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Primary Details
Time Type: Full time
Worker Type: Employee
Application Development Manager - Crop
The Opportunity
Drive efficient and effective application development initiatives by leading team within area of responsibility, guiding on project strategy and communicating and implementing opportunities for continuous improvement to ensure adherence to service level agreements and alignment with business technical needs.
- Location: ND - Fargo
- Work Arrangement: Hybrid (2-3 days a week in the office)
- The salary range for this role is between $112,500 - $168,500 depending on experience
Your new role
Responsibilities:
- Manage team workload by forecasting needed resources and usage, prioritizing, delegating, and tracking application development tasks, supervising work, and providing guidance as required to ensure efficient achievement of application development goals
- Foster the achievement of service level agreements by communicating with business leaders, tracking development projects, and analyzing results to ensure alignment of technical solutions with key stakeholder expectations
- Facilitate day-to-day team operations by developing and implementing short-term strategy and collaborating with senior department leaders to align with long-term initiatives and leverage available resources for application development initiatives
- Capitalize on opportunities for continuous improvement by identifying and implementing enhancements to applications to drive efficiency and effectiveness of technical solutions
- Manage budgeted resources by anticipating expenditures, accurately forecasting resource needs/costs and properly accounting for expenses to meet requirements and achieve fiscal responsibility
Required Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience
Required Experience
- 7 years relevant experience
Preferred Competencies/Skills
- Define, generate, and adapt technology to serve user needs; identify opportunities for enhancements
- Manage large-scale, complex application development projects
Utilize effective written and verbal communication with multiple internal and external stakeholders; communicate complex information in a user-friendly format - Anticipate obstacles, estimate time and resources needed for the completion of a project
Implement planning to prioritize, organize, and measure work - Organize people, tasks, and activities to yield efficient workflow
- Foster remote working relationships
- Motivational, inspirational, and enthusiastic approach to team leading and management
- Share knowledge and educate others
- Manage and prioritize competing responsibilities concurrently and effectively
- Motivate, develop, and direct people as they work, to identify the best people for the job
- Establish long-range objectives and specify the strategies and actions to achieve them
Preferred Education Specifics
- Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Management Information Systems or related field
Preferred Experience
- Application development experience
- experience managing or leading others
- increasing levels of responsibility
Preferred Knowledge
- Advanced working knowledge of relational databases, SQL, and management information systems (MIS)
- Advanced working knowledge of technical documentation
- Advanced working knowledge of software development lifecycle and relevant milestones; project management methodology
- Advanced working knowledge of .NET technologies and object-relational mapping (ORMs)
- Advanced working knowledge of n-tier architecture
- Working knowledge of insurance terminology, property and casualty billing systems, and policy administration systems
- Working knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership technique, and coordination of people and resources
Compensation Package: The salary range for this role is provided above. This is the national range for location(s) listed. The salary offer will be decided based on the role's complexity, its location, and the candidate’s professional background, including their education and experience. Beyond the base salary, regular full-time and part-time employees will also be eligible for QBE’s annual discretionary bonus plan based on business and individual performance. We encourage all candidates to apply, even if their salary expectations fall outside of this range, as we are committed to finding the right fit for our team.
QBE Benefits: We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to:
- Hybrid Working – a mix of working from home and in the office
- 22 weeks of paid leave for family growth, with 12 weeks available to all parents on a gender-equal basis
- Competitive 401(k) program with company match up to 8%
- Well-being program including holistic wellbeing coaching, gym membership, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
- Tuition Reimbursement for professional certifications, and continuing education
- Employee Network and Community – QBE actively supports six Employee Networks, and many ways to give back to your community
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Why QBE? What if you could have a positive impact – at work and in the world?
At QBE, we’re enabling a more resilient future – for our customers, communities, environment, and for our people. We’re building momentum to achieve something significant and know our people are at the center of our success.
Our industry offers interesting and varied careers where you can help people to protect what matters most. As part of the QBE team, you’ll get to spend every day working with people who are passionate, talented and kind. And our international scale means we’re big enough for your ambitions, yet small enough for you to make a real impact.
Join us now, so you can be part of our success – and we can be part of yours!
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Equal Employment Opportunity:
QBE provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race; color; gender; gender identity; sexual orientation; religious practices and observances; national origin; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; protected veteran status; or disability or any other legally protected status.
Supplementary information
Skills:
Computer Engineering, Critical Thinking, Customer Service, Documentation Preparation, Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Process Improvements, Resource Planning, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Methodologies, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Leadership, Strategic Management, Team Management, Waterfall Model, Workload Management
How to Apply:
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Equal Employment Opportunity:
QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.
Salary : $112,500 - $168,500
