Technical Development Manager

Job Summary:

Role & responsibilities

• Responsible for providing technical leadership to application development efforts to meet and or exceed client expectations.
• Responsible for practicing Agile principle on project execution
• Responsible for conducting effective requirement planning sessions and application design sessions with cross functional groups.
• Responsible for leading and directing the technical tasks to the team.
• Ensures successful end-end delivery of the project.
• Proficient in RISK management.
• Encourages collaborative efforts and camaraderie with on-shore and off-shore team members
• Demonstrates a working understanding of both quality assurance and software development processes and methodologies, with the ability to share that knowledge with peers, and project team members
• Demonstrates a strong working understanding of industry best standards in software development and version controlling
• Ensures the quality and low bug rates of code released into production Work with Engagement Manager on managing the team, projects and products of the Portfolio.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelors/Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 12+ years of overall experience in software development.
• Solid technical background, with understanding and hands-on experience in software development and web technologies.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• A minimum of 4 years of experience in agile software development using techniques such as scrum ceremonies, user stories, use cases, personas, scrum testing, unit testing, and dev ops
• Technical and project management certifications.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, facilitation, presentation, and collaboration skills
• Strong analytical skills and technical acumen. Ability to decompose high-level information into details on the one hand, and abstract up from low-level information on the other hand
• Ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of people, including executives, managers, end users, business customers, technical architects, developers, designers, PMO/program managers, and subject matter experts
• Experience and competency with both agile and waterfall software development methodologies
• Experience with different project management, reporting, user story, defect management and testing tools.
• Experience working for large organizations, large programs, and cross-organizational initiatives
• Experience working with PMO processes and reporting

Preferred Skills:

• Technical or project management certifications.
• Experience working in large organizations or cross-organizational programs.
• Familiarity with PMO processes, reporting, and tools.
• Ability to break down high-level requirements into detailed tasks and abstract low-level details to strategic insights.