Manager, Mobile Development (iOS)

Walgreens•Deerfield, IL

1d•$100,000 - $175,000

About The Position

This role manages a team of mobile developers responsible for delivering functionality for assigned digital content, products, and services. The manager oversees the development, testing, and implementation of mobile systems that meet established specifications on time and within budget. The role also manages mobile applications, enhancements, and new products, including cloud-based or internet-related programs, and oversees the analysis, design, programming, debugging, and modification of commercial or end-user applications. The manager ensures deployed features have technical integrity and stability, recommends technical solutions aligned with short- and long-term objectives, and may develop and manage a functional-area budget. The role stays current with industry best practices, may build partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, allocates resources to meet operating objectives, and develops and mentors staff through onboarding, communication, training, development, and performance management. The manager also supports morale, appropriate staffing, and an inclusive workplace.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and at least 4 years of experience as a software engineer, developer, or similar; or high school diploma/GED and at least 7 years of similar experience.
Experience with programming languages for online applications, microservices, or mobile applications, or with deployment automation.
Knowledge of industry-wide technology trends and best practices.
Experience working across multiple and disparate teams.
Experience working in and leading agile teams.
At least 2 years of experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace.
At least 2 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership, and/or cross-functional team leadership.
Willingness to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes, in-state and out-of-state.

Nice To Haves

Experience writing code for moderately complex applications.
Experience writing automation tests or deployment scripts.
Experience developing or maintaining native mobile applications.
Experience designing or building moderately complex applications or automation.
Experience identifying operational issues and recommending or implementing strategies to resolve them.
Previous experience as an iOS mobile developer, ranging from front-end user interfaces to back-end systems.
Expert-level knowledge of iOS mobile best practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build process, testing, and operations.
Hands-on experience with modern UI frameworks such as React, with excellent knowledge of client-side security and front-end patterns, including stateless components, conditional rendering, controlled components, and hooks.

Responsibilities

Manage a team of mobile developers responsible for providing functionality to assigned digital content, products, or services.
Manage development, testing, and implementation of mobile systems that meet specifications on time and within budget.
Analyze and investigate application engineering tasks and prepare design specifications, analysis, and recommendations.
Manage mobile applications, enhancements, and new products, including cloud-based or internet-related programs.
Oversee analysis, design, programming, debugging, and modification of computer programs for commercial or end-user applications.
Ensure deployed features have technical integrity and stability.
Recommend technical solutions and services based on short- and long-term goals and objectives.
Develop a functional-area budget as applicable and manage it to plan; may be accountable for budget and business goals.
Stay abreast of industry best practices and bring them to leadership for potential application; may develop stakeholder partnerships.
Allocate resources to meet operating objectives.
Develop and mentor staff through onboarding, communication, training, development opportunities, and performance management.
Maintain employee morale and motivation, ensure appropriate staffing and competencies, and foster a diverse and inclusive workplace.