Product Development Manager

Aca Group • West Mifflin, PA

225d

About The Position

ACA believes that we can deliver the world's best GRC software to our blue-chip financial services client base of over 3500 firms. We are seeking top talent to join us in our journey to build and deliver “The Salesforce of Compliance”. Compliance Officers in finance have been stuck in the past, with inefficient, manual effort driving their compliance programs. ACA's ComplianceAlpha is deployed at 1200+ clients and more daily to help modernize that. We are investing significantly to drive technology usage at our clients. This Engineering Manager role is responsible for the delivery management of initiatives for ComplianceAlpha. This role focuses on working with engineers, product, and other stakeholders to understand scope and technical challenges. Engineering Managers are the ultimate drivers towards ensuring all deliveries are met and their teams are successful throughout the entire SDLC. They will work closely with product to define technical requirements, work with infrastructure to layout changes, and work with engineering to hit peak velocity. This position is a mix of soft and technical skills.

Requirements

• At least ten years of professional / enterprise level web development, of which 3-5 years include project management across a multi-disciplined software engineering team.
• Technical knowledge and hands on experience with cloud-based SaaS architecture.
• Understanding on how to make the 'tough' decisions on features with the engineering and product teams, to ensure product delivery.
• Hands on experience with resource allocation based on velocity and other defined constraints.
• Experience leading multiple projects or initiatives with given timelines and running globally distributed teams.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree in STEM.
• Knowledge of cloud-based architecture, GCP, AWS, Azure.
• Experience in launching greenfield applications.
• Understanding on how to scale team sizes across multiple time zones.
• Understanding of serverless architecture including PaaS or FaaS models within AWS, Azure or GCP.

Responsibilities

• Bring a creative mindset to work to anticipate and solve tough problems as part of a team.
• Work with product management teams to understand and iterate on functional requirements, and to create technical specs for developers to execute on.
• Lead a global team of developers, spearheading tech initiatives and deliver on predefined timelines.
• Understanding emerging cloud-native technologies and how they can be used at enterprise scale.
• Defines and executes a technical implementation plan that draws on organizational architecture standards and product management initiatives.
• Ability to explain technical workings in layman's terms with the product team, technical decisions, and learnings to the broader development team.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package based on performance.
• Medical and dental coverage.
• Pension and 401(k) plans.
• Wide range of paid time off options.
• Flexible work environment.
• Designated ACA Paid Holidays.
• Summer Fridays.
• Personal/Family Care leave.
• Other leaves of absence for physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree