AVP Application Development -Enterprise Correspondence

HealthFirst•New York, NY

About The Position

The AVP Application Development provides thought leadership in order to support the digital transformation of Healthfirst’s Enterprise Correspondence capabilities, leads the overall technical direction, and delivers new capabilities that enable a digital and frictionless experience for our customers. The individual will work with various business teams, Program Leadership, Enterprise Architecture, and others to understand and inform business strategy and then establish and deliver on an IT roadmap. They are responsible for ensuring quality and on time delivery. The individual will use their technical experience, along with extensive collaboration with business teams and other technology leaders to design innovative, digital solutions. They will work with Operations and other stakeholders in order to influence the Change Management aspects of a transformation to ensure adoption and optimal outcomes. The leader in this role must have strong impact and influencing skills and executive presence. Duties & Responsibilities: Provide overall IT leadership for Enterprise Correspondence Development teams. This includes support for initiatives, relationships with both internal and external parties, and providing expertise and counsel. Interface with all corporate and business unit leaders to communicate IT application development strategies/plans and gain collaborative support. Remove obstacles, close gaps and manage and mitigate risks to ensure delivery on time, on budget and with impeccable quality. Manage the Technical Directors and provide guidance as they lead their teams and set prioritization. As member of Application Development Leadership and IT Extended Leadership, this leader will work closely with the IT Leadership team and to provide technical leadership to set corporate technology strategy and investment. Overall responsibility for Healthfirst along full life-cycle application development and delivery of complex product portfolios. Create and lead the implementation of internal methodology and process improvements designed to shape the application development organization into a world class team utilizing best in class practices and technologies. Ensure high quality talent, bench strength and succession planning through best practices in recruiting, selection, training, developing, and retaining IT professional staff. Provide leadership to the quality team and provide quality measurements to leadership team. Drive quality initiatives within design and development phase. Responsible for managing financials aligned to delivery within their teams

Requirements

Significant years of progressive leadership experience in software development
Experience building and managing Agile teams
Executive leadership experience
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems or related field.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in computer science, Management Information Systems, or related field.
Excellent negotiating and conflict resolution skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
Strong organizational and planning skills and the ability to agile teams and/or projects simultaneously.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect and organize data and summarize findings and develop conclusions and recommendations.
Ability to thrive in rapidly advancing, changing, and delivery-focused environments
Strong technical background with an engineering focus

Responsibilities

Provide overall IT leadership for Enterprise Correspondence Development teams.
Interface with all corporate and business unit leaders to communicate IT application development strategies/plans and gain collaborative support.
Remove obstacles, close gaps and manage and mitigate risks to ensure delivery on time, on budget and with impeccable quality.
Manage the Technical Directors and provide guidance as they lead their teams and set prioritization.
Provide technical leadership to set corporate technology strategy and investment.
Overall responsibility for Healthfirst along full life-cycle application development and delivery of complex product portfolios.
Create and lead the implementation of internal methodology and process improvements designed to shape the application development organization into a world class team utilizing best in class practices and technologies.
Ensure high quality talent, bench strength and succession planning through best practices in recruiting, selection, training, developing, and retaining IT professional staff.
Provide leadership to the quality team and provide quality measurements to leadership team.
Drive quality initiatives within design and development phase.
Responsible for managing financials aligned to delivery within their teams