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Manager, IT Development
| Location: | Downtown, Central Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Job Type: | Permanent |
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| Posted: | 30th Apr 2010 |
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| Closing Date: | 28th May 2010 |
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| Posted By: | Professional Services Plus |
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| Details: | |
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Manager, IT Development
Our client is a leader in enterprise-class retail wealth management solutions for Canada's financial services industry. As a result of growth, they are looking to add a Manager, IT Development, to their team
PROJECT/PRACTICE RELATED COMPETENCIES
Responsibilities
This position is responsible for managing the performance of a team of technical staff in an assigned function(s) of application support and development. The incumbent works to ensure that resources are in place to identify and provide business application systems in support of assigned function(s).
Knowledge and Experience
* Sets a framework for the provision and support of solutions covering areas such as resourcing, program and project management, development standards, etc.
* Responsible for overseeing the effective use of strategic processes as they pertain to this group
* Negotiates IT project requirements (i.e. deadlines, budgets, resources, etc.)
* Manages a team of IT professionals responsible for system analysis, application software, and programming
* Establishes performance plans for staff, reviews individual results on a regular basis.
* Identifies individual and organizational developmental needs/career goals and ensures developmental efforts are put in place to support them
* Assigns individual employees and external resources to specific projects/assignments, balancing the needs of the individual with the needs of the organization
* Works closely and communicates effectively with the Professional Services group to help ensure the delivery of environments and resources required for projects, the successful implementation of projects, and effective support for installed applications
* Provides significant input into application life cycle decisions that impact the investment in or retirement of applications and software tools used by the corporation
* Responsible for the interoperability of the IT strategic processes
* Works with the other IT managers to ensure interoperability
* Ensures group adherence to defined problem escalation procedures
* Provide technical/business leadership to Business Analysts, Systems Analysts, Programmer Analysts, Application Analysts and Database Analysts
* Provides optimal business system solutions from both a business and an IT perspective
Qualifications:
* 7-10 years of progressive application development experience
* Bachelors Degree or College Diploma from an accredited educational institution in Computer Sciences or related field
* Demonstrated experience in Project Management and in people management
* Experience in Agile Project Management/eXtreme Programming is an asset.
* Experience in managing large-scale billing/CIS and smaller database projects
* Good working knowledge of relational database design concepts
* Expert knowledge of IT architecture development, development tools and implementation tools and trends.
* Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
* Strong verbal, written communication and presentation skills
* Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, detailed oriented environment
* Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
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