Manager, Software Engineering

The Manager, Software Development, reports to the Director of Engineering and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the technical development team.  Working closely with Product and other Development teams, this role executes the company’s technical, architectural, and commercial product initiatives.

As the Manager, Software Engineering for the Value Analysis & Strategic Sourcing product, you will be leading a team of data engineers, data analysts and software engineers.  Value Analysis & Strategic Sourcing has been set up with an aim towards providing comprehensive real-time market analysis enabling our partners to increase revenue and lower costs.

This role will be a remote position, with the team collaborating over Zoom and occasional trips to the Louisville, CO office (2-4x per year).

Key Responsibilities

Collaborate with the Development, Product, and Architecture teams to:

• Manage the product development team with significant function responsibility
• Work within strict constraints of budget and resources set at both product line and functional level
• Follow established processes and policies in selecting methods and techniques for developing solutions e.g. - Meet audit, compliance, and availability standards,
• Plan and execute the timely release process for deliverables with all stakeholders including necessary communication, etc.
• Recognize changing circumstances and adjust resources to minimize immediate risk.
• Work with others to mitigate risk and communicate to impacted teams
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with domains’ internal and external user base
• Execute strategic plans set at functional level to deliver tactical results.
• Successfully develop individuals, holding team members accountable for actions, building, and evolving technical Development team, ensuring there is capability to support roadmap requirements
• Lead cross functional projects that incorporate product and technology

Key Duties

• Specify and scope product features and define acceptance criteria
• Assess risks and dependencies and identify mitigation strategies
• Participate in department-wide special projects, including coordination activities to resolve broad issues or challenges
• Employ Agile development methodologies for software development activities
• Manage and coordinate technical dependencies with other teams
• Coordinate incident response for the team, including coverage and technical response to issue
• Hire, train, guide, and coach team members
• Other duties as assigned
• Collect and report on data metrics and use data driven approaches to improve team

Key Competencies

• Software Engineering background, including ability to understand technical architecture and implementation at code level
• Ability to drive high level technical discussions independently and serve as a strong partner to our product cross functional teams
• Thorough understanding of, and support for, Agile development methodologies
• Ability to handle multiple concurrent projects
• Ability to effectively communicate across organizational levels and with a variety of stakeholders, including the ability to communicate technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to think strategically
• Ability to make difficult decisions and to drive decisions into actuality.
• Ability to understand and effectively explain up and downstream product, team, and organizational impacts
• Ability to constructively challenge the status quo and to iterate and improve across multiple business domains
• Ability to adapt to changing conditions and lead others through change
• Leadership and mentoring skills including the ability to lead by example, promoting a common purpose and serving as a catalyst for success
• Demonstrate emotional maturity and a positive outlook
• Demonstrated analytical, organizational, prioritization, and time management skills
• Expected to have the demeanor and professionalism to lead by example
• Ability and willingness to travel to remote offices and partners, including international travel up to 4 weeks per year

Required Education, Certifications, and Experience

• S. in Computer Science or related degree, or a combination of education and related experience
• 3+ years of prior software development management experience
• 7+ years of prior software development experience
• Experience leading teams who produce high quality deliverables
• Experience working with an international development team (e.g., internal remote offices or outsourcing partners)
• Experience with Agile development processes
• Experience and ability to lead and mentor a team of data engineers, analysts and software engineers

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with DevOps and Kubernetes
• Experience with building and managing data products
• Experience building and maintaining production systems within the AWS ecosystem

Estimated Salary range for this position: $123,000 - $163,800

The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high end of the GHX’s salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role. The base salary is one component of GHX’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards and benefits include: health, vision, and dental insurance, accident and life insurance, 401k matching, paid-time off, and education reimbursement, to name a few. To view more details of our benefits, visit us here: https://www.ghx.com/about/careers/ 

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