Manager, CMS Engineering

AARP • Washington, DC

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager, CMS Engineering is a core technical resource on a platform, capability, or development team and a multifaceted leader responsible for managing and coaching Engineers in the architecture design, development, maintenance, administration, and continuous improvement of AARP’s enterprise and business solutions. The position combines leadership of an engineering team with ownership of the technology lifecycle for an assigned capability or product area. The manager ensures engineers use AARP and industry-standard practices to deliver quality and optimize value, while also performing hands-on development and configuration to build business-value-based solutions within AARP’s technology ecosystem.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience.
• 8+ years of application or software engineering experience, including Java or similar enterprise development technologies.
• 5+ years of experience developing, supporting, or architecting enterprise CMS platforms, with strong knowledge of CMS architecture, integrations, and development best practices.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM).
• 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams, including people management, coaching, mentoring, and developing technical talent.
• Experience developing or supporting applications in cloud environments such as AWS.
• Regular and reliable job attendance.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to exhibit respect and understanding of others to maintain professional relationships.
• Independent judgment in evaluating options and making sound decisions.
• Must be able to work remotely only within the United States and its territories.
• AARP will not sponsor an employment visa for this position.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Adobe Experience Cloud products, including Adobe Analytics and Adobe Target.
• AEM certification.
• Experience developing or executing technical roadmaps for enterprise digital platforms.

Responsibilities

• Establish the technical roadmap for the assigned platform or capability, considering value-based outcomes, maintenance costs, supportability, and performance; guide engineers in demonstrating this responsibility through management, coaching, and mentoring.
• Ensure sound integration, data, security, and business architecture throughout the platform or capability lifecycle, and ensure engineering work follows relevant AARP policies and standards.
• Deliver technical solutions rapidly in alignment with business and platform outcomes, while coaching and mentoring engineers to do the same.
• Provide technical leadership for internal and external audits, disaster recovery, ongoing operations, production support, third-party development or implementation services, contract negotiations, and business interactions related to platform or capability systems and services.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to platform or capability systems, solutions, and services.
• Innovate and drive continuous improvements to implementation methodology and technical service offerings based on customer and employee experiences or other enterprise objectives and outcomes.
• Participate in an engineering Community of Interest across capability and platform teams to share information and strengthen understanding of business needs and technology-based solutions.
• Maintain deep technical knowledge and expertise in domain systems, solutions, services, applications, architecture, and development and engineering practices.
• Ensure the engineering team meets individual and team goals and role competencies through mentoring, coaching, and performance management.
• Perform hands-on development and configuration for the assigned capability or product area.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 100% company-funded pension plan
• Health, dental, and vision plans
• Life insurance
• Paid time off, including company and individual holidays, vacation, sick, caregiving, and parental leave
• Performance-based and peer-based recognition
• Tuition reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager