Software Development Manager

Summary:

The Manager of Software Development will mentor, coach and motivate the software development team; manage the implementation of the development processes, tools, techniques and standards; champion best practices by developing programs to disperse knowledge and skills (development methods, estimating, debugging etc) and manage the career development of the collective team.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for mentoring and coaching Software Development Team and its Technical Leads
• Collaborating with peers across all sites to define high technical standards for the team (ie. Code conventions, code reviews, etc.)
• Ensure that adherence to technical standards, process and policy is being followed.
• Day-to-day management of the Software Development function within the local office
• Collaborate with peers across all sites and functions (QA, SCM, UX, etc) to define, socialize and then execute a set of software metrics to measure the performance of the team and the success (of failure) of any process changes.
• Collaborate with peers across all sites and functions (QA, SCM, UX, etc) to define, socialize and then execute process improvements throughout the entire SDLC.
• Collaborate with peers across all sites and functions (QA, SCM, UX, etc) to define, socialize and then execute coos site process standardization and harmonization.
• Work with peers across all sites and functions (QA, SCM, UX, etc) using feedback loops (metrics, retrospectives, etc) to continually drive performance improvement.
• Work with architecture team to define platform and language choices, high level design, tool sets, etc.
• Staffing, retention, performance reviews, etc.
• General inspiration and leadership for the team, including maintaining morale

Requirements:

• University degree in Computer Science or Engineering.
• A minimum of eight (8) years experience in software development.
• A minimum of five (5) years of staff management or team lead experience.
• Experience in software design, web application development, and project management.
• Demonstrated ability to motivate a team to achieve the defined vision and product objectives while balancing business priorities through collaboration with senior management members.
• Knowledge of or experience leading Quality Assurance teams.
• Proven experience in having developed an autonomous development team.
• Results oriented with a proven track record of delivering on time and on budget.
• Ability to lead a team of development professionals in a satellite location.
• Skilled in communicating audience-dependent content.
• Demonstrated creative problem-solving, resource allocation and sourcing, long-term planning, and development of project management processes and systems.
• Demonstrated financial accountability delivering toward established financial objectives.
•  A passion for technology and software development methodology.
• Excellent communication skills