What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Technology Development Manager position at Macpower Digital Assets Edge Private Limited?
Job Summary: The Financial Technology Development Manager is responsible for designing, building, implementing, and supporting both vendor-packaged and custom internal solutions that enhance the core banking platform (Symitar) and other enterprise applications, in line with our strategic plan and technology roadmap. This role leads the design, development, and delivery of business solutions aimed at optimizing operational efficiency through technology. The manager oversees a team of core developers and collaborates with business units and internal IT teams to deliver enterprise solutions that meet the organization's operational needs, utilizing software delivery best practices. In addition to possessing excellent problem-solving abilities, strong software engineering discipline, and knowledge in Symitar PowerOn, the Financial Technology Development Manager must be an initiator who is self-motivated, creative, agile, and accountable. They must balance efficiency with effectiveness and have strong analytical and interpersonal skills.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Manage and supervise the core development team distributed across scrum teams and business lines. Responsibilities include overseeing resource administration, planning, allocation, and organization as needed.
- Work closely with the Enterprise Project Management Office (PMO) on team delivery and attend appropriate stakeholder ceremonies.
- Create a supportive team-oriented work climate that enables project and resource team members to develop professionally; value diversity, promote teamwork and collaboration, and emphasize quality, customer satisfaction, creativity, and cost-effectiveness.
- Demonstrate expertise and leadership in design and development concepts, practices, procedures, and governance, ensuring the delivery of high-quality and efficient software solutions.
- Implement processes for continuous improvement of application management practices. Seek feedback from users, analyze performance metrics, and identify areas for enhancement or innovation.
- Define design patterns, review code, and ensure that solutions adhere to Elevations coding, compliance, and information security standards.
- Work with external vendors for integrated solutions. Stay current with vendor strategic roadmaps to influence the health and currency of our application architecture.
- Exhibit leadership and people management skills, with an emphasis on coaching, mentoring, guiding, and motivating team members on project and product delivery and career/professional development.
- Ability to influence executive leadership.
- Understand the principles of project management practices in an agile and iterative project management methodology.
Preferred Skills, Education, and Experience:
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent.
- Hands-on experience developing, integrating, and supporting core banking applications (Symitar/PowerOn/RepGen).
- Knowledge and experience with IBM's AIX operating system.
- Proficient in SQL development for relational databases, HTML, and JavaScript.
- Knowledge of the ITIL framework and experience implementing engineering processes, procedures, and templates.
Work Environment:
Elevations uses multi-factor authentication to keep our data safe. As such, a personal smartphone is a requirement for employment with us. This job operates in an office setting and routinely uses standard office equipment.
Must Haves:
Elevations uses multi-factor authentication to keep our data safe. As such, a personal smartphone is a requirement for employment with us. This job operates in an office setting and routinely uses standard office equipment.
Must Haves:
- Six years' experience with financial institution technologies: Jack Henry (Symitar, Synapsys, Synergy, SymXchange, ARCU), MeridianLink, Encompass, Alkami, COTS, Image Center, OpCon, etc.
- Experience in software development methodologies, version control, and testing practices.
- Leadership and people management experience with an emphasis on coaching, mentoring, guiding, and motivating team members on project and product delivery and career/professional development.
- Ability to influence executive leadership.
- Understanding of the principles of project management practices in an agile and iterative project management methodology.
Nice to Haves:
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering.
- Hands-on experience coding, integrating, and supporting core banking applications (Symitar, PowerOn, RepGen).
- Knowledge and experience with IBM's AIX operating system.
- Proficient in SQL development for relational databases, HTML, and JavaScript.
- Knowledge of the ITIL framework and experience implementing engineering processes, procedures, and templates.
