Manager, Software Engineering

Responsibilities

• Coordinates multiple projects, reconciling the interdependencies among them, and ensuring they are aligned with higher level initiatives and themes
• Responsible for product development department adherence to deliverables stipulated by client contracts or investment road map
• Participates in improving the development process
• Oversight for the development and delivery of large initiatives
• Enforcement of adherence to the development process
• Coordination of architectural, engineering and product resources to establish scope and solution for development initiatives.
• Conduct performance management and provide continuous feedback/on-going development of direct reports
• Responsible for reviewing large contracts to determine resource needs from the product management organization throughout the development, deployment, and implementation of blocks of custom development projects
• Coordinate the sizing process for development activity ensuring that the sizing includes a documented scope and solution that is understood by the development organization
• Responsible for management, resource coordination, status reporting both internally and externally, and adherence to established timelines throughout the development process for assigned initiatives.
• Participates in planning activities for the development organization
• Performs cross team project lead responsibilities
• Participates in gathering and analyzing development organization statistics
• Acts as the primary contact for all development-related issues and questions pertaining to the initiatives for which that individual is responsible
• Performs other job-related duties and responsibilities as may be assigned from time to time

Qualifications

• BS/BA degree preferred or equivalent technology experience
• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead and manage a team of highly skilled employees and produce quality results in a timely manner
• Demonstrated ability to interact directly with clients in a demanding high-pressure delivery-oriented environment
• Minimum of 3-5 years involvement in management of developing enterprise level software products.
• Working knowledge of software development life cycle including Agile/SCRUM best practices
• Ability to partner effectively with the division’s professional services teams, product management teams, architectural teams, technical services teams, and support teams to align resources and deliveries to our client or internal commitments
• Ability to manage through difficult situations in a manner that exudes leadership
• Ability to understand and drive alignment of our client deliveries to our product roadmap
• Demonstrated expert organization and planning ability
• Ability to communicate across all aspects of the organization
• Excellent interpersonal skills including verbal and written communication skills, teamwork and customer service skills
• High level organization and scheduling skills as well as the ability to mediate between the conflicting demands of the organization – project management experience
• Selected Candidates are required to undergo and satisfactorily pass a finger print background check in accordance with CJIS requirements.