Manager, Software Development

Position Summary

Infor is looking for a talented Manager to join our India Infor SunSystems team as we build momentum for our recently released Multi-Tenant cloud solution. SunSystems is a well-established financial management solution with a depth of functionality that attracts thousands of B2B customers in multiple verticals around the globe. The solution is combined with real time analytics and is tightly integrated into Infor s Technology platform.

SunSystems R&D is forming a new team based in India, to work side by side with the rest of the organisation currently based in Farnborough, UK and Shanghai China. This is a cross-functional team, including developers, QA, SRE, DevOps and Data specialists, and is intended to accelerate our delivery work on new features and product modernisation as well as building our talent pipeline in key disciplines for the future. This team will be part of a thriving local Infor community at the Hyderabad office which spans several Infor products and this is great opportunity to get in at the start of the SunSystems team.

A Day in The Life Typically Includes:

• Working with the SunSystems R&D leadership team and with the R&D Director to build strategy, deliver communications and provide leadership in the IBU R&D team.
• Our teams are based across the UK, Shanghai China, and India, achieving a level of follow-the-sun development, and you will collaborate widely across the whole team to ensure common standards in management, to build relationships and to represent the India team, as well as co-ordinating technical work that is delivered across multiple teams.
• As the India-based representative of the SunSystems IBU, you will build a particularly close relationship with two external teams that we collaborate with - the Cloud Operations team, and the GDS Professional Services team, both of which are based in Hyderabad.
• As a member of the development / R&D leadership team, you will be an active participant in department strategy, department management, communication and co-ordination of leadership across the whole R&D team.

Basic Qualifications :

• Strong experience and skills in line management and leadership and ability to dynamically and effectively lead and manage a team of 10 individuals with diverse technical skills in Hyderabad India.
• Broad technical background. It is likely that you have come from a product development background with experience as a systems engineer, software engineer, devops engineer or similar. You will understand how software is built, deployed and maintained.
• and iterative development practises.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Enthusiasm and ability to collaborate well with others, including remote teams
• Professional pride, drive and curiosity, a diligent self-starter that keeps up to date with best practise and keeps your skillset sharp.
• Strong problem resolution skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of SunSystems / Q&A applications will be beneficial.
• Knowledge of cloud, and experience with enterprise applications running in cloud.
• Ability to take on incident management - calm and well-organised under pressure, able to adapt leadership style as required to different situations.
• Customer focused mindset, with the ability to understand end user requirements and consider how users work with software that you develop.
• Understanding of Accounting/Reporting/Financial applications, or experience with or exposure to Infor SunSystems and Query and Analysis, beneficial but not required.