IT Manager- Application Development

Davita Inc.; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in healthcare is looking for an IT Manager to provide technical leadership and manage a cross-functional team delivering solutions. This role encompasses agile facilitation, product ownership, and DevOps governance, ensuring secure and quality releases. The ideal candidate will possess significant IT leadership experience and required certifications, ready to foster team growth while meeting business requirements.

Benefits

Health, dental, vision insurance

Paid maternity/paternity leave

PTO + Flex Time

Paid volunteer hours

Company events/Quarterly outings

8 paid holidays (including your birthday)

Concierge Service

Family - Fun atmosphere

Outside Vendors for convenience (car detailing, massage, chiropractor)

Qualifications

• 5+ years in IT leadership managing agile teams in multi-platform environments.
• Certifications in CISSP, PMP, or ITIL essential for governance frameworks.
• Deep Agile expertise with certifications and hands-on Scrum/Kanban experience.

Responsibilities

• Act as co-product owner, collaborating on vision and backlog prioritization.
• Lead and mentor QA analysts, BAs, architects, and developers.
• Review technical designs for scalability and security; troubleshoot critical issues.

Skills

Agile Leadership

Communication

Security-first mindset

Technical proficiency

Education

CISSP

PMP

ITIL

Salesforce architecture knowledge

Tools

DevOps tools (Jenkins, Gearset, Azure Devops, GitHub Actions)

Job description

Job Description

Information Technology Reports To CTO

Job Summary

The IT Manager serves as a technical leader, process evangelist, and people manager for a cross-functional team delivering multi-platform solutions. This role combines product ownership, agile facilitation, and DevOps governance to drive secure, high-quality releases while adhering to ISO/SOC2 standards.

Responsibilities

Agile Leadership & Process Ownership

• Act as co-product owner, collaborating with stakeholders to define vision, prioritize backlogs, and ensure solutions meet business and security requirements.
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups), supporting the team to move into a state of self-organization.
• Champion DevOps and CI/CD practices, enforcing strict pipelines, automated testing, and audit trails for compliance.

Team Management & Development

• Lead and mentor QA analysts, BAs, architects, and developers, fostering skill growth and accountability.
• Conduct performance reviews, resolve conflicts, and align career development with organizational goals.
• Optimize team composition by hiring or restructuring roles to address project needs.

• Embed security controls into all phases of development (design, coding, testing, deployment).
• Mitigate risks by reviewing architecture decisions and third-party integrations.

Technical Oversight

• Review technical designs for scalability, security, and alignment with business objectives.
• Resolve cross-team dependencies and resource bottlenecks.
• Troubleshoot critical issues affecting system stability or compliance.

Stakeholder Accountability

• Report progress and risks to executives using metrics (velocity, defect rates, compliance gaps).
• Negotiate scope and timelines with business units while safeguarding technical integrity.
• Escalate impediments requiring leadership intervention (e.g., budget, cross-departmental conflicts).

Skills

• 5+ years in IT leadership managing agile teams (QA, developers, architects) in multi-platform environments.
• Technical proficiency in DevOps tools (Jenkins, Gearset, Azure Devops, GitHub Actions), Salesforce, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Security-first mindset with experience implementing ISO 27001/SOC2 controls.
• Exceptional communication for bridging technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

• Family - Fun atmosphere
• Concierge Service
• Outside Vendors for convenience (car detailing, massage, chiropractor)
• Paid volunteer hours
• Health, dental, vision insurance
• Paid maternity/paternity leave
• 8 paid holidays (including your birthday)
• PTO + Flex Time
• Company events/Quarterly outings

Qualifications

• Certifications: CISSP, PMP, or ITIL for governance frameworks.
• Salesforce architecture knowledge (Platform Developer I/II, Certified Architect).
• Deep Agile expertise with certifications (CSM, SAFe) and hands-on Scrum/Kanban implementation.