Application Development Manager

Insight Global; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global in Cleveland, OH is seeking an Application Development Manager to lead an eight-person, globally distributed team responsible for Oracle APEX and PL/SQL applications integrating multiple ERP environments with Blue Yonder. The role is ~70% leadership and ~30% hands-on work, including code reviews, architecture decisions, and troubleshooting.

The ideal candidate will have 7–12+ years of application development/enterprise experience, 3+ years of direct people management, and strong

Qualifications

• 7-12+ years of application development / enterprise technology experience.
• 3+ years of direct people management with 1:1s, performance management and employee development.
• Approximately 30% hands-on coding, reviews, technical design/architecture, troubleshooting and performance optimization.
• Experience integrating enterprise applications and APIs across multiple systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead an eight-person globally distributed development team.
• Split focus: ~70% leadership and ~30% hands-on technical work.
• Conduct code reviews and make architecture decisions.
• Troubleshoot, optimize queries and address performance issues.
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions and manage priorities/backlog with Product Owners.
• Oversee production support and support enterprise integrations.

Skills

Oracle PL/SQL

Leadership

People management

Enterprise integration

APIs & data integrations

Technical design

Job description

Insight Global is seeking an Application Development Manager in Cleveland, OH. This individual will lead an eight-person, globally distributed development team responsible for the Oracle APEX and PL/SQL applications connecting multiple ERP environments with Blue Yonder. The role is approximately 70% leadership and 30% hands-on technical work, including code reviews, architecture decisions, troubleshooting, query optimization, and translating business requirements into technical solutions. The manager will oversee team priorities, backlog alignment, capacity, employee development, and partnership with Product Owners while supporting an enterprise environment that includes Oracle R12, Oracle Cloud/Fusion, QAD, and Blue Yonder. A major upcoming initiative will be helping lead the migration of the Blue Yonder calculation engine from on-premise infrastructure to the cloud. The team also participates in rotating 24/7 production support. The ideal candidate will bring strong Oracle PL/SQL/application development experience, direct people leadership, enterprise integration experience, and the ability to remain technically hands-on while leading a team.

Must Haves:

• 7-12+ years of application development / enterprise technology experience, ideally beginning in a hands-on development capacity and progressing into technical leadership
• 3+ years of direct people management experience, including 1:1s, performance management, employee development, goal setting, and team leadership
• Ability and willingness to remain approximately 30% hands‑on technically, including coding, code reviews, technical design/architecture, troubleshooting, query optimization, and performance issues
• Experience supporting enterprise applications and integrations across multiple systems
• Experience working with APIs, interfaces, and data integrations between enterprise applications.
• Experience translating business requirements into technical solutions and providing technical. direction to development teams.
• Experience managing development priorities, team capacity, backlogs, and competing business requests in partnership with Product.