Application Development Manager

CBRE; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE is seeking an Application Development Manager to oversee a team responsible for designing and developing databases, information systems, and software applications. The role focuses on delivering client solutions, driving operational efficiency, and ensuring data governance across the department.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) and 3–5 years in staffing, development, and leadership roles, with strong Microsoft Office skills and advanced math

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred with 3–5 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention preferred.
• Advanced math skills, ability to calculate percentages, fractions, and other financial calculations.
• Strong leadership to motivate team impact on quality, efficiency, and effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Supervise employees: training, performance evaluations, coaching, recruitment oversight.
• Coordinate and manage daily team activities, set schedules, cross-train staff and monitor deadlines.
• Enable use of technology and data to deliver client solutions and drive efficiency.
• Assist with change deployment and drive product adoption to maximize user benefit.
• Collaborate with business partners on strategic initiatives and enforce data governance.

Skills

Leadership

Staff development

Performance management

Advanced math

Microsoft Office

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

About The Role

As a CBRE Application Development Manager, you will oversee a team responsible for the design, development, and execution of small and basic databases, information systems, and software applications.

This job is part of the Application Development job function. They are responsible for providing application software development services and technical support to company projects and initiatives.

What You’ll Do

• Provide formal supervision to employees. Monitor the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and coaching; oversee the recruiting and hiring of new employees.
• Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff. Set and track staff and department deadlines; mentor and coach as needed.
• Enable the team to better leverage technology and data to deliver client solutions and drive operational efficiency.
• Assist with the deployment of change and drive product adoption. Ensure products deliver the greatest possible user benefit.
• Work with business partners to develop strategic department initiatives. Embed strong data governance across the department and verify proper data management is available.
• Draft investment cases for funding approval. Track and report planned benefits.
• Confirm that development projects match business needs and requirements.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Influence parties of shared interests to reach an agreement.
• Apply knowledge of own discipline and how own discipline integrates with others to achieve team and departmental objectives.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve day-to-day and moderately complex issues which may or may not be evident in existing systems and processes.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 3-5 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
• Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention preferred.
• Ability to guide the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations and handle problems.
• Leadership skills to motivate team impact on quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the job discipline and department.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Extensive organizational skills with a strong inquisitive mindset.
• Advanced math skills. Ability to calculate difficult figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial related calculations.

CBRE carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate’s education, training, and experience. The minimum salary for the position is $140K per year and the maximum salary for the position is $165K per year. The compensation that is offered to a successful candidate will depend on the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience. Successful candidates will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on CBRE’s applicable benefit program.

Equal Employment Opportunity: CBRE is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We have a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Candidate Accommodations: CBRE values the differences of all current and prospective employees and recognizes how every employee contributes to our company’s success. CBRE provides reasonable accommodations in job application procedures for individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request via email at [e-mail] or via telephone at [phone] (U.S.) and [phone] (Canada).