Development Lead

This role will coordinate and assist in the interaction across all Business Technology and Technical Services areas along with user departments on systems projects and problems; Plan, direct and evaluate the work of team in the analysis, architecture and development of new systems or the revision of existing systems; Review work completed and in progress for completeness, efficiency, accuracy and adherence to standards.

Job Function:

• Manage and execute projects or IT support tasks in alignment with Bank objectives and business initiatives
• Assume technical ownership and management of assigned software products, projects and support.
• Manage Technical Scorecard for assigned systems
• Lead technical teams comprising onshore/offshore consultants and employees  at various levels on projects or system support tasks
• Motivate and provide mentorship to technical team as needed
• Ensure support capabilities for all active systems assigned and ensure proper handling of all support and maintenance requests
• Monitor systems development efforts for compliance with documented standards and guidelines
• Keep current with and evaluate new technical developments as appropriate to the Bank’s business plans and strategic objectives 
• Engage in technology strategic planning, assessment and alignment of technology efforts with business initiatives
• Manage assigned projects through deployment ensuring that all projects are undertaken according to documented standards
• Planning and Project Management
• Manage and report on active projects
• Participation on project leadership teams as assigned.
• Participation on group wide committees for the planning and scheduling of project execution.
• Plan and manage budget for projects
• Coordinate project meetings
• Allocate and manage technical resources for Bank initiatives
• Assign project/tasks to project teams
• Monitor all technical deliverables for completeness and accuracy
• Conflict resolution
• Provide subject matter expertise on key Bank initiatives as needed
• Perform technical duties as needed

Skills:

• Good management and administrative skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Good human relations, communications, negotiation, problem solving, teamwork and interpersonal skills at all level of the organization
• Ability to manage and provide guidance to employees and consultants, both on-shore and off-shore.
• Ability to effectively manage systems development efforts and life cycles.
• Knowledge of current trends in the information technology, software development, project management, etc.
• Knowledge of programming and computer languages, operating systems, application packages, database management systems, networks, and hardware capabilities.
• Knowledge of planning, budgeting, and quality assurance as it relates to software development projects.
• Ability to effectively manage competing priorities.
• Systems analysis and design.
• Contract negotiations.
• Project management.
• Software engineering principles and practices.
• System Integration among diverse platforms.

Experience:

Minimum five years of experience with analysis, design and programming in distributed platforms as a manager with hands-on responsibility.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree preferred. MBA is a plus.  Professional experience will be considered in lieu of education.

Salary Range $170,000 to $180,000

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