Director - Applications Development career at Farm Credit Services of America in Omaha

Farm Credit Services of America is currently seeking to employ Director - Applications Development on Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:31:50 GMT. REPORTS TO: Vice President â€" Applications Development POSITION SUMMARY: Serve as the leader of a cross-functional team focused on the delivery of software products and solutions. Lead collaborative design and development activities, and serve as partner to business leadership engaged with the team for the duration of projects. Attract, select, coach and counsel applications development team...

Director - Applications Development

Location: Omaha, Nebraska

Description: Farm Credit Services of America is currently seeking to employ Director - Applications Development right now, this career will be depute in Nebraska. For detail informations about this career opportunity kindly see the descriptions. REPORTS TO: Vice President â€" Applications Development

POSITION SUMMARY:
Serve as the leader of a cross-functional team focuse! d on the delivery of software products and solutions. Lead collaborative design and development activities, and serve as partner to business leadership engaged with the team for the duration of projects. Attract, select, coach and counsel applications development team members. Collaborate with all Information Technology leadership and teams, and serve as an initiator and driver of evolutionary improvement. Create meaningful measures of team success, and actively lead the on-going improvement of the team and development of new best practices.

EMPLOYEES SUPERVISED:
Business Analyst(s)

Lead Application Developer(s)

Application Developer(s)

Quality Assurance Automation Engineer(s)

Database Developer(s)

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Essential functions of the position include, but are not limited to:

Inspire understanding of Farm Credit Services of America’s vision, value propositions, and stra! tegic imperatives. consistent with team culture, core values, ! and team principles. Create a collaborative team environment and develop team members through coaching, training, as well as ongoing performance feedback. Conduct performance reviews, champion employee engagement and encourage employee development.

1. Optimize the team’s flow of development of prioritized needs.

• Create visualizations of the work of the team.
• Set limits to optimize work flow.
• Lead team creation of policies/agreements for when work has completed phases.
• Develop metrics and measurements to support team activities for continual improvement.

2. Lead, facilitate and communicate iterative team activities for:

• Setting project vision and milestones
• Gaining feedback on feature development
• Establishing team retrospection and learning
• Delivery and Deployment

3. Champion software craftsmanship, pragmatic development practices, and the adoption of ag! reed enterprise architecture decisions.

4. Serve as the partner for Business Owners and business leadership to determine and deliver solutions for Farm Credit Services of America strategic and business unit needs.

• Help to orient business owners to the role.
• Conduct collaborate design and development sessions as appropriate
• Lead the development of release planning
• Lead prioritizing of technical project needs, and advise in the prioritization of features as needed.

5. Ensure cross-team coordination. Resolve project impediments and team issues. Collaborate with all Information Technology leadership and teams, and serve as an initiator and driver of evolutionary improvement.

• Engage in routine planning and problem solving
• Participate in the development of IT initiatives and improvement activities

6. Additional functions of the position may include:

• Performs ! other responsibilities as assigned.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS:
Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Business administration or a related field required or equivalent experience. A minimum of five years experience in software development, including providing leadership to teams in delivering projects. Strong experience in using client-server or Internet based technologies. Demonstrated ability to lead individuals and teams. Duties require:

• Knowledge of customer service philosophies and the role of information management; computer hardware, software, languages, environments and related matters. Detailed knowledge of Internet/Intranet and client-server products and related terminology.
• Understanding of software development processes, object oriented design, software quality assurance and relational database development.
• Understanding of Microsoft .NET technologies.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment and complete tasks on a timely basi! s.
• Exercise leadership and judgment; analyze, evaluate and facilitate solutions to complex problems; make a positive personal impact on others; be innovative and creative and be logical and objective.
• Train, instruct and provide guidance to others. Interact positively with representatives of other associations, vendors and commercial entities.
• A passion and aptitude for lean (agile) methods required.
• Demonstrate team building abilities and attitude.
• Superior organization, prioritization, communication, and leadership skills.
• Proficient in facilitation of: user story creation, prioritization and estimation; planning; retrospectives; product demonstrations; release planning; daily stand ups.
• Understand and be a strong proponent of continuous integration and automation.
• Scrum certification or experience a plus.
• Proficient in Windows environment and use of Microsoft Office Suite.

INTE! RNAL/EXTERNAL CONTACTS:
Farm Credit Services of America employe! es, vendors, internal/external auditors, Farm Credit Administration (FCA), Farm Credit Council Services, Inc. (FCCS), other districts, and consultants.

MENTAL AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Operates a computer and related peripheral equipment proficiently and performs repetitive motions on computer for extended periods of time.
• Ability to reason, judge, compare, calculate, evaluate and critique such information as written materials, numerical data, responses to customer needs and/or other work related activities.
• Ability to complete work in an acceptable time frame and manage a variety of detailed tasks and responsibilities simultaneously and with accuracy to meet deadlines, goals, and objectives and satisfy internal and external customer needs related to the job.
• Understands and uses computer technology related to carrying out essential responsibilities of the job.
• Ability to operate telephone and respond to call! s and in-person inquiries.
• Ability to move about the office with occasional reaching and bending.
• Ability to travel by auto or commercial transportation to carry out essential responsibilities of the job up to 10%
• Ability to lift or move equipment up to 50 pounds from one location to another.

Requirements of the job include the ability to do the work, with or without reasonable accommodations. It is the Association's policy to make reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. Leadership retains the right to add, subtract or change duties of the position at any time.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than "at will" employment relationship.
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This career will be opened on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:31:50 GMT

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