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Manager, Application Development
Req#: 459874
Updated: 11/03/2017
Job Type: Full Time
Location: Warwick, RI
Salary: Commensurate with Experience
Benefits: Full Benefits
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Job Description

JOB BRIEF

Position requires strong communications skills, project management skills, and an excellent technical background in application development. Must be able to effectively manage a group of cross-functional technical resources ranging in experience from junior to senior levels. Candidate must demonstrate a history of technical experience working with various enterprise applications. Responsibile for providing roll-up reporting to senior management on the projects underway within their team, and will participate in developing the long-term application vision for TMS.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS *

Strong organization skills associated with the management of individuals working on application related projects, specifically including:

• Ability to effectively manage group of junior to senior level technical resources
• Ability to effectively communicate status reports to senior management
• Ability to contribute to and implement team wide process improvements
• Participate in architectural decisions for company wide strategies
• Strong experience working with development teams on the interaction of custom-developed software into major enterprise applications
• Strong experience working with database technologies, including Oracle and SQL Server
• Strong experience working with the business units as part of a project team in identifying the most optimal applications to solve a problems
• Ability to work with Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity teams on the development, definition, delivery, and testing of the fail-over capabilities of the application infrastructures that you design and support
• Ability to effectively present and communicate the application infrastructure of a particular system to the platform team.


MARGINAL OR PERIPHERAL FUNCTIONS

• Ability and willingness to multi-task in a high paced environment.
• Ability and willingness to complete tasks by deadlines
• Work well with co-workers, supervisor(s), and external clients.

 
 






Skills/Requirements

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS 

• Ability and willingness to multi-task in a high paced environment.
• Ability and willingness to complete tasks by deadlines
• Work well with co-workers, supervisor(s), and external clients.

 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience working within the Education marketplace
• Experience working for a Business Process Outsourcer
• Experience managing technical resources
• Knowledge of the TMS product suite

COMPETENCIES/SKILLS

• Experience working within the Education marketplace
• Experience working for a Business Process Outsourcer
• Experience managing technical resources
• Knowledge of the TMS product suite

 
EQUIPMENT/APPLICATIONS USED

Laptop computer
• General office equipment including: Printer, Fax, Copier, Calculator, Scanner
• Cortland Applications
• Microsoft Office Suite

TRAINING REQUIRED

• Ongoing product, service, and process training
• Compliance training/assessments

 
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