Sr Manager, Application Development (HR/Finance & Delivery Management)

About the role

The Sr. Manager, Application Development is a senior technology leader within IT Software Engineering & Delivery responsible for leading multiple application development teams in the design, development, modernization, delivery, and support of secure, scalable, cloud-enabled enterprise applications that support FHLBank Chicago’s business operations and strategic priorities.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior technology leadership across the HR and Finance application portfolio, including custom-developed applications, SaaS platforms, integrations, reporting capabilities, workflow solutions, and Workday Human Capital Management, Finance, and General Ledger capabilities.
• Lead the end-to-end software development lifecycle, including solution design, architecture alignment, development, code quality, testing, deployment, operational readiness, and production support.
• Partner with business owners and leaders to define, build, maintain, and execute application roadmaps that balance business priorities, platform capabilities, modernization needs, technical debt, operational risk, and delivery capacity.
• Guide teams in modern engineering practices, including clean architecture, API-first design, microservices where appropriate, reusable components, automated testing, secure coding, code reviews, and CI/CD automation.
• Champion DevSecOps practices that embed security, quality, testing, governance, and compliance throughout the development lifecycle rather than treating them as late-stage activities.
• Ensure development teams build applications with appropriate monitoring, logging, alerting, traceability, and operational support capabilities to improve reliability and reduce mean time to detect and resolve issues.
• Own and continuously improve the Bank’s Agile framework, standards, processes, coaching model, and delivery tooling, including Microsoft Azure DevOps, while evaluating opportunities to evolve toward a scaled Agile operating model where appropriate.
• Partner closely with Scrum Masters, business stakeholders, and technology leaders to prioritize work, manage dependencies, resolve impediments, and deliver incremental business value.
• Use Agile delivery metrics, engineering quality measures, and operational data to assess team health, delivery predictability, throughput, cycle time, quality, and continuous improvement opportunities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 15+ years of software engineering and application development experience, including 5+ years managing high-performing engineering teams.
• Experience leading enterprise application portfolios that include SaaS platforms, custom-developed applications, integrations, reporting, workflow automation, and Workday Human Resources and Finance platforms; experience with Workday quality assurance tools such as Kainos is preferred.
• Proven success delivering large-scale, business-critical applications using modern software engineering practices, Agile/Scrum methodologies, and AWS.

Qualifications

• Experience with cloud-native and modern development patterns, including infrastructure as code, containerized applications, managed cloud services, automated deployment pipelines, and application telemetry.
• Strong technical leadership and ability to guide architecture and design decisions, challenge technical assumptions, remove delivery impediments, and ensure teams are building high-quality software using modern engineering practices.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership, business partners, risk/compliance stakeholders, vendors, and delivery teams.
• Experience in fostering a high-performance engineering culture focused on accountability, craftsmanship, collaboration, continuous learning, inclusion, and strong business partnership.
• Experience in promoting secure coding, threat-aware design, vulnerability remediation, automated testing, segregation of duties, change control, and evidence-based audit readiness.
• Experience in managing vendor and third-party delivery relationships as needed, ensuring external partners meet quality, delivery, security, and architectural expectations.

Skills

• Agile/Scrum methodologies
• AWS cloud services
• DevSecOps practices
• Modern software engineering practices
• Workday Human Capital Management, Finance, and General Ledger capabilities

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits program
• Competitive compensation and bonus package
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Lifestyle Spending Account
• Flexible PTO plan
• 11 paid holidays per year

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Full-time position.