Development Manager

Summary of the Role

Development Manager responsible for project delivery, people management and customer satisfaction in the assigned functional/ technology area.

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Main Responsibilities

• Leading large, highly talented technology teams responsible for building and owning complex products.

• Delivery of highly available, highly reliable, near zero defect software.

• Own 24/7 highly available services in production

• Inculcates a culture of Innovation and high quality in teams

• Influence, collaborate and communicate effectively with various leaders

• Motivating, mentorship, multi-tasking role for a team.

• Work in fast paced development environment, interacting with product owner, business analysts, testers and developers.

• Responsible for effective utilization of resources & capability development towards achieving project goals

• Providing overall direction to the project teams and is responsible for administrative activities related to the project

• Routine reporting of the project status to the senior management and takes appropriate project related decisions

• Analyzing various types of risks for the project success and preparing mitigation plan for the same.

• Recruitment, appraisal and development of people

• Client interaction
  

Technical Skills

• Very strong in technology and architecture, using Java and Web Services (SOAP & REST)

• Ability to review the code for design and architecture compliance

• Ability to mentor team members technically and guide them to identify solutions. Review the solution and identify the best solution with reasoning.

• A background of technical lead or architect is highly desirable

• Must have created low level and high level technical design documents.

• Experience in using UML tools and diagrams are a must.

• Strong in design patterns and their applications

• Ability to plan the releases and execute as per plan

• Experience in Middleware or EAI tools would be a plus

• Very strong in technology and architecture, using Java/JEE and related framework.

• Ability to review the code for design and architecture compliance

• Ability to mentor team members technically and guide them to identify solutions. Review the solution and identify the best solution with reasoning.

• A background of technical lead or architect is highly desirable

• Must have created low level and high level technical design documents.

• Experience in using UML tools and diagrams are a must.

• Strong in design patterns and their applications

• Ability to plan the releases and execute as per plan

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Personal Skills

• Self-motivated and team-oriented

• Able to work both autonomously and effectively as part of a geographically dispersed team

• Good leadership and management skills

• Strong Communication Skills

• Proficiency in English essential (written and spoken)

• Customer focus

• Analytical and Conceptual Thinking

• Information gathering and problem solving skills

• Strong sense of Ownership, Accountability & is Proactive

• Change management & flexibility

• Collaborative and co-ordination skills

• Empowerment & coaching

• Experience in handling 20 team members

• Mentoring Junior Team members on day to day technical activities

• Interact with the client or developers across different geographies

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