Director Of It Development

*This position has the option to work remotely. Candidates in Colorado, California, and Washington are not eligible for the option to work remotely. *

POSITION SUMMARY:

This position works closely with the Sr. Director of IT Development to research, develop and implement information technology strategies to meet company objectives. The Director of IT Development provides technical leadership, vision, direction, and mentoring for the legacy development, application support, and quality assurance teams.

REGULAR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Manages the development, testing, and support of RSR’s legacy system software.

Monitors the status of all IT legacy development projects and communicates status to the Sr. Director of IT Development.

Works with the Sr. Director of IT Development to evaluate and develop strategies for maintaining and enhancing web, system and program performance.

Works with the Project Management and senior developers to define and understand desired application capabilities and testing scenarios while continuously improving software development practices.

Consults with external teams to gather information regarding program needs, objectives, functions, features, and input and output requirements.

Encourages innovation, inclusion, outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, self-organization and diversity

Explores new technologies for future planning and potential implementation. Ensures that software in use is current and adequate to support RSR’s operations and makes recommendations for hardware modifications.

Supervises, motivates and educates employees.

Implements software development best practices across the team.

Evaluates, communicates and documents employee’s performance. Conducts annual performance evaluations and submits completed reviews to the CIO and Human Resources for approval.

Properly documents performance issues, employee relations issues and any other employment concerns promptly and provides the documents to Human Resources for filing.

Works with Human Resources to recruit and hire new employees and develops training programs for new employees.

Works closely with IT management to promote a positive work environment.

EMPLOYEES SUPERVISED:

Direct: Assistant Software Development Manager – Enhancements

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Programmer/Analyst

Quality Assurance Specialist

QUALIFICATIONS:

Undergraduate or graduate degree in a related field, and ten years of related experience. Knowledge of COBOL and Linux a plus. Five years of management experience is required. Substantial experience and knowledge in programming and analysis in addition to experience within RSR Group can replace the education and management requirements. This position requires strong attention to detail, excellent verbal and written communication skills, computer proficiency in Excel, Word and Access, and strong organizational skills. Occasional travel is required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to lift up to 10 pounds. The vision requirements include: close vision and ability to adjust focus.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES MAY BE ADDED, DELETED, OR CHANGED AT ANY TIME AT THE DISCRETION OF MANAGEMENT, FORMALLY OR INFORMALLY, EITHER VERBALLY OR IN WRITING.