Software Engineering Manager (Dev)

IGT (NYSE:IGT) is a global leader in gaming. We deliver entertaining and responsible gaming experiences for players across all channels and regulated segments, from Lotteries and Gaming Machines to Sports Betting and Digital. Leveraging a wealth of compelling content, substantial investment in innovation, player insights, operational expertise, and leading-edge technology, our solutions deliver unrivaled gaming experiences that engage players and drive growth. We have a well-established local presence and relationships with governments and regulators in more than 100 countries around the world, and create value by adhering to the highest standards of service, integrity, and responsibility. IGT has approximately 10,500 employees. For more information, please visit www.igt.com.

Overview

Location- West Greenwich, RI. Must live within a commutable distance. 

IGT is the w​​orld's leading end-to-end gaming company, uniquely positioned to provide the government-sponsored and commercial gaming industry with proven solutions across the entire continuum of gaming products and channels, including retail, web, and mobile.

Our Company provides customers with best-in-class solutions, and creates maximum value for shareholders, by adhering to the highest levels of service, integrity, responsibility, and innovation.

Our office in Rhode Island, United States, is looking for a manager with at least 5 years of experience on software manager position with strong professional software developer background. We are interested in proactive engineers that love managing a team of developers, enjoy facing new challenges and want to learn and develop themselves as part of an international team. We look for a person with some experience on the whole life cycle of a project (Requirements, Development, Testing and Long-term maintenance).

The candidate is expected to work as the Manager of Instant Games Software Delivery Team for the current and future customers.

The Manager is accountable for the delivery of software development across all the technical

platforms and products delivered virtual software team located in multiple offices across whole region of United States of America

This position is responsible for making reliable tactical decisions with minimal intervention from more senior management. Makes recommendations on strategic issues. Typically manages a group of 10-15 software engineers in both local and remote locations in a highly matrixed organization who are generally focused on either one or more projects or supporting services projects, system delivery projects and production support for several customers..

Responsibilities

• Responsible for making reliable tactical decisions with minimal intervention from more senior management. Makes recommendations on strategic issues.
• Defines assignments, and the overall staffing for system deliveries, services batches and production support.  Plans and tracks progress.
• Plans typically cover one to six months into the future. Communicates progress via regular written and verbal communications. Provides management with input regarding future assignments, requirements, etc.
• Directly interacts with Project Managers, Program Managers and Regional Leads in understanding forecast and ensuring proper support to their projects and jurisdictions.
• Maintains adequate staffing levels within the constraints of the overall budget. Provides staff with career development, counseling, performance appraisals, and work goals / MBOs with support of supervisor.
• Ensures full utilization of resources within the organization.
• Arranges on mentoring the engineers of subordinate software team.
• Leads and motivates staff. Responsible for adherence to corporate departmental policies, procedures, and standards (including design and coding standards).
• First level of escalation regarding team performance and SW quality issues for all key stakeholders.
• Inputs to budgeting process. Responsible for reviewing all group expenditures. Takes part in yearly salary planning.
• Helps establish and enforce best practices in the software delivery lifecycle (SDLC, and Agile). Leads software discipline innovation to enhance the team’s ability to deliver more efficiently, with better quality and a commitment to customer satisfaction.
• Assists in workforce strategic planning to ensure staff is adequately trained and prepared for deliveries requiring new skills and technologies.
• Works with SMEs, SEs and other managers in the effort evaluation/costing of business opportunities.
• Dotted-line supervisory responsibility of cons