iSeries Development Supervisor

Wright Flood - Nation's Largest Flood Insurance Company; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent growth opportunities

Tuition Reimbursement

Student Loan Repayment Program

DTO

Job summary

Wright Flood, the nation’s largest flood insurance company, seeks an iSeries Development Supervisor to lead the iSeries team and align IT delivery with strategic goals. This role oversees resources, schedules, and quality to produce robust, secure applications in a hybrid work setting.

You will partner with product and business teams, set priorities, and mentor developers while managing budgets and timelines to meet client expectations and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field desired.
• Minimum of 3 years of management/leadership experience in a software development organization is required.
• Strong understanding of the software development cycle.
• Strong leadership, project management skills, time management, and problem-solving skills.
• Willingness to address all current software environments and technical issues.
• High command of verbal and written English.
• Ability to apply sound judgment in successful task planning and execution.
• Communicates with the highest standards of professionalism.
• Self-motivated, team player, action and results oriented.
• Well organized, excellent communication and reporting skills.
• Ability to successfully work under tight project deadlines.
• Ability to embrace technical challenges within a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, consulting and coaching skills.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective relationship, credibility and personal networks between Technology and Business Units of the organization.
• Development Supervisor may be required to work some evenings and weekends to meet project deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate tasks with internal and external customers, ensuring adequate specs, direction, and resources.
• Collaborate with Product Departments and Business Analysts to understand requirements.
• Lead, prioritize, and manage day-to-day iSeries development work.
• Supervise and train iSeries staff, focusing on quality control and customer satisfaction.
• Align projects with deadlines and budgets, implementing cost-saving measures where possible.
• Plan infrastructure/frameworks to deliver secure, reliable iSeries applications.
• Provide guidance on future developments and requirement specs.
• Support and proactive engagement with iSeries staff across the organization.

Skills

Management experience

SDLC understanding

Leadership

Project management

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

IBM iSeries

Job description

Wright Flood is looking to add an iSeries Development Supervisor to its ever growing IT team!

The iSeries Development Supervisor is accountable for managing and coordinating iSeries resources and processes to deliver software products while participating in defining the strategy for the iSeries development team. The iSeries Development Supervisor’s role extends throughout the Technology Department to ensure that all the goals set by management are achieved in the most cost efficient and effective manner with adherence to time, cost, regulatory and quality parameters.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/JOB DUTIES:

• Works together with Internal and External Customers to plan and execute tasks and requests by ensuring the teams have appropriate product and technical specifications, direction, and resources to deliver products effectively by establishing realistic estimates for timelines while ensuring the requests remain on target to meet deadlines.
• Works closely with all the Product Departments and Business Analysts for understanding the system’s functional and non-functional requirements.
• Lead and establish priorities for, and manage subsequently, the day-to-day work of the iSeries developers.
• Supervise a team of iSeries professionals by developing effective training procedures, appropriate task assignments, positive customer experiences and top-quality control processes.
• Aim to meet all project goals within the specified time and budget of the client and the organization; adjust practices to reflect cost saving measures.
• Determine and manage the technical infrastructure/frameworks to deliver robust, secure, and reliable iSeries applications and services.
• Advise on and plan for future developments, including preparation of requirements specifications.
• Provide professional support and work pro-actively with all iSeries development staff.
• Provide advice and guidance on iSeries issues across the organization, including working closely with all iSeries development staff.
• Demonstrates leadership abilities to our clients with the deployment of software upgrades, enhancements and fixes that are coordinated based on release schedules.
• Provides a software iSeries development plan that meets the future needs of our clients and markets, based on the state-of-the-art technologies.
• Evolves the existing software system applications and architecture in various areas as needed.
• Conducts daily SQA meetings to ensure all testing is on track with clearly defined plans for a successful execution.
• Assists iSeries developers to resolve both technical problems as well as human resources issues.
• Provides leadership and guidance to coach, motivate, and lead team members to their optimum performance levels and career development.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field desired.
• Minimum of 3 years of management/leadership experience in a software development organization is required.
• Strong understanding of the software development cycle.
• Strong leadership, project management skills, time management, and problem-solving skills.
• Willingness to address all current software environments and technical issues.
• High command of verbal and written English.
• Ability to apply sound judgment in successful task planning and execution.
• Communicates with the highest standards of professionalism.
• Self-motivated, team player, action and results oriented.
• Well organized, excellent communication and reporting skills.
• Ability to successfully work under tight project deadlines.
• Ability to embrace technical challenges within a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, consulting and coaching skills.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective relationship, credibility and personal networks between Technology and Business Units of the organization.
• Development Supervisor may be required to work some evenings and weekends to meet project deadlines.

Unless otherwise indicated, this is a Hybrid position so you may be required to work in the office as needed or scheduled.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PHYSICAL REQUIRMENTS NECESSARY ON A REGULAR BASIS:

• Manual dexterity, arm and upper body range of motion sufficient for use of a keyboard, mouse and telephone 7-8 hours per day.
• Speech and hearing sufficient for in-person and telephone communication 7-8 hours per day.
• Vision sufficient for use of a computer monitor.
• Ability to sit at a desk 7-8 hours per day.

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities
• Competitive pay based on experience
• Discretionary Time Off (DTO)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Student Loan Repayment Program

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We take pride in the diversity of our team and seek diversity in our applicants.