Sr. Manager, Application Development 5408
Senior Manager, Application Development - HR Applications
Location: Chicago, IL (Downtown)
\*Onsite 4 days a week
Position Summary
The Senior Manager, Application Development is a senior technology leader responsible for leading multiple software engineering and application delivery teams in the design, development, modernization, implementation, and support of secure, scalable, cloud-enabled enterprise applications. This role oversees a portfolio of business-critical applications, including Human Resources, Finance, SaaS, custom-developed, integration, workflow, and reporting solutions, while driving excellence in Agile delivery practices across the organization.
The Senior Manager provides strategic and technical leadership to ensure technology solutions align with business objectives, enterprise architecture standards, security requirements, and operational expectations. The role serves as a key partner to business leaders, product teams, enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, infrastructure, data, risk, compliance, and IT leadership to deliver innovative and sustainable technology solutions.
Success in this role requires strong expertise in software engineering, cloud technologies, Agile delivery, DevSecOps practices, talent development, and application modernization within a complex and highly regulated environment.
Key Responsibilities
Technology Leadership & Engineering Excellence
- Lead the planning, design, development, implementation, and support of enterprise applications, integrations, workflows, reporting capabilities, and SaaS platforms.
- Oversee the full software development lifecycle, including architecture, development, testing, deployment, support, and continuous improvement.
- Ensure applications are secure, scalable, reliable, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise architecture and technology standards.
- Partner with business and technology stakeholders to define application roadmaps, modernization strategies, and investment priorities.
- Promote modern engineering practices including API-first development, cloud-native architectures, automated testing, code reviews, reusable components, and continuous integration and deployment.
- Provide leadership and guidance for complex technical, operational, and production support challenges.
Cloud, DevSecOps & Modern Application Delivery
- Lead teams responsible for developing and operating a...
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