Manager Software Development

About the role:

The role is based in the Pune R&D Center, at SAS R&D Pune facility. We are looking for a Software Manager to development product within the Customer Intelligence line of business. You will be leading the development activities, optimizing allocation for team member, lead the team technically, involve all the stakeholders appropriately, and maintain project standards and best practices and deliver outcomes as planned.

Essential Experience:

• At least 12 years of working experience in software development
• At least 2 years of management/leading experience of software development teams
• Experience of architecting technically sophisticated systems.
• Strong experience in Agile software development cycle
• Experience in enforcing best technical practices in software development
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Understanding of manual and automation testing processes and architecture
• Understanding of full stack of technology
• Excellent knowledge of enterprise design patterns
• Good understanding of data modelling best practices
• Experience in leading/managing teams with energy and optimism
• Ability to motivate team members to function collaboratively
• Good in multi-tasking

Experience of these items would be useful:

• Customer Intelligence domain preferred
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes
• Management in development on any public cloud providers like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, etc.
• Managing Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI, CD) model

Primary Responsibilities

• Organizes, develops, prioritizes, and assigns resources to deliver high quality, testable and scalable software solutions within established timelines, while adhering to R&D best practices and processes.
• Leads development project designs and enforces technical standards to ensure solutions execute correctly across various supported environments (i.e. browsers, devices, operating systems).
• Proactively leads and solicits the involvement of other project stakeholders (e.g. managers, developers, user interface and visual designers, product managers) to ensure implementation satisfies functional requirements and is consistent with established R&D standards.
• Manages and leads project scoping and scheduling; tracks progress of individual tasks and alerts executive management and stakeholders of concerns meeting schedules, while following established R&D standards.
• Manages product quality standards by ensuring functional, unit and performance testing is comprehensive and thorough; works closely with development and testing teams to verify test plans. Organizes, prioritizes, and assigns resources to implement and resolve code changes related to enhancements, redesigns and/or bug fixes.
• Maintains accountability for the entire life cycle of the code including support for both internal and external consumers.
• Ensures the veracity of design and technical documentation to satisfy both internal and external consumers.
• Contributes to product or project direction through collaboration with Product Management, Marketing, Sales, Customers, and others within SAS.
• Provides technical leadership as appropriate for projects and to the team through mentoring, training, and managing the activities of the team.
• Manages all aspects of the department including teamwork, performance management, feedback, professional growth through collaboration with SAS human resources, SAS education and executive leadership.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Background and Experience

SAS is seeking a Software Manager with overall experience of 12+ years, with minimum 2 years management/leading experience. The candidate should have development and management experience in Saas enterprise applications. The candidate should have excellent organizing and prioritizing skills, and sharp technical skills to choose the right direction technically. Candidate should have proven track record of delivery management and people management. Candidate should also have excellent verbal and written communication skills and possess the confidence to pull the work in the right direction, keeping all stake holders involved and engaged.