Development Team Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Lead daily development operations to ensure consistent, predictable delivery across teams
• Drive sprint readiness, ensuring work is clearly defined, prioritized, and actionable
• Coincide closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Lead Developers, Infrastructure/Operations, and Release Management to maintain a healthy development lifecycle
• Monitor and manage team capacity, workload distribution, and delivery timelines
• Identify, escalate, and mitigate risks impacting delivery, quality, or timelines
• Ensure clear visibility into development progress, blockers, and dependencies across teams
• Promote and enforce process discipline, operational consistency, and Agile best practices
• Support cross-team dependency management and alignment in multi-team environments
• Provide clear expectations, constructive feedback, and ongoing coaching to team members
• Lead onboarding efforts and support continuous skill development across the team
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, psychological safety, and continuous improvement
• Partner with technical leadership to ensure alignment between execution and architectural direction

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software development, with a strong background in .NET / Microsoft technology stack
• Proven experience leading or managing development teams in Agile or hybrid-Agile environments
• Demonstrated ability to manage day-to-day team coordination, sprint execution, and delivery flow
• Strong experience in capacity planning, workload management, and delivery forecasting
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience working in complex, multi-team environments with cross-functional dependencies
• Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to risk identification and mitigation
• Able to balance technical understanding with operational leadership
• Experience coaching team members and supporting professional growth

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience partnering closely with Release Management, DevOps, and Technical Leads
• Familiarity with Git-based workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and modern development practices
• Understanding of environment readiness (UAT, staging, production, infrastructure coordination)
• Experience improving team processes, delivery flow, and operational efficiency
• Strong facilitation skills for navigating conflict resolution and cross-team alignment
• Experience with Atlassian Jira, Jira Align, and Agile reporting tools
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint)