Strategic Software Engineering Manager & Delivery Leader

Maximus; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement savings plan

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Maximus is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manager to provide strategic direction for the IT Applications Development team. You will guide software design, development, and integration while defining priorities to meet the organization’s vision.

You will lead staffing, performance management, and recruitment, manage geographically distributed teams, and collaborate with delivery and product managers to ensure timely product delivery and enhancements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field with 7+ years of experience required.
• Project management planning experience (1-3 years) required.
• Technical Medicaid experience (3-5 years) required.
• Maintenance & Operation (M&O) experience required.
• Technical leadership experience required.
• Continued process improvement experience preferred.
• Managing cross functional teams preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction and guidance to software engineers within the IT Applications Development team.
• Define the key priorities in pursuit of the vision and goals of the Software Engineering practice.
• Ensure engineers follow best practices across SDLC for design, development and integration.
• Lead and direct staff with responsibility for hiring, performance management and retention.
• Drive improvements to software lifecycle time by improving requirements quality and reducing design/development time.
• Manage distributed staff to maximize utilization across projects.
• Collaborate with delivery and product managers to support product delivery and enhancements.
• Lead software engineering recruiting to attract and retain top talent.
• Maintain documentation and use dashboards/KPIs to report status to executives.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Staff management

Project management

Requirements traceability

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Tools

Gantt charts

Dashboards

Job description

Maximus is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manager to provide strategic direction for the IT Applications Development team. You will guide software design, development, and integration while defining priorities to meet the organization’s vision.

You will lead staffing, performance management, and recruitment, manage geographically distributed teams, and collaborate with delivery and product managers to ensure timely product delivery and enhancements.