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Senior Manager - IT Application Development
12-15 years
Gurgaon / Gurugram
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Senior Manager - IT Application Development
United Airlines
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Job Description
Uniteds Digital Technology team designs, develops, and maintains massively scaling technology solutions brought to life with innovative architectures, data analytics, and digital solutions.
Our Values : At United Airlines, we believe that inclusion propels innovation and is the foundation of all that we do. Our Shared Purpose: "Connecting people. Uniting the world." drives us to be the best airline for our employees, customers, and everyone we serve, and we can only do that with a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. Our team spans the globe and is made up of diverse individuals all working together with cutting-edge technology to build the best airline in the history of aviation.
With multiple employee-run "Business Resource Group" communities and world-class benefits like health insurance, parental leave, and space available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work that will make you feel welcome and accepted. Come join our team and help us make a positive impact on the world.
Job overview and responsibilities
The Senior Manager role will lead a talented development team in the design and development of mission critical applications for our Technical Operation (TechOps) business unit. We will strongly emphasize collaboration with our business partners to ensure that the applications and services we create meet the evolving needs of the business. We are looking for someone with robust programming skills and experience in Agile methodologies.
Product Delivery and Support:
Responsible for delivery of large programs and continuous improvement initiatives within the web and backend channels
Collaborate with developers, cross-functional digital technology teams and business users to design, develop, and integrate user interfaces and services that meet business needs.
Contribute to the team effort by accomplishing project tasks on schedule and by interacting and mentoring junior and senior team members.
Collaborate with network, security, end user services, common services, and other IT stakeholders to assist with ensuring adherence to standards, IT security, enterprise architecture and integration considerations.
Provide effective leadership, motivation and mentoring to develop team members on managing 3rd party vendor hosted solutions, various phases of the software development life cycle, oversight of resources located locally and remotely, and adherence to United Airlines standards for security, platform, and performance.
Responsible for delivery of large programs and continuous improvement initiatives within the web and backend channels
Collaborate with developers, cross-functional digital technology teams and business users to design, develop, and integrate user interfaces and services that meet business needs.
Contribute to the team effort by accomplishing project tasks on schedule and by interacting and mentoring junior and senior team members.
Collaborate with network, security, end user services, common services, and other IT stakeholders to assist with ensuring adherence to standards, IT security, enterprise architecture and integration considerations.
Provide effective leadership, motivation and mentoring to develop team members on managing 3rd party vendor hosted solutions, various phases of the software development life cycle, oversight of resources located locally and remotely, and adherence to United Airlines standards for security, platform, and performance.
Guide team on facilitating investigation of production outages/problems and the subsequent restoration of service; ensure determination of root cause with plans for remediation; escalation points for application/system production outages.
Maintain in-depth knowledge of technologies and architectures used to support assigned set of applications and systems.
Ensure IT application development process disciplines (solution delivery, project management, work requests, QA, etc.) and standards are established, effectively managed, and performed.
Leadership:
Build and maintain relationships with business partners by providing a team of subject matter experts and leadership to collaborate with a matrixed team of functional and technical resources across the organization to deliver value added services and solutions.
Provide leadership and guidance to team and IT support groups to ensure business and technical requirements are met and the finished product is delivered to the customer per schedule and budget.
Reports to senior leadership on key performance indicators for departmental initiatives and on the health of the projects under their supervision
Lead team members and collaborate with business units to execute on application roadmap.
Influence and motivate members of their peer group to better managerial and leadership practices.
Conduct performance reviews, coaching, identifying training and development requirements and plans.
Demonstrate business skills with the ability to effectively negotiate priorities across multiple groups/teams.
Accountable for administrative management of 10+ IT professionals as direct reports HR administration, Time Reporting, etc.
Maintain in-depth knowledge of technologies and architectures used to support assigned set of applications and systems.
Ensure IT application development process disciplines (solution delivery, project management, work requests, QA, etc.) and standards are established, effectively managed, and performed.
Leadership:
Build and maintain relationships with business partners by providing a team of subject matter experts and leadership to collaborate with a matrixed team of functional and technical resources across the organization to deliver value added services and solutions.
Provide leadership and guidance to team and IT support groups to ensure business and technical requirements are met and the finished product is delivered to the customer per schedule and budget.
Reports to senior leadership on key performance indicators for departmental initiatives and on the health of the projects under their supervision
Lead team members and collaborate with business units to execute on application roadmap.
Influence and motivate members of their peer group to better managerial and leadership practices.
Conduct performance reviews, coaching, identifying training and development requirements and plans.
Demonstrate business skills with the ability to effectively negotiate priorities across multiple groups/teams.
Accountable for administrative management of 10+ IT professionals as direct reports HR administration, Time Reporting, etc.
Required
Bachelor s degree in computer science, Engineering or Business Administration
12+ years of IT and business/industry work experience
5+ years of web or backend development.
At least 7 years of leadership experience in managing multiple, large, cross-functional teams or projects and influencing senior-level management and key stakeholders.
Advanced technical and business knowledge in software development life cycle, quality assurance, project management, and other related disciplines/processes
12 months experience in Agile development
Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification.
Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position.
Must be legally authorized to work in India for any employer without sponsorship.
Must be fluent in English (written and spoken)
12+ years of IT and business/industry work experience
5+ years of web or backend development.
At least 7 years of leadership experience in managing multiple, large, cross-functional teams or projects and influencing senior-level management and key stakeholders.
Advanced technical and business knowledge in software development life cycle, quality assurance, project management, and other related disciplines/processes
12 months experience in Agile development
Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification.
Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position.
Must be legally authorized to work in India for any employer without sponsorship.
Must be fluent in English (written and spoken)
Preferred
MS in Computer Science, Mathematics, Information Systems, or another related field
Airline Experience is a plus
Airline Experience is a plus
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
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