Director, Application Development Engineering

Centene Corporation is a diversified national organization seeking a Director of Application Development Engineering to lead multiple teams in designing and implementing complex enterprise software solutions. The role involves providing technical guidance, managing a portfolio of projects, and developing goals and strategies for engineering teams to improve health outcomes for members.

Responsibilities:

• Leads and directs multiple teams consisting of Senior Application Development Engineers responsible with large-scale complex Application Development projects / programs for Member/Provider Portals and Data Integrations
• Provides technical guidance to engineering teams and implements best practice development methods
• Participates in technical architecture meetings with the team and providers feedback to the team
• Manages a large portfolio of new development, enhancements, maintenance projects to successful completion navigating quality, schedule, competing priorities and cost management challenges
• Supports established organizational objectives by developing goals and strategies for the engineering teams
• Defines processes to identify and evaluate risks and participates in mitigation and control activities
• Maintains good relationships with Application and Infrastructure Management operational groups
• Partners with Security and SRE teams, makes sure all security and change management policies are followed
• Leads the design and development of proof of concept and prototype application environments
• Maintains staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees; maintains a safe and secure work environment; develops personal growth opportunities for the team members
• Establishes operational objectives and delegates tasks to team Developers to help ensure the stable operation of application development activities
• Provides expert knowledge to develop staff capabilities to strengthen understanding of application development industry, business issues and best practices; evaluate implications to IT
• Develops and communicates departmental objectives; inspire and motivate team members to achieve results
• Holds teams accountable to meet functional, quality, and time line objectives
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree
• 7+ years of related experience
• Prior management experience
• Technical guidance to engineering teams
• Best practice development methods
• Managing a large portfolio of new development, enhancements, maintenance projects
• Navigating quality, schedule, competing priorities and cost management challenges
• Developing goals and strategies for engineering teams
• Identifying and evaluating risks
• Maintaining good relationships with Application and Infrastructure Management operational groups
• Partnering with Security and SRE teams
• Design and development of proof of concept and prototype application environments
• Recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees
• Maintaining a safe and secure work environment
• Developing personal growth opportunities for team members
• Establishing operational objectives and delegating tasks to team Developers
• Providing expert knowledge to develop staff capabilities
• Developing and communicating departmental objectives
• Inspiring and motivating team members to achieve results
• Holding teams accountable to meet functional, quality, and time line objectives
• Complying with all policies and standards
• Member or Provider Portals
• Data Integration
• Healthcare
• React
• Java
• AWS
• CI/CD
• Automation