Senior Manager - Application Development

Kforce Inc; Draper (UT); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Kforce is seeking a Senior Manager - Application Development in Draper, UT to lead the Application Development and Power Platform teams. You will drive modernization, cloud strategy, and platform governance while guiding architecture, security, and CI/CD practices across engineering groups.

You will partner with executives to align priorities, manage budgets, and oversee AI‑enabled development initiatives and automation projects to deliver scalable enterprise solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 8+ years in software engineering, application development, platform engineering, or related tech field.
• 5+ years managing software engineering or technical teams.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, release management, and modern software engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop engineering teams with performance, staffing, and resources management.
• Create roadmaps for application modernization, cloud adoption, automation, AI, and Power Platform.
• Establish architecture, engineering, security, testing, quality, and governance standards.
• Drive Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, test automation, platform engineering, and AI-assisted development.
• Oversee Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, Copilot Studio, and related platform capabilities.
• Partner with business/tech leaders to align priorities and delivery plans.
• Track delivery, quality, reliability, adoption, productivity, and operational performance.
• Manage vendors, budgets, risks, compliance, and service expectations.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to improve processes and outcomes.

Skills

Agile

DevOps

CI/CD

Release management

Modern software engineering

Solution architecture

Engineering standards

Governance

APIs & integrations

AI-enabled development

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Azure

.NET

Power Platform

Dataverse

Copilot

Job description

Responsibilities

Kforce has a client that is seeking a Senior Manager - Application Development in Draper, UT. Summary: In this role, you will lead Application Development and Power Platform teams in building, modernizing, and supporting secure, scalable enterprise solutions. You'll provide strategic and technical leadership across software engineering, cloud, AI, automation, architecture, and platform governance. Responsibilities:

• Lead, coach, and develop engineering teams while managing performance, staffing, and resources
• Create technology roadmaps for application modernization, cloud adoption, automation, AI, and Power Platform
• Establish architecture, engineering, security, testing, quality, and governance standards
• Drive Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, test automation, platform engineering, and AI-assisted development
• Oversee Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, Copilot Studio, and related platform capabilities
• Partner with business and technology leaders to align priorities, investments, and delivery plans
• Track delivery, quality, reliability, adoption, productivity, and operational performance
• Manage vendors, consultants, budgets, risks, compliance, and service expectations
• Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to improve business processes and outcomes

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline
• 8+ years in software engineering, application development, platform engineering, or a related technology field
• 5+ years managing software engineering, application development, or technical engineering teams
• Strong knowledge of Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, release management, and modern software engineering practices
• Expertise in solution architecture, engineering standards, and technical governance
• Proficiency with cloud platforms, APIs, integrations, and modern software architectures
• Proven ability to evaluate, implement, or lead AI-enabled development, intelligent automation, developer productivity tools, and emerging enterprise AI technologies

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline
• Experience leading application modernization, digital transformation, or cloud migration
• Experience managing vendors, consultants, and external delivery partners
• Experience with enterprise AI governance, AI-enabled business solutions, AI agents, or agentic workflows
• Familiarity with Microsoft Azure, .NET, Power Platform, Dataverse, and Copilot
• Knowledge of API-first, service-oriented, and event-driven architectures

Core Competencies

• Software engineering best practices
• Enterprise solution architecture
• Azure cloud modernization
• Power Platform architecture, governance, administration, and ALM
• AI-enabled development and automation
• DevOps and platform engineering
• APIs and integrations
• Agile product delivery
• Strategic execution
• Vendor oversight
• Executive communication
• Stakeholder management
• Budgeting, forecasting, and resource management

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.