Cloud Native Application Development Manager

Job Summary

Collaborates and advises on the development and configuration of applications by understanding the requirements of customers and recommends application performance improvements to ensure alignment with business requirements.

Job Accountabilities - Key Accountabilities

• Understand customers' processes and products and how they fit within the goals of the function or business unit and engage with the solution architect in the reviews and validation of the detailed technical design for business applications provided by the supplier to ensure alignment with business requirements; validate suppliers estimates.
• Produce estimates for the level of effort and cost of new application functionality, perform quality review checks on project deliverables and make recommendations for application performance improvements.
• Act as liaison between the business and IT and support the Portfolio Manager in building the business case, including cost benefit analysis, risk assessment, project scope, and development of a high level plan.
• Support implementation activities, troubleshooting system environmental issues and providing training as required.

Job Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).

Preferred:

• 8+ years of experience in software development, with a focus on cloud-native applications, including at least 3 years in a managerial or leadership role.
• Proven track record of leading cloud-native application development teams in Agile or DevOps environments.