Application Development Manager

About the role

The Application Development Manager leads the day-to-day operations, delivery coordination, people management, and hands-on technical contribution of the Application Development team. This role manages a technical team responsible for custom application development, integrations, automation, QA, DevOps, low-code solutions, and any related enterprise application support.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day operations of the Application Development team, including work coordination, prioritization, communication, and delivery follow-up.
• Manage, coach, and support team members across application development, QA, integrations, automation, and low-code development, including performance feedback, professional development, and workload balancing.
• Establish team operating cadence and accountability practices, including regular one-on-ones, team meetings, status updates, delivery reporting, and escalation of risks, issues, dependencies, and resource constraints.
• Cook up and track application development work intake, prioritization, resource planning, and delivery tracking across projects, enhancements, operational support, and production issues.
• Perform hands-on software development, application integration, troubleshooting, and technical problem solving as needed to support project delivery, production issues, and team execution.
• Design, develop, and support application integrations using APIs, Azure services, Azure Functions, OData services, Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and related Microsoft technologies.
• Oversee and contribute to the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of application solutions, ensuring work is delivered with appropriate quality, documentation, maintainability, security, and support readiness.
• Promote and reinforce software development lifecycle best practices, including requirements documentation, technical specifications, code reviews, testing, release management, CI/CD, production support transition, and post-implementation follow-up.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and cross-functional IT teams to clarify requirements, manage expectations, communicate timelines, improve business processes, and support successful solution delivery.
• Align priorities, improve delivery practices, support roadmap planning, and strengthen team operating discipline.

Requirements

• Experience: 7+ years of experience in application development, enterprise applications & systems integration, software delivery, or a related technical field. 3+ years of experience leading technical teams, coordinating application delivery, or serving in technical lead, team lead, or player-coach capacity.
• Hands-on experience designing, developing, supporting, or integrating software solutions using APIs, cloud services, Azure Functions, OData services, Dynamics 365, Power Platform, or related Microsoft technologies.
• Experience working with agile software development methodologies, software development lifecycle practices, testing, release management, CI/CD, documentation, and production support processes.
• Experience working across cross-functional technical and business teams, including developers, QA, DevOps, business analysts, vendors, and business stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant technical experience.
• Specialized Knowledge and Skills: Strong people leadership skills, including coaching, communication, accountability, performance feedback, employee engagement, and team development. Strong hands-on software development and application integration skills, including experience with APIs, cloud-based solutions, enterprise applications, and modern development practices. Strong working experience with Microsoft Azure services, Azure Functions, Dynamics 365 APIs, OData services, Power Platform, and related Microsoft application technologies preferred. Solid understanding of software development lifecycle practices, including requirements gathering, technical design, code review, testing, deployment, release management, CI/CD, documentation, and support transition. Strong organizational and delivery management skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple priorities across projects, enhancements, operational support, and production issues. Ability to lead technical teams while providing credible technical guidance, hands-on support, and practical problem-solving across multiple development disciplines. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to interact effectively with technical teams, business users, vendors, IT leadership, and non-technical stakeholders. Strong problem-solving skills and sound judgment in balancing speed, quality, supportability, governance, security, and business impact.

Pay

$142,000 - $150,000 D.O.E.

Schedule

Full-time