Job Description
CDM Smith is seeking a Development Manager to join our Digital Engineering Solutions team. This individual will be part of the Development group within the Digital Engineering Solutions team assisting with the project development activities, including evaluation, planning, execution, managing development teams, stakeholders, and resources to ensure effective project delivery. An ideal candidate should be a critical thinker who is proactive and enthusiastic about the use of new technologies and methodologies. This individual must showcase exceptional abilities in implementing development solutions for AEC initiatives that involve cutting-edge technologies. As a member of the Digital Engineering Solutions team, the Development group will also engage in research and development and provide guidance and oversight to the AEC practices at CDM Smith, engaging in new product research, testing, and the incubation of innovative ideas that arise from around the company. The ideal candidate should possess an extensive background in Project management, leadership, application architecture along with a commitment to continuous advancement and interest that drives measurable results.
The following are the Key responsibilities for this position
• Take ownership of the project while working independently in a group environment.
• Evaluate and develop project scope and milestones, including evaluating key deliverables, deadlines, and budgets for the projects.
• Lead, mentor, and evaluate the development team's performance in addition to offering them guidance, feedback and assistance.
• Managing distributed teams may include recruitment, training, and performance management, along with mentoring and guidance.
• Assign and delegate responsibilities to make sure everyone in the team is doing their best to meet the objectives of a project.
• Engaging in collaborative efforts with stakeholders, senior managers, software developers, operations teams, and other IT team members to develop and implement projects.
• Provide leadership and stakeholders with appropriate reports containing project's development, including timelines and risks.
• Manage expectations, cultivate positive relationships, and communicate openly with key stakeholders as well as external partners.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication abilities for mentoring the development team, as well as a thorough awareness of best practices.
• Solid technical backgrounds and knowledge of programming languages, frameworks, techniques, and software development pipeline, associated with strong leadership abilities.
• Manage quality assurance testing, including unit testing and test scripts to make sure everything works as intended, prior to the launch of any product or service.
Skills and Abilities:
Experience with the following:
• Strong knowledge of the company domain, customer needs, market trends, and industry standards and regulations.
• Should be a critical thinker and problem solver with the capacity to assess complicated challenges and develop solutions that meets the client's needs.
• Experience in conducting interviews and create globally distributed teams.
• Proficient in leading, mentoring, and motivating a team of software professionals while keeping track of their progress and development.
• Experience in establishing team goals and organizing training programs to acquire the skills required to meet business objectives.
• Ability to communicate successfully with higher management, stakeholders, other IT departments.
• Proficiency in coordinating and overseeing various project initiatives and motivating the team to follow.
• Excellent written, verbal, and diagrammatic communication skills with clients, stakeholders, and other team members
• Strong knowledge of programming techniques, various development frameworks, cloud services and securities.
• Working knowledge of design patterns, system architectures, regulations governing data privacy and security.
• Proficient in DevOps, data management, and infrastructure pipeline management
• Proficient in a variety of authentication protocols that are utilized in enterprise-level security services.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree computer science or computer engineering is a common educational path. 10 years of related with at least 2 years of those in a management or leadership capacity. Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
