Senior Manager, Software Development

Role Overview

• Manage all aspects of the team, including development and testing, internal and external communication/collaboration, performance management and improvement, and professional growth.
• Develop, organize, prioritize, and assign objectives and responsibilities consistent with department, division, and corporate goals.
• Communicate and represent departmental interests to team, other departments, divisions, and various management levels as necessary.
• Provide leadership to the team through mentoring, training, and managing the activities of the team.
• Manage and lead project scoping and scheduling of engineering projects; track progress of individual tasks and alert stakeholders of any concerns meeting schedules.
• Ensure that projects are completed and implemented in a timely manner while following established procedures and schedules.
• Regularly communicate development and testing status, project risks, resource requirements and allocation, and other relevant knowledge with upper management.
• Advocate for the adoption of best practices and continuous improvement throughout the software lifecycle.
• Become actively involved in daily operations and duties as needed to meet schedules or to resolve complex problems or issues.
• Be a change enabler.
• Be responsible for tactical management of a functional area, feature, product, or multiple products or solutions, involving senior leadership as required in major decisioning.
• Balance innovation vs. delivery commitments.
• Managing diverse teams (skills, geography, seniority).

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in quantitative field, preferably computer science, math, or statistics.
• Requires a minimum of twelve years of related programming or testing experience, including three years of project lead, supervisory or management experience.
• Practical experience with more than one programming language (SAS, C/C++, SQL, Java, Go).
• Owns end-to-end delivery outcomes – scope, schedule, risk management.
• Experience with collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Ensure projects meet timelines, quality, and process standards.
• A strong understanding of how Agile SDLC practices enable a successful team.
• Experience leading development and delivery at the enterprise system level.
• Experience influencing stakeholders outside of your team and business unit.
• Experience using SAS products (preferred, not required).
• Maintains accountability for software lifecycle, customer-impacting issues, and continuous improvement.
• Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.

Tech Stack

• Java
• SDLC
• SQL
• Go

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.
• Medical plan options include: PPO with low annual deductible and copays.
• HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).
• Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan.
• There's a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge!
• An industry-leading 401k plan.
• Tuition Assistance Program and programs and resources to support your development.
• Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.
• Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.
• Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees.