Software Development Manager

Scientific Games•Alpharetta, GA

About The Position

The Software Development Manager works on major implementation projects for the central gaming system software group. The manager is the primary owner of all aspects of software delivery, from insuring requirements are clear to starting to sell and cash lottery products. This includes planning and monitoring any data conversion. New features, reports, interfaces and the people who development them are the responsibility of the manager. This is a challenging and rewarding position that is very highly respecting within Scientific Games. All this requires a good mix of technical skill, verbal and written communication skills, project and personnel management. The day-to-day job is to manage people, projects, guide software direction, review and or gather requirements, drive estimation and deliver against those estimates.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience
10 years plus of management experience
5 years plus senior programming experience, preferably in a large-scale transaction processing or other complex system, is a plus.
Ability to supervise production support activity outside of normal office hours.
Familiar with current software design methodology and architecture.
Experienced with Industry Standard Source Control/Configuration tools
Experience with Real-time server programming, high availability environment programming and User interface implementation a plus.
Ability to mentor, encourage and manage developers through stressful projects
Knowledge of security concepts and industry standards
Knowledge regarding many SDLC processes and methodologies
Good interpersonal, verbal communication and writing skills.
Good time management skills and ability to work in a dynamic and customer centric environment.
Good interpersonal, verbal communication and writing skills.
Good time management skills and ability to work in a dynamic and customer centric environment.

Nice To Haves

Organizational skills
Careful and detail-oriented work style
Planning, risk assessment with mitigations
Strong analytical skills and problem-solving abilities.
Build and lead a team.
Ability to communicate and articulate technical issues to audiences of various types.
Local to Atlanta, GA

Responsibilities

Provide technical guidance and mentoring to team members as needed for completion of work items.
Work with team members on technical and professional skills to enable career growth for team members
Provide plans, schedules and status to all levels of management and customers
Collect and document business requirements as needed
Develop project schedules and monitor project progress in conjunction with senior management
Assist all software engineers with hands on code implementation and code architecture and design as needed on projects
Responsible for mentorship, evaluations, conflict resolution and recognition of the staff to maintain highly motivated and engaged employees
Demonstrate a high degree of initiative and is accountable for the timely completion and thorough implementation of all tasks assigned to them
Ensure developers deliver quality work as scheduled in accordance with technical design and product requirements
Maintain up to date knowledge on new programming methods and technologies
Direct customer interaction for many parts of the projects.
Other duties as assigned.