Application Development Manager

iSeries Manager of Application Development

Responsibilities include:

Managing the IT Development staff and contractors – currently consists of 4 resources

Design, development and delivery of quality business applications

Leading the approach and design of partner integrations

Using technical and functional expertise to be a lead architect in designing solutions

Lead design and review sessions with development team, business partners and management

Manage multiple, parallel projects using formal project management methodologies

Maintain controls that accurately reflect completed work against project plans, schedules and budgets, and ensure user/management involvement at appropriate milestones

Manage application design through the various life-cycle stages from business need through design and delivery

Manage project priorities, scope, budgets, timelines and expectations

Review, assess, and recommend vendor solutions and proposals for software and hardware

Develop business cases for requested investment

Lead the development of project documentation and training materials where applicable

Provide technical support and assistance as necessary

Establish and enforce best practices and implement policies and procedures for compliance to ensure company wide standards are followed and to meet SOX and security compliance

Provide management with regular communication on the progress of projects and other initiatives

Responsible for recommending staffing plans and skill sets on a per project basis

Responsible for the management of staffing

Facilitate a departmental culture that encourages ownership of departmental goals and a positive service culture

Experience/Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in a related field or equivalent experience

8+ years demonstrated application development management experience in an ERP environment

Knowledge of supply chain principles and ERP systems

Strong technical knowledge of IBM i (AS/400), RPG, RPGIV/LE, CLP, SQL and DB2/400

Excellent knowledge of IBM i architecture including configuration and performance tuning

Extensive integration experience using APIs / web services and ODBC / JDBC connections to an IBM i

Results-oriented professional who is a self-starter with excellent verbal and written communication skills

Ability to use MS Office tools: Excel, Word, Power Point, Vision, Project, Teams

Demonstrated success of establishing, managing and maintaining effective working relationships at the management level, internal and external to an organization

Strong leadership, teaching and mentoring skills

Critical thinking, strong analytical skills and problem-solving ability

Ability to prioritize multiple projects, requests and support tasks effectively and efficiently

Experience with ERP Software, Datawarehousing / ETL processing a definite plus

Knowledge of Aldon, Robot, MuleSoft, JSON, XML, HTML, ASP.net, iCluster, Apache, Jira a plus