Manager, Software Development

Career Opportunity Role Title Manager, Software Development Purpose of role The Manager, Software Development will manage a team of Software Developers. Utilizing their technical and software development experience. This role is accountable for the overall architecture, quality and security of applications, the development and on-time implementation of projects, coaching and mentoring the development team and addressing business requirements and expectations.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic thought leadership, build technology roadmaps, address and remove obstacles for the team, prioritize resource allocation to projects and sustains production support Establish
• Establish and maintain open and appropriate communication with application staff and management
• Manage the day-to-day activities of the software development team providing coaching, leadership, guidance and performance management as required
• Document development deliverables, schedules and other necessary information providing progress reports as required
• Liaise with all relevant organizational departments in order to plan and execute projects providing assurance project scopes are accurately and adequately defined in relation to software development
• Perform maintenance of programming for existing versions of the organization's software offerings
• Ensure the functionality, performance, scalability, reliability, realistic implementation schedules and system architecture for each system
• Actively participate in team meetings and offer recommendations / ideas on design projects
• Actively participate in discussion on architecture and design decisions with architects and translate them into implementation details
• Design, code, and test major features in collaboration with Team Members, Design Engineers, Documentation Specialists, Application architects, and other members of the development and technical team to deliver complex changes
• Recruit qualified staff and conduct performance evaluations
• Bring leading edge software development methodologies, tools and technologies to software development practice
• Lead developers in addressing and resolving functional and non-functional requirements
• Other duties as assigned

Key Qualifications

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