Development Manager - IT/Software
Civic Resource Group (CRG), a leading digital consultancy in the Gov 2.0 sector is looking for a Development Manager to join our team of “civic” technologists. We work with a wide range of government and civic sector clients implementing innovative digital strategies and award winning technology solutions that are transforming the very way they govern, provide public services and information, protect the environment, and enhance society. The Development Manager will have superior communication, organization, and technical project management skills, and will oversee development teams working on client specific implementations of Civic Resource Group’s proprietary CivicConnect digital platform. Candidates must be able to articulate needs, opportunities, processes, concepts, solutions, etc., through clear documentation, visualizations and presentations.
If you have serious technical credentials and thrive in the digital space, you LOVE working directly with clients and leading team members, and, most important, are interesting in bringing governments and the broad public sector into the 21st Century…then we want to talk to you!
WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING
The role involves overseeing and directing development teams, interfacing with clients as needed at a high level for solutions strategies and design, participating in and supporting client presentations, meeting development release schedules, and mentoring responsibilities for the assigned team. This role reports to the COO and CTO, and works side by side with solutions architects and digital strategists to inspire and enhance development innovation and quality across the company.
This is a hands-on role, where the Development Manager leads by example and acts as a mentor and role model to development staff members. This position requires considerable skills in/experience with the complete software development lifecycle; excellent communications at all levels—from C-level clients and company principals to colleagues and team members; the ability to create and lead client presentations; and the ability to prioritize resources and tasks and deal with extremely challenging schedules and workloads.
REQUIREMENTS
• Minimum 7-10 years of software development experience with increasing project, team and client management responsibility
• Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent; Masters/MBA preferred
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification highly desired
• Demonstrated ability to cost, schedule, and execute across multiple feature teams to deliver quality software solutions on time
• Knowledge and experience delivering products on .Net platform; other platforms and technologies a plus
• Experience with cloud computing environments, PaaS and/or SaaS development models
• Demonstrated ability in all aspects of hiring: creating staffing plans, writing job descriptions, attracting talent, and making great hires
• Mobile application development experience in iOS and Android (others a plus)
• Agile and/or Scrum development methodologies
• Experience managing teams of 5 or more (experience managing managers a plus)
• Provide continuous training and coaching/mentoring to team members
• Provide feedback for staff performance reviews and take direction on implementing plans on a regular and ongoing basis to guarantee that all team members are on track to reach and exceed goals
• Willingness to travel on occasion for presentations, client engagements, industry/professional events, and other business related
This is a key position for Civic Resource Group as we expand our services and client base in the broad civic sector. We take our mission of “Fulfilling the Promise of Technology” seriously, but also try to have fun fulfilling that mission.
Please include a cover letter telling us why you are the perfect person for this job. Please include recent salary history and any other information about you and your experience that we need to know about you. Submit your resume and cover letter via email ONLY with the subject line Development Manager Position to: jobs@civicresource.com
