Manager, Software Development

Navitus Health Solutions, LLC

1d•Remote

About The Position

Due to growth, we are adding a Manager, Software Development to our team! The Manager, Software Development role is directly accountable for the success of a designated Product Oriented Development (POD) team. A POD is a cross-functional, agile delivery team responsible for the end-to-end delivery of a specific product or application component. POD teams are proud of the business value they deliver and operate with a growth-focused mindset, continuously pushing the envelope on modernizing systems rather than simply maintaining existing solutions. The Manager, Software Development provides proven leadership and is accountable for developing, coaching, and supporting a team that may include software developers, product owners, scrum masters, and quality assurance analysts/testers. This leader is responsible for the product created within the POD and ensures delivery through strong project management practices, technical expertise, and collaboration with business owners. This role emphasizes ownership, accountability, and the delivery of reliable, scalable, and secure software solutions that meet business needs on time and within scope. Is this you? Find out more below!

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in the field of computer science, information systems, or software engineering, or equivalent work experience is required.
8+ years of progressive experience in software development, with a proven track record of increasing responsibility and leading the development of solutions across diverse technologies (e.g., full-stack, cloud-based, ETL) required.
Previous experience in a leadership, lead, or equivalent capacity, such as managing projects or products, coaching, mentoring, or guiding software development teams required.
Strong expertise in software development methodologies (especially agile / Scrum), languages, and frameworks required.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices required.
Experience with cloud-first, API-first, and microservice architectures or strategies (any primary public cloud provider with AWS preferred) required.
The ability to consistently interact cooperatively and respectfully with other employees.

Nice To Haves

Experience in .Net/C#, Python, and React preferred.
Experience in the PBM industry preferred.
Participate in, adhere to, and support compliance program objectives.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end delivery of software developed by the POD, ensuring timely releases that meet agreed-upon business requirements and quality standards.
Partner with business owners to define priorities, clarify requirements, and align deliverables with strategic objectives.
Monitor progress against commitments, proactively addressing risks, dependencies, and resources constraints.
Ensure that solutions are scalable, secure, and reliable leveraging best practices / patterns / standards of design and architecture.
Lead, mentor, and inspire the POD team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement (through experimentation and learning).
Manage staffing; including recruitment, performance management, and professional development for direct and dotted-line resources.
Drive adoption of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and automated testing to maintain high-quality releases.
Provide technical coaching and professional development opportunities for team members to enhance their skills, knowledge, and career growth.
Serve as the primary liaison between the POD and business stakeholders when there are escalations from the product owner (or team).
Proactively collaborate with other development managers to resolve cross-team dependencies and maintain alignment with enterprise technology strategy.
Other duties as assigned.