Job DescriptionnSr Manager of Platform Development, partners with technical product management and other key business stakeholders to lead the technology direction, facilitate key technical decision points, and deliver products. The position aligns technology to business strategy and proactively drives a technical direction throughout the organization. The Sr Manager will oversee a platform engineering team(s) building on our Learning Management Platform and related shared services where our full-time students go to school every day.nESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.nn? Partner with technical product management and other key business stakeholders to lead the technology direction, facilitate key technical decision points, and deliver products;nn? Interface with other engineering groups and enterprise architecture; collaborate on integration projects, best practices, and the introduction of new technologies;nn? Commit to roadmaps with capabilities and timelines, with a proven track record for new product and technology evaluation and introduction;nn? Align technology to business strategy, and proactively drive a technical direction throughout the organization;nn? Adopt a Continuous Integration/Deployment (CI/CD) methodology and institute a frequent release cadence;nn? Manage a team consisting of Software Engineers and Quality Assurance Engineers. Oversee both fulltime and contract resources;nn? Lead and mentor engineering team members;nn? Have an innovation mindset to product development, engineering, and development processes and provide thought leadership and information dissemination in this area.nnSupervisory Responsibilities: Directly supervises 7 - 15 Full-time Equivalent (FTE) regular employees and/or contractors. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.nnMINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: nn? Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems or a related field ANDnn? Six (6) years' proven experience in software engineering leadership roles ANDnn? Strong engineering delivery and execution track record, with proven experience around the complete lifecycle of product development ORnn? An equivalent combination of education and experiencennCertificates and Licenses: None required.nnOTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:nn· Ability to attract talent, inspire the organization, and develop the next generation of leadersnn· Ability to build trusting, meaningful relationships with peers, stakeholders, and partners.nn· Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including influencing technical decisions and direction, conflict management, negotiation, and presentationsnn· Full commitment to customer satisfactionnn· Identify and drive innovation in products, technologies, processes, and solutionsnn· Has high standards, results-oriented, pro-active and a commitment to delivering high-quality software on time and in budgetnn· Leadership skills to include coaching/mentoring, critical thinking, facilitation, change leadership, and team developmentnn· Software development and overall automation including Agile, CI/CD, DevOps, build and test automation, orchestration/fulfillment, assurance, performancenn· Relevant experience in large-scale application architecture/design, middleware architecture, integration architecture, application deployment methods, automation, testing, compliance, auditingnn· Service-oriented and microservice architecture for highly available cloud-hosted applications and services in AWSnn· Understanding of UI/UX principles and best practicesnn· Abil