Application Development Manager

Job Title: Manager, Application Development Position Overview The Manager, Application Development will lead application development teams responsible for enterprise platforms, integrations, and digital solutions, balancing hands-on technical leadership with people and delivery management. This role acts as a technical and escalation point for solution design, architecture decisions, and complex delivery challenges. Key Responsibilities Strategic Collaboration: Partner closely with technology analysts, enterprise architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data & analytics, and technology/business leaders to translate business priorities into scalable technical solutions.

Platform Oversight: Provide delivery and technical oversight for major platforms including Salesforce, Workday Finance, and enterprise integration services. Modern Practices: Drive modern development practices including cloud-native design, event-driven architectures, DevSecOps, and continuous delivery. Champion the responsible adoption of modern tools to improve developer productivity, code quality, and delivery predictability.

Team Leadership: Build, coach, and develop high-performing technical teams, growing senior technical capability across administrators, developers, and technical leads. Roadmap & Strategy: Contribute to the application and integration technology roadmap, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise standards. Operational Excellence: Ensure production stability, operational excellence, and effective incident and release management across supported applications.

Candidate Requirements Experience & Technical Skills IT Architecture: Minimum 7 years of progressive IT solution architecture experience in application development and system design. Digital Platforms: Minimum 7 years of experience delivering complex digital solutions and platforms (Salesforce and Workday) and integration environments. Leadership Transition: Demonstrated experience transitioning from a technical lead/architecture role into people leadership with strong coaching and mentorship capability.

Salesforce: 5+ years in delivering custom Salesforce implementations and enhancements (Sales, Service, Marketing, and Community Cloud). Enterprise Integration: 5+ years’ experience with JEE and enterprise integration technologies (Java, JDBC, JMS, XML, SOAP, XSD, WSDL, SSL). Event Streaming: 5+ years’ experience with event streaming, such as Confluent Kafka, Apache Kafka, Kafka Connect, and Kafka Streams.

Financial Systems: 5+ years’ experience with Workday Financial Management, including integrations, reporting, data flows, and platform extensions. Agile & DevOps: 5+ years leading agile delivery teams, including architecture and development, system integration, testing, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices across cloud and SaaS platforms. Agile Frameworks: 10 years of experience working in an agile scrum environment, collaborating with product owners and cross-functional business stakeholders.

Team Development: Proven interest and experience in developing teams to safely and effectively use digital analytics tools while maintaining security and enterprise standards. Core Competencies Ability to nurture strong business and technical relationships in a fast-paced environment utilizing an agile methodology. A forward-looking manager who will help build the technology roadmap for the company.

Strong listening, negotiation, facilitation, presentation, written, and oral communication skills. Professional Capabilities Strong business and accounting acumen. A quick learner with strong problem-solving skills, analytical depth, and strategic thinking.

Attention to detail, professional judgment, and critical thinking to evaluate complex financial data. Ability to balance multiple assignments—both immediate and strategic—at the same time. Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team.

Proven ability to embrace change, adapt to new technology, and maintain a curiosity-driven approach to continuous learning. Core Soft Skills Compensation & Benefits Bonus Incentive: Eligible for up to a 10% annual bonus incentive. Paid Time Off (PTO): * Vacation: 15 days accrual per year Personal/Float Days: 4 days accrual per year Paid sick days Other Benefits: Health and Dental Plan Healthcare Spending Account Defined Contribution Pension Plan (100% employee match) Education reimbursement Parental/Maternity leave top-up program