| Location: | London, ON |
| Date Posted: | Apr 02, 2025 |
Job Description
Manager, Application Development
Working closely with the Senior Manager, Application Development, you will help implement technical strategies, enhance team efficiency, and uphold best practices to support our growing technology initiatives.
Job-Specific Accountabilities:
Equal Employment Opportunities
Voices.com values diversity. We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, medical condition or disability.
Accommodation
Voices.com is committed to providing accommodation for applicants with disabilities; please let us know if you require accommodation during the recruitment process.
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Description
We are looking for a Manager, Application Development to join our team at Voices, supporting and reporting to the Senior Manager, Application Development. In this pivotal role, you will lead and manage a dynamic team of software developers, providing technical guidance and ensuring effective project execution.
You will be responsible for mentoring your team, overseeing project delivery, and maintaining high development standards. This role requires a blend of leadership, technical problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration to optimize development processes and drive innovation.Working closely with the Senior Manager, Application Development, you will help implement technical strategies, enhance team efficiency, and uphold best practices to support our growing technology initiatives.
Job-Specific Accountabilities:
- Lead developers and take ownership of the delivery of development solutions, including component and unit testing efforts.
- Mentor developers by providing guidance, conducting code reviews, and promoting development best practices, coding standards, and architectural guidelines.
- Assist in overseeing and reporting on project status, managing team resources and assignments, and ensuring project milestones are achieved to the expected standards.
- Work with Product Managers to develop the content for application and solutions design deliverables and ensure project estimates cover all activities within scope, including project management and application development, software quality assurance reviews, and vendor and contract management activities.
- Drive stakeholder communications and develop effective stakeholder management required for team delivery.
- Serve as the point of escalation for any risks and issues impacting your team, and work on defining and executing mitigation strategies.
- Execute change management to control project scope/schedule through accepted change management processes, impact assessment and documentation.
- Oversee the documentation and execution of the regular release process.
- Actively contribute to the codebase as part of technical and roadmap initiatives.
Minimum Experience:
- 5+ years of relevant experience in the software web development domain.
- Previous exposure to software development is a must.
- Strong expertise in the business and technology standards.
- Proven experience in leading and managing people and projects.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or the equivalent experience.
- Strong resource management and risk management skills.
- Exposure to Python, PHP, and Node.js is preferred.
- Experience working with remote teams is preferred.
Equal Employment Opportunities
Voices.com values diversity. We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, medical condition or disability.
Accommodation
Voices.com is committed to providing accommodation for applicants with disabilities; please let us know if you require accommodation during the recruitment process.
Apply Online
Interested candidates are encouraged to send their cover letter and résumé by completing the online application. By doing so, your resume is guaranteed to be reviewed.
Apply