SW Development Manager

Description

The position is being filled for an international company providing advisory services in the area of residence and investments planning.

Your Responsibilities:

• Application Development Management

• Manage 3 SW teams (12 people)
• Manage the development of software products which fulfill the requirement specifications generated by either the internal group departments or by customers
• Act as the technical liaison between the IT and users, assess their needs and thoroughly document enhancements required to sw products to meet their demands
• Understand the timing of expected deliverables and build project schedules which meet the requirements
• Define and document the product development process (this should include all steps in the process: specification, prototyping, software development, testing requirements, new control algorithm development, drafting technical documentation, etc.)
• Produce the Application development schedule (Gantt chart form) for all activities to be undertaken in the calendar year including all milestones, project budgets
• Define and select the tools to be used by the IS Development teams to perform their work (the tools used for software development and code management)
• Create the system and define the process by which the IT responds to problem and reports
• Develop and deliver technical presentations to stakeholders regarding IT App development capabilities (personnel, tools, resources, timelines), and IT near

term (12-24 month) product development plan

• Determine the staffing requirements for the IS Development teams required to complete the assigned tasks. Ensure all assigned personnel receive the training necessary
• Ensure that a reasonable % of his/her time is “booked” to active projects. The candidate is expected to materially contribute to the development process and may act as the project manager, software architect or lead software designer for several projects. This is a “working manager” position.

• Technical responsibilities

• Lead the IS development teams to continually improve the SDLC environment
• Ensure that patching and updates are carried out promptly and effectively
• Work with the security team to evolve standards for hardware, software and security in the back-end environment

• Performance & Quality tasks

• Develop and maintain guidelines, procedures and practices for all areas under managerial responsibility
• Work with internal and third party teams to ensure actions are taken and completed to provide and improve services
• Effectively deliver/manage Staff Management including recruitment, mentoring, training, target setting and performance assessment
• Design SLAs for IS development, negotiate and regularly maintain them with IT Service Delivery Manager, business representatives and other stakeholder

Offer

• Bratislava (or home-office and some travels to the office in Bratislava 1 day/week or two weeks)
• employment contract on indefinite period, full-time position
• corresponding salary based on skills and experience (can be discussed upon request)
• employee benefits: 25 days of vacation, home-office possibilities (hybrid remote work), flexible working hours, meal tickets, mobile phone, notebook, opportunities for personal and career growth