Manager of Mobile Software Development

Vontas•Cedar Rapids, IA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Manager of Mobile Software Development role is responsible for managing and leading a team of Engineering professionals. This includes managing and prioritizing their work, ensuring workloads are appropriate to support business goals, driving continuous improvements focused on ensuring quality products are developed, and focusing on the team’s professional development in their current role and further progression at Vontas. This role will also work with Business Analysts to ensure the Mobile Software Development team’s metrics are current and shared across the organization. This role reports to the Director, Hardware and On-Vehicle Solutions.

Requirements

Familiarity with .NET, C#, C++, Embedded Windows, and Linux
Ability to quickly develop a comprehensive understanding of the Company’s solutions and project delivery methodology to propose, estimate and scope services to best meet our customer needs.
Invested in continuous improvements and being a part of solutions that will improve the state of business.
Well versed in the latest tools and technologies to support development initiatives.
Highly proficient in creating comprehensive solutions taking serviceability, quality, longevity, and end user experience into account during development.
Knowledge of automated testing, regression, and pipeline-based quality gates.
Professionally develop employees for individual career growth
Excellent communicator and active listener capable of influencing team outcomes.
Ability to guide teams in reliability engineering practices.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and related software(s).
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field; equivalent experience accepted.
4+ years in software engineering or development.
3+ years in leadership roles managing engineering teams.

Nice To Haves

Understanding of the North American Transit Industry and Agencies is preferred.

Responsibilities

Coach, support, guide, and direct your Mobile Software Development team.
Manage all Mobile Software Development metrics and monitor the performance of these key metrics.
Keep up on training and use of new tools and technologies to be leveraged in development.
Lead in talent acquisition systems and processes, including recruitment activities and decisions on selections.
Identify and nurture talent within the team for future leadership roles.
Collaborate with the team to drive, develop, and execute innovation in our current products and solutions.
Establish and communicate performance expectations.
Identify performance gaps and monitor performance to ensure development plans are met.
Ensure fair and equal treatment of employees, avoiding favoritism, addressing difficult issues (with assistance from Human Resources), and practices empathy and compassion.
Promote Company policies, procedures, mission, and values by training and providing direction to direct reports in their use and application.
Effectively manage your Mobile Software Development team to achieve workloads and efficiency that will meet business goals.
Take an agile approach to workload planning using tools such as JIRA administratively.
Work in collaboration with the Mobile Software Development Team Lead on Retrospectives, Sprint planning, Backlog grooming, Roadmap planning, Reporting, Story Definition (in coordination with the Product Management Team), and Managing priority of tasks.
Work closely with Professional Services, Product Management, Sales, and Marketing to define detailed solutions for sales opportunities.
Manage multiple internal and external stakeholders across various product areas.
Maintain close and consistent interaction with the System Integration and Test Team.
Coordinate cross-functionally with other Team Managers to develop comprehensive solutions for our customers with a focus on the end user, quality, longevity, and market trends.
Utilize industry best practices to challenge current processes and ensure that all Development work is delivered with high standards of quality.
Assist with ad hoc requests and take on required initiatives related to improving efficiency and quality of work across the “design and build” cycle.
Other duties as assigned.