescalable partner network to ensure a quality elastic supply network is available to ensure capacity is not a limiting factor to revenue delivery.
  • Solutions & Offerings

  • You will drive innovation and continual improvement within the department.
  • You willpartnercross functionally to support GTM readiness for new offerings.
  • You will work with teams across Services & broader D2L to bring new solution offerings to market based on feedback from the team and clients.
  • You will identify opportunities to standardize and productize custom solutions for re-sale.
  • You will proactively look for opportunities to grow the business and provide value to existing clients and prospects through new and improved capabilities and practices across the team.
  • Competencies (What youll bring to the role) :

  • Strategic Planning : Developing and executing strategic plans for the department aligning with overall companyobjectives.
  • Client Relationship Management : Building andmaintainingstrong relationships with clients understanding their needs and ensuringhigh levelsof customer satisfaction.
  • Team Development : Mentoring and developing team members fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growthand career progression.
  • Financial Management : Budgeting and financial oversight of the professional services departmentmonitoringexpenses and revenue to achieve profitability.
  • Problem-Solving : The ability to analyze complex issues and provide effective solutions to challenges that may arise during project delivery.
  • Business Development : Identifyingopportunities for business growth working with sales teams to develop proposals and contributing to the expansion of the client base.
  • Industry Knowledge : In-depth knowledge of the industry market trends and best practices in professional services.
  • Customer Focus : Putting the clients needs first and ensuring that all services provided align with the clients goals and expectations.
  • Team Collaboration : Encouraging collaboration and cross-functional teamwork among different departments within the organization.
  • Quality Assurance : Ensuring the quality of service delivery and adherence to established standards and best practices.
  • Suggested Qualifications / Experience :

  • A bachelors degree in a relevant field such as web development or software engineering.
  • Minimum 3 years of experience in people leadership with progressive experience managing web and full stack software development teams.
  • Minimum 5years ina client facing / custom development / services environment.
  • This position is to fill an existing vacancy

    Required Experience :

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    Employment Type : Full Time

    Experience : years

    Vacancy : 1

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