Application Development Manager - Salesforce

Fisher Investments • Plano, TX

14d • Onsite

About The Position

It's an exciting time to join Fisher Investments; we're investing in the future of our firm's technology and information security. Our business is growing internationally, which emphasizes the need to build an unparalleled team that promotes future global growth through strategic solutions and progress. We are looking to hire Application Development Manager for our PMG Technology group. The Opportunity: The Application Development Manager will lead designing, developing and implementing an application and business architecture blueprint; as well as provide guidance with aligning business processes, information management, applications and technical architectures to support the business strategy. You will be responsible for hiring, terminating, and performance reviews of personnel. You will report to the Vice President (VP) of PMG Technology.

Requirements

• 10+ years industry experience with focus on technology architectures
• Strong experience in Salesforce or CRM Technologies, or other related Platforms
• Experience with CRM integrations, cloud technologies, and DevOps.
• Broad technology experience throughout systems development lifecycle, and various areas of technology architecture (infrastructure, application architecture, data architecture, integration)
• Experience with software application architectures and infrastructure technologies
• Must have strong customer interface skills and experience managing development teams to achieve tight time frames and on budget
• Experience with commercial software product development
• Be a coach, building the design and development skills of other team members.
• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience with processes and technologies used in the securities industry, investment management and wealth management industry
• Experience in business process modeling and information architecture design

Responsibilities

• Manage the application development team to insure quality and deliverables
• Support implementation of talent management processes for the application development team
• Develop a team structure that aligns skills sets of the development team against business deliverables
• Engage with business and IT initiatives to help ensure development is aligned with business goals
• Lead business process and information architecture design activities
• Propose informed ideas on technology strategy and direction
• Contribute to and help coordinate the efforts of the Technology Team around associated technologies in portfolio of team
• Define and coordinate the activities of various architecture working groups
• Work with technology leaders to decide technology direction, set goals consistent with the strategy, and communicate progress
• Develop and deliver communications on the Architecture program to business sponsors, solution developers, and infrastructure engineers
• Coordinate specific line of business architecture efforts with those of the overall Enterprise (corporation)
• Work with the VP and other Team Leaders to develop and manage architecture processes to establish sound architectural practices in all phases of the solution development lifecycle
• Recommend to the VP the appropriate information and application architecture approach for distributed component services and information flow
• Develop and proactively manage the portfolio of application and technology programs associated with overall Firm goals

Benefits

• 100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for you and your qualifying dependents
• A 50% 401(k) match, up to the IRS maximum
• 20 days of PTO, plus 10 paid holidays
• Family Support programs including 8 week Paid Primary Caregiver Leave, $10,000 fertility, family forming, and hormonal health assistance, and back-up child, adult, and elder care

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees