Senior Manager Software Engineering
On-siteCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Cape Town, Western Cape, South AfricaOn-siteFull TimeSenior LevelEnterprise
Full TimeSenior LevelEnterprise
Job Summary
Lead large offshore software development teams by partnering on complex business needs, managing performance, and guiding technical strategy. Oversee system and user acceptance testing cycles to ensure solution quality while establishing and enforcing enterprise architectural standards. Direct resource planning, hiring, and coaching for staff, and review detailed specifications for system components of moderate to advanced complexity. Seek diverse perspectives to drive innovation and deliver scalable, high-quality solutions that address complex business challenges.
Required Qualifications
- Expertise and proven experience in various staffing and resource models
- Strong proficiency in database technology, design and manipulation, optimization, and best practices
- Proven knowledge and experience in project planning and management tools to manage project progress, budget, and scope
- Expertise in industry best practices in offshore partnership development
- Industrywide or broad companywide technical knowledge
- Knowledge of large complex systems
- Proven ability to adapt to new roles and responsibilities
- Expertise in industry technology language development trends
- Proven expertise and experience applying industry best practices in all aspects of development
- Expert knowledge of multiple data storage subsystems
- Strong budgeting and finance skills
- Proven expertise in the use and development of applicable desktop tool sets
- Proven expert in partnering and leading internal and external technology resources in solving complex business needs
- Strong experience with various resource models such as Managed Services and/or Staff Augmentation
- Strong proficiency with data manipulation language including optimization techniques
- Ability to design and work with complex data models
- Expertise in development languages including but not limited to: Java/J2EE, JavaScript, JSP, C/C++, HTML, XML, SQL, Windows, UNIX, and .Net
- Knowledge in using and developing applicable tool sets
- Ability to write and review portions of detailed specifications for the development of system components of advanced complexity
- Strong skills in setting, communicating, implementing, and achieving business objectives and goals through the direct management of others
- Strong organization/project planning, time management, and change management skills across multiple functional groups and departments, and strong delegation skills involving prioritizing and reprioritizing projects and managing projects of various size and complexity
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