Director, Application Development

• Own end-to-end delivery outcomes across the Release Train, ensuring teams deliver predictable, high-quality results aligned to organizational priorities.
• Reviews, analyzes, creates, documents, approves, and implements development guidelines, standards, and procedures.
• Serves as the accountable leader for Release Train performance, delivery results, technical outcomes, and organizational effectiveness.
• Partner with Product Management to align priorities, team capacity, sequencing, and delivery commitments.
• Assigned as owner of IT areas and enterprise systems, such as automated testing or Agile development.
• Integrates development best practices and technology standards across the organization.
• Responsible for the coaching, development, succession planning, and performance of Agile Team Leaders and other direct reports.
• Responsible for ensuring system availability in alignment with internal and external service level expectations.
• Maintain safety, security, and privacy standards throughout all areas of responsibility.

• Knowledge about application development, IT operations, finance, and other corporate systems.
• Knowledge of Agile delivery methods, scaled Agile practices, organizational leadership, software delivery management, and enterprise technology platforms.

Skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Office products, including but not limited to: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Visio.
• Experience with service-oriented architecture and development, database, or IT.

Abilities

• Ability to manage a high-performing team while participating in hiring, performance evaluations, and coaching.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Experience with handling or managing customer interactions and deliverables.
• Excellent communication, presentation, collaboration, problem solving, and facilitation skills.
• Demonstrated experience with managing development for complex applications on time and within budget.
• Demonstrated record of product/project related success.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and assign work in order to meet deadlines.
• Ability to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical users at all levels of an organization.

Other Essential Requirements

• 12 years’ experience in management of software development.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Sciences, Management Information Systems, or related field.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related field is preferred.