VP, Software Development

I have been engage to identify the leader over software development for my client. This is a full-stack Microsoft environment.

Job Description • Drive the cultural changes necessary to enable a continuous delivery model and foster a strong focus on automation of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) in an Agile environment. • Foster a strong customer service mind-set throughout the application development team, while championing thought leadership and partnership with the business. • Partner with business leaders to create robust solution roadmaps that are integrated with architecture and operations. • Effectively initiate, plan, schedule, control, and bring to closure multiple high priority projects. Solicit the involvement of others to build a sense of ownership. • Must have the confidence to act quickly and decisively when the business requires such agility, and the ability to challenge norms and existing processes. • Set priorities and deliver solutions to meet company needs and client initiatives; This will require working cross-functionally with other teams such as Business, Architecture, Support, and IT on a continuous basis. • Encourage adoption of best practices, process and technologies, including SDLC methodologies such as Scrum Agile. • Drive the software strategy roadmap and implementation including standards, methods, metrics, and procedures to ensure a quality product that exceeds the customer expectation. • Implement and champion a robust professional development program, and continuously upskill team members to keep them current. • Evaluate team members’ performance, provide candid feedback and high impact coaching that enables (and motivates) them to achieve departmental as well as enterprise goals.