Position Summary The position of Development Manager is established to facilitate management of programming resources in the Core & Business Applications Department. They will directly manage development resources, ensure quality standards, review code, and manage testing inside the Programming Department by reviewing the design of software, work with Project Stakeholders to establish scope and work effort for tasks, and ensure meeting of deadlines by allocating programming resources. The Development Manager will also monitor and manage development service levels. Minimum Qualifications (Education, Experience, Skills)
- Certificate or Bachelors’ Degree in Information Systems or similar field, and 7 or more years working in a technical position, preferably in a financial institution.
- 3 years management or leadership experience including demonstrated success in planning, organizing, leading and oversight.
- 5 years of development experience with the Symitar system including programming in the PowerOn language. PowerOn2, AIX and/or Microsoft .Net experience desirable.
- Professional and effective interaction, verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience working in an agile environment. Scrum Master Certification experience highly preferred.
- Experience with OpCon and other scripting or automation languages preferred.
- Good follow-through with the ability to meet deadlines.
- Organization skills sufficient to successfully manage multiple projects, establish priorities and meet deadlines. Ability to manage multiple, complex projects involving both in-house and 3rd party staff.
- Intermediate level competency with PC Software such as MS Office Suite, Visio, Visual Studio and Project Management Software.
- Track record of applying critical thinking and emotional intelligence skills in a wide variety of situations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide managerial oversight of the activities for areas of responsibility, including assigned staff and functional deliverables of the team. Demonstrate leadership in words and actions on a daily basis; act as role model for success and engagement. Create a positive work environment conducive to trust and transparency.
- Responsible for the performance management of staff, to include daily feedback, coaching and mentoring; administration of appraisals that are timely and meaningful. Identify and address deficiencies constructively. Continually support, encourage and motivate team members toward ongoing growth and development.
- Consult with Human Resources (HR) on issues outside of the normal scope of performance or behavior. Report all issues of safety or legal consequence immediately and surface undesirable patterns as they are discovered. Partner with HR on all employment decisions, and refer requests for changes in terms or scheduling to the HR department.
- Monitor approved schedules, review and approve timesheets of staff, and ensure all expenses are reported as per company policy. Schedule and provide staff the opportunity for meal and rest breaks, while ensuring operational coverage is maintained.
- Analyze user requirements and generate and evaluate technical designs.
- Interface with project stakeholders to allocate resources to meet deadlines.
- Evaluate progress and determine if deadlines will be met.
- Establish, manage and enforce development best practices.
- Manage and evaluate internal and external development resources.
- Manage and coordinate internal testing of custom code.
- Participate in Agile/Scrum environment.
- Consider project proposals and evaluate technical feasibility.
- Provide support to business in regards to technical difficulties.
- Provide and coordinate off hour’s support of custom code.
- Generate ideas for improving technical products.
- When appointed, review time logs and programmers; insure proper timekeeping on IT projects; refer problems or concerns to management.
- Adhere to Software Development Life Cycle policy and formal change control process.
- Participate in the Change Action Board for changes; identify and explain benefits and risks of deployment.
- Stay current on programming features and Symitar software releases.
- Understand system infrastructure in regards to working with multiple systems.
- Participate in AML/BSA compliance training as assigned. Adhere to credit union AML/BSA policy and procedures including CTR rules and form preparation, identify and refer suspicious activity to the Compliance Department, perform OFAC comparisons, and properly identify individuals in accordance with Branch Operations procedures.
Other Duties and Responsibilities
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Physical Demands and Work Environment The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Monday-Friday: 8:00am/5:00pm Saturday – OFF Sunday – OFF
Full Time – 40 hours a week
