Mgr Applications

AAA • Costa Mesa, CA

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About The Position

The Manager of Applications is a member of the leadership team in the Information Systems department and is crucial in driving the success of the team and the organization. This position requires a blend of strategic and technical leadership to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions and services. What You’ll Do Strategic and Technical Leadership: Provide strategic and technical leadership to drive the team's success and align with organizational goals. Ensure all work accomplished has proper documentation considering potential regulatory, legal, or business concerns. Collaboration with Product Owner: Foster effective communication and collaboration with the Product Owner to shape future technology solutions. Along with the Product Owner, lead communication of project results/challenges to business partners in ways they can understand. Proactive communication of delays to planned efforts. Support Activities: Ensure high uptime and promptly address enterprise-impacting issues to maintain seamless operations ensuring the applications have >099.9% uptime. People Management: Build an ideal team through cross-training, re-skilling, and coaching to enhance team performance and growth. Conduct one-on-one meetings with your employees, enforce company policies, manage time and attendance, do performance reviews, determine pay increases, hire as needed and conduct terminations if necessary. Contract Negotiations: Manage new contract negotiations and renewals to secure favorable terms and conditions for the organization. What You’ll Need Experience: Possess 3-5 years of experience in building and managing high-performing development teams on a variety of platforms from Mainframe to Cloud. Demonstrated ability to understand the big picture and drive the initiatives the lead to completion of the overall big picture. Experience leading Agile teams and able to provide technical and process recommendations aimed at improving quality, velocity, and customer delight. Innovative Mindset: Possess an innovative mindset and demonstrated creativity in problem-solving and solution development. Cross-functional Collaboration: Ability to work effectively in cross-functional groups to achieve common goals. Communication Skills: Exhibit clear and effective communication skills, especially when interacting with C-level executives. #LI-SJ1 The starting pay range for this position is: $145,900.00 - $194,600.00 Additionally, for full time positions, you will be eligible to participate in our incentive program based upon the achievement of organization, team and personal performance. . Remarkable benefits: • Health coverage for medical, dental, vision • 401(K) saving plans with company match AND Pension • Tuition assistance • Floating holidays and PTO for community volunteer programs • Paid parental leave • Wellness programs • Employee discounts (membership, insurance, travel, entertainment, services and more!) Auto Club Enterprises is the largest club within the national AAA federation. We have nearly 17,000 employees in 24 states helping more than 18 million members. The strength of our organization is our employees. Bringing together and supporting different cultures, backgrounds, personalities, and strengths creates a team capable of delivering legendary, lifetime service to our members. When we embrace our diversity – we win. All of Us! With our national brand recognition, long-standing reputation since 1900, and constantly growing membership, we are seeking career-minded, service-driven professionals to join our team. “Through dedicated employees we proudly deliver legendary service and beneficial products that provide members peace of mind and value.” AAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer Our organization participates in E-Verify The Automobile Club of Southern California will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO), the Unincorporated Los Angeles County (ULAC) regulation, and the California Fair Chance Act (CFCA). For more than a century, AAA has been synonymous with trust, dependability, quality, and innovation. It's our mission to provide our growing membership with the legendary service we are famous for, and we welcome committed professionals ready to challenge themselves in a dynamic industry. AAA would not exist without the millions of members who give us their loyalty, or our employees whose mission it is to give those members world-class service. What else do we offer? Stability. Growth. Commitment to an exciting future for both you and our members.

Requirements

• Possess 3-5 years of experience in building and managing high-performing development teams on a variety of platforms from Mainframe to Cloud.
• Demonstrated ability to understand the big picture and drive the initiatives the lead to completion of the overall big picture.
• Experience leading Agile teams and able to provide technical and process recommendations aimed at improving quality, velocity, and customer delight.
• Possess an innovative mindset and demonstrated creativity in problem-solving and solution development.
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional groups to achieve common goals.
• Exhibit clear and effective communication skills, especially when interacting with C-level executives.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and technical leadership to drive the team's success and align with organizational goals.
• Ensure all work accomplished has proper documentation considering potential regulatory, legal, or business concerns.
• Foster effective communication and collaboration with the Product Owner to shape future technology solutions.
• Along with the Product Owner, lead communication of project results/challenges to business partners in ways they can understand.
• Proactive communication of delays to planned efforts.
• Ensure high uptime and promptly address enterprise-impacting issues to maintain seamless operations ensuring the applications have >099.9% uptime.
• Build an ideal team through cross-training, re-skilling, and coaching to enhance team performance and growth.
• Conduct one-on-one meetings with your employees, enforce company policies, manage time and attendance, do performance reviews, determine pay increases, hire as needed and conduct terminations if necessary.
• Manage new contract negotiations and renewals to secure favorable terms and conditions for the organization.

Benefits

• Health coverage for medical, dental, vision
• 401(K) saving plans with company match AND Pension
• Tuition assistance
• Floating holidays and PTO for community volunteer programs
• Paid parental leave
• Wellness programs
• Employee discounts (membership, insurance, travel, entertainment, services and more!)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed