As a leader of development teams, you are at the nexus of execution, stakeholder engagement, and overall business strategy. Your successful efforts ensure the continuity of high performance in you team, the satisfaction of clients and stakeholders as they interact with us throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC), and the successful implementation of corporate initiatives. This critical role demands excellence at balancing both macro and micro focus in multiple areas:
Define and support career pathways for your direct reports.
Grow our teams and individuals fostering a creative, collaborative, and continuous improvement mindset.
Motivate and challenge individuals by connecting their efforts to the success of the team, the application(s), and to company initiatives.
Culture is not defined by our words, but rather by our actions.
Lead by example with our Engineering Manifesto.
Quality first.
Provide clear SDLC process guidance to the teams to reduce risks associated with human error.
Simplify
Automate
Communicate
Define and apply team best practices consistent with industry standards.
Hire, train, and mentor team members in line with company, departmental, and your own standards of excellence.
Security of our systems and sensitive data (PII and company information) is baked into your DNA.
Ensure proper adherence to all regulatory needs of your application.
Evolve your skills to keep up with the pace of change.Â
Demonstrate thought leadership in all aspects of the applications in your space.
Advise technical and non-technical collaborators on "the art of the possible" within your applications.
Demonstrate strong project management skills to help balance internal technical desires and project constraints.
Deliver according to agreed upon schedule, scope, and budget.
Instead of saying "no", explain what it would take to make it "yes".
Reduce technical debt by bringing clarity to problem areas so it can be handled efficiently.
Iterative releases - be creative in how we build and deploy new features.
No surprises - communicate early and often.
Think like a scrum master removing roadblocks for the team.
Diplomacy - As a front-line technical contact for the application(s), it is imperative that you build strong relationships with all interested parties based on trust and respect.
Demonstrate empathy for stakeholders and end users by understanding their motivations and advocate for the usability of the system, not just functionality.