Information technology development manager job description

Adaptive Solutions Group is a premier provider of information technology personnel. We provide a variety of technical professionals available for contract, contract to hire, or direct placement positions to companies in and around the Kansas City and St. Louis areas.
We are currently looking for an
Application Development IT Manager
to join our team.


Responsibilities


The Manager position is responsible for overseeing the execution of operational, tactical, and strategic activities on a day-to-day basis. This position is responsible for determining time and resources needed to complete assignments and leads team members in prioritizing and completing assigned tasks and projects. This position is also responsible for people management activities including career planning/support, training, interviewing, hiring, rewarding, disciplining, and performance and salary reviews. The Manager is responsible for developing and retaining strong performers and preparing them for future responsibilities. This position collaborates with other managers to identify and plan for resources needed to accomplish long-term goals. The Manager position develops and maintains procedures that support team activities associated with specific area of expertise or responsibility and leads individuals in adhering to and supporting team procedures. The manager creates strong morale within the team through open dialogue and action.



Required Qualifications


Must be presently authorized to work in the U.S. without a requirement for work authorization sponsorship by our company for this position now or in the future The IT Manager position typically requires 6 years of related experience Experience managing a professional staff in application development, service fulfillment or a support organization Experience managing people, including career planning/support, training, interviewing, hiring, rewarding, disciplining, and performance and salary reviews Experience directing technical individuals in achieving project goals Experience managing projects and situations in a matrix resource environment Experience motivating and directing teams to accomplish goals Experience in requirements gathering, including analyzing symptoms and causes, identifying and defining the problem to be solved and developing solutions Customer service support ethic and focus to deliver the highest, most consistent level of customer service to our customers Must demonstrate flexibility and agility related to critical thinking and making decisions with complex considerations as it relates to business implications Excellent communication skills, including good listening skills Experience designing or improving production or workflow processes Experience managing more than one project or release simultaneously Must be comfortable managing employees from multiple work sites Must be committed to incorporating security into all decisions and daily job responsibilities


Adaptive Solutions Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package that includes medical, dental, STD/LTD, life insurance coverage, 401k, paid vacation and holidays.

Adaptive Solutions Group is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.

IT Development Manager

Location
Headquarters-Troy, MI

Job Summary
The Enterprise Application Services team is looking for an IT Development Manager to lead the content integration team. This team is responsible for integrating systems and processes to the content management platforms. The manager should have an extensive technical background to guide the team in development, implementation, integration, and maintenance of content systems.

Job Responsibilities:
Serve as a technical lead and mentor. Provide technical support and leadership in the development and continual improvement of content integration applications.Have great written and verbal communication skills, ability to easily grasp business concepts, and possesses skills to build a vision.Direct the day-to-day operations and be responsible to provide guidance and leadership to the team as they lead multiple projects or activities Consult with IT teams to develop an understanding of the varied and complex business needs supported by responsible systems, and determine how changing business needs will affect these systems.Understands the role of responsible systems in the big picture and provides ideas and recommendations regarding content system evolution.Reviews project and support requests, and assigns team personnel to development, maintenance, and related activities.Prepares time and cost estimates and establishes/implements and integrates new or revised applications systems and programs.Reviews and evaluates work and prepares performance reports.Confers with and advises subordinates on administrative policies and procedures, technical problems, priorities, and methods.Consults with personnel in other IT teams to coordinate activities.Prepares activity and progress reports for one or many assigned low-to-high rigor projects.Works with third party vendors that provide both customer and internally-facing applications and services.Ensures software release quality and that customer expectations and milestones are met, and provides options/workarounds when issues are encountered; escalates when required.Adheres to all SDLC requirements, PMO standards, and incident management processes and procedures.Ensures compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Completes all required compliance training. Maintains knowledge of and adhere to Flagstar's internal compliance policies and procedures. Takes responsibility to keep up to date with changing regulations and policies .

Job Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field required or 5 years comparable experience5 years of leading application development or maintenance programs3 years leading Information Technology professionals Prior functional experience as a software developer, business analyst, and/or project manager Exhibits a strong understanding of technology and business process Excellent ability in interpreting customer business needs and translating them into application and operational requirements Strong proficiency with both Agile and Waterfall/SDLC methodologies Strong understanding of modern software design paradigms and architecture patterns Proven ability to establish a high level of trust and confidence in both the business and IT communities Excellent ability to communicate verbally and in technical writing to all levels of the organization in a proactive, contextually appropriate manner Excellent ability to prioritize work by dividing time, attention, and effort between current project workload and ongoing support tasks Strong ability to deliver presentations of complex information to a variety of audiences Good ability to perform strategic data analysis and research to support the Business Unit's technology needs Strong ability to communicate effectively and deliver difficult messages with diplomacy and influence without control.Strong ability in planning requests, project charters and provide updates for managers, directors and executives Excellent ability to handle multiple competing deadlines on corporate initiatives and team requirements Strong ability to determine solutions to team and departmental requests and needs Good ability to discern risks and issues with technology deployed and being evaluated Strong ability to identify root cause and resolutions to system failures Good ability to maintain high level of understanding of new technology and industry trends

For internal use only: Job Band D

Enterprise Holdings is the world's largest car rental operator and an industry leader in mobility and technology. We're one of the top global travel companies, ranking ahead of many airlines and most cruise lines and hotels. And no matter what transportation challenges our customers face, we have an innovative solution.

We operate the Enterprise Rent-A-Car National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car brands via more than 9,500 fully staffed neighborhood and airport offices, including franchisee branches, in nearly 100 countries and territories.

Through this robust global network, we operate a fleet of nearly 1.7 million vehicles and provide a comprehensive portfolio of transportation solutions, including car rental, carsharing, vanpooling, car sales, truck rental, vehicle-subscription and affiliated fleet management services. As a total mobility provider, we serve the needs of a wide variety of customers, businesses, government agencies and organizations every day.

At the center of it all, our dedicated IT teams innovate, design and develop the technology that is redefining how customers rent, buy and share vehicles from our family of brands. Here, you will be part of a diverse and talented team that creates and delivers powerful technology solutions for our customers and employees across the world with the resources and support to develop in a variety of career paths.

As an Enterprise employee, we offer an excellent package with market-competitive pay, comprehensive healthcare packages, 401k matching & profit sharing, schedule flexibility, work from home opportunities, paid time off, and organizational growth potential.

This position is open to candidates who wish to work from home (WFH). Employees who choose virtual / remote work should have an adequate space to serve as their home office. #LI-REMOTE
Responsibilities
The Rental Operations Strategic Delivery department is responsible for the development of strategic solutions that enable business capabilities for our network of car and truck rental branches worldwide. In this role, you will lead teams responsible for solution development of new React client applications. As an IT Manager , you engage and interact with a variety Client, API, Service and Product teams to enable new capabilities of the solutions we are developing in alignment with our Cloud and IT strategies. The technologies used include a mixture of React, Java, Android, Oracle, and on-prem and AWS cloud-based servers. Now is an exciting time to be part of this team as we are growing our portfolio of innovative rental solutions that support consistent and reliable experiences for our customers in an evolving transportation landscape.
As an IT Manager , you will be responsible for managing the execution of operational, tactical, and strategic activities on a day-to-day basis. This position is responsible for determining time and resources needed to complete assignments and leads team members in prioritizing and completing assigned tasks and projects, as well as identifying and resolving roadblocks, determining timelines, raising risks and identifying solutions. This position is also responsible for people management activities including career planning/support, training, interviewing, hiring, rewarding, disciplining, and conducting performance and salary reviews.
Additional responsibilities include collaborating with other IT teams to understand production support requests and project requirements, identifying staffing needs, helping to oversee the implementation and deployment of team projects and new technology, and on-call management.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans
Qualifications
Required:
Must be presently authorized to work in the U.S. without a requirement for work authorization sponsorship by our company for this position now or in the future The IT Manager position typically requires 6 or more years of related application development experience Strong knowledge of the software development life cycle processes e.g. Lean/Agile methodologies Experience in people management activities, including career planning/support, training, interviewing, hiring, rewarding, disciplining, and performance and salary review Experience leading and mentoring technical professionals Proven ability to motivate and direct teams to accomplish goals Prior experience defining and managing IT projects Must have strong leadership qualities, with the ability to establish and maintain solid working relationships with subordinates, peers, management and teams/departments within the IT organization Must have strong personal management skills emphasizing time management, organization and attention to detail Must have excellent problem solving and analytical skills, with the ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions Must be able to work independently with a sense of urgency to accomplish department / project tasks Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, including good listening skills Must demonstrate the ability to achieve results through others Must be committed to incorporating security into all decisions and daily job responsibilities
Preferred:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems, or related field preferred Experience with full-stack or front-end web application development Prior experience managing application development teams Experience managing in a matrixed reporting structure Experience with Atlassian Confluence and Jira tools Experience with any of the following is a plus: Knowledge of API and service-oriented architecture (SOA) Experience working in AWS environment Participating or facilitating production outage troubleshooting sessions and providing root cause explanations to leadership