Insurance Platform Applications Manager

MARS Solutions Group; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 145,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

MARS Solutions Group in Milwaukee, WI is seeking an Applications Development Manager to lead the Applications Development team and drive the delivery, support, maintenance, and continuous improvement of our software solutions.

This role requires hands-on technical leadership, strong communication, and the ability to manage end-to-end development lifecycle, governance, CI/CD, and collaboration with business and technology teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT or equivalent combination.
• 10+ years of software development and tech leadership experience.
• Hands-on software and database development with mentoring and code reviews.
• Experience with the Microsoft stack: C#, .NET, Visual Studio, Azure DevOps, Azure, web tech, SQL Server.
• Experience establishing and managing software development frameworks, governance, source control, CI/CD.
• Understanding of the full software development lifecycle from architecture to deployment and optimization.
• Experience configuring life insurance or annuity policy systems and related governance.
• Ability to lead technical teams, implement new processes, and drive organizational change.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills across stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop the Applications Development team and foster high performance.
• Oversee full SDLC: design, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Enforce software development standards, governance, documentation, source control, testing, and QA.
• Lead architecture, design reviews, and code reviews ensuring security and scalability.
• Manage policy administration system configurations, rules, workflows, and testing.
• Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices for reliable delivery.
• Provide technical oversight for databases, data integration, and migrations.
• Collaborate with business, PM, QA, and tech teams to translate requirements into solutions.
• Prioritize and track projects, production support, and strategic tech initiatives.
• Establish and monitor delivery metrics and drive continuous improvement.
• Oversee resources, budgets, tools, and vendor relationships for delivery.
• Participate in hiring, performance management, and succession planning.
• Lead organizational change initiatives with cross-functional teams.

Skills

10+ years software leadership

C#

.NET

Visual Studio

Azure DevOps

Microsoft Azure

Web technologies

SQL Server

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT

Tools

C#

.NET

Visual Studio

Azure DevOps

Microsoft Azure

Web technologies

SQL Server

Job description

MARS Solutions Group in Milwaukee, WI is seeking an Applications Development Manager to lead the Applications Development team and drive the delivery, support, maintenance, and continuous improvement of our software solutions.

This role requires hands-on technical leadership, strong communication, and the ability to manage end-to-end development lifecycle, governance, CI/CD, and collaboration with business and technology teams.