Director of Application Development

1 day ago

Chicago, Illinois, United States The University of Chicago Full time
Job Summary

The Director of Application Development is responsible for planning, organizing, and monitoring all processes for application development, including the acquisition of programming tools, management of application development and strategic architecture, and overall applications planning for the Chicago Booth Information Technology Department.

Key Responsibilities
  • Designs, develops, and supports custom software applications and integrations to third-party vendor applications utilized by faculty, staff, students, and alumni.
  • Leads and manages the Application Developers, Data Warehouse Analyst, Database Administrator, and Applications Architect.
  • Plans resource allocations for both projects and day-to-day development activities.
  • Builts strong partnerships across the business to ensure priorities are understood and met.
  • Assigns tasks and monitors development progress compared to plans.
  • Member of the Change Advisory Board and responsible for scheduling application deployments.
  • Assists the Chief Information Officer with the Booth application strategy.
  • Collaborates with client departments to design and plan the implementation of new applications or enhancement of existing systems.
  • Researches new technologies appropriate to systems development.
  • Manages programming staff through subordinates, usually other managers. Establishes performance goals, allocates resources, directs training, and assesses policies for direct subordinates.
  • Executes functional business plans and contributes to the development of overall programming strategy. Oversees the departmental budget.
Requirements
  • Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in a related field.
  • Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 10+ years of work experience in a related job discipline.
  • None required.
Preferred Qualifications
  • A minimum twelve years of experience in IT development/operations, including at least eight years in a leadership role.
  • A minimum two years of experience leading an application development area of similar or larger size.
  • Managing a staff of IT professionals.
  • Leading an IT organization for a highly decentralized, people and data intensive business, either in the commercial or non-profit sectors.
Technical Skills or Knowledge
  • Knowledgeable in Web technologies, ASP.NET technology, and MS SQL Server.
  • Expertise in application development architecture, processes, methodologies, and disciplines.
  • Expertise in evaluating 3rd party solutions and vendor negotiations.
Preferred Competencies
  • A proven track record for recruiting and retaining outstanding technical and managerial talent.
  • Working horizontally across an organization to implement change.

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