Job Description
Senior Software Development Manager WELCOME TO SITA We're the team that keeps airports moving, airlines flying smoothly, and borders open. Our tech and communication innovations are the secret behind the success of the world’s air travel industry. You'll find us at 95% of international hubs. We partner closely with over 2,500 transportation and government clients, each with their own unique needs and challenges. Our goal is to find fresh solutions and cutting-edge tech to make their operations run like clockwork. Want to be a part of something big? ABOUT THE ROLE & TEAM: Do you want to work with amazing Teams who deliver new solutions in Air Travel on cutting edge technology? You will help to direct, plan and coordinate activities, while working alongside and collaborating with teams and team members. It’s a combination (and juggling) of people management, project management and technical knowledge with the aim of delivering the right products and services, in the right way, at the right time. WHAT YOU WILL DO: You will work with software engineers, test automation engineers, solution architects, UX Designers, and other members of our 'full practice' DevOps teams to assess risks or dependencies and make decisions to move forward. Have meaningful conversations with the technology teams, empowering them to do the right things and facilitating technical decision making. Making technical decisions where necessary. Provide performance management for all the members of your team, helping them achieve more than they could have without your support. Maintain overall accountability for multiple mediums to large-scale development, implementation, and maintenance projects that have a significant cross-functional business impact ensuring the solution(s) developed can sustain the long-term goals of the business. Intimately know your products, their roadmaps as well as their customers. Understand the associated costs for developing and maintaining your product areas, taking responsibility and accountability for ensuring the product costs are optimized in relation to the PnL for the product. Work very closely with the business leaders for your product areas, securing strategic visions and ensuring that the technology vision and execution for the product supports business strategy. Assume responsibility for the E2E solution development, deployment and operational readiness, working cross organizational domain to ensure success. Identify optimizations from technology, people and process perspectives and take responsibility and accountability for executing the optimizations for their product areas. Define the staffing needs of your projects and work with the Director to transform those into budgets interlocked with our Product Team. Champion best practices for your team so they can deliver in the right way, both from an engineering and an agile perspective. WHO YOU ARE: Proven abilities in working across teams and functions. Good practical knowledge of working with DevOps and Agile frameworks. Demonstrate solid knowledge of and ability to apply advanced software development principles, theories, programming languages, concepts, and techniques. Demonstrate competent use of development and project tools. Must be able to demonstrate a broad range of Software Development experience. Manage your own and teams’ contributions to tight deadlines and ability to prioritize and focus effort on the right tasks. Responsible for fostering a strong positive collaboration with the internal teams and external customers to meet strategic goals. 10+ years’ experience in a Software Engineering environment. 5+ years in people management preferably with matrix experience in a global environment. Bachelors or Master’s degree in Computer Sciences or Engineering. Formal training in project management preferred. WHAT WE OFFER: SITA’s workplace is all about diversity, many different countries and cultures are represented in our workforce. We collaborate in our impressive offices, embracing a hybrid work format. As part of our global benefits, we offer: Flex-week: Work from home up to 2 days/week (depending on your Team's needs). Flex-day: You may wish to flex your arrival time at the office, to beat the rush hours or you may want to leave the office earlier to pick up your kids from school or to go to your favorite game: We support you in being open about your needs and routine with your manager. Flex-location: Benefit for 26 working days from anywhere around the world each year! Competitive benefits according to the local market. SITA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values a diverse workforce. In support of our Employment Equity Program, women, aboriginal people, members of visible minorities, and/or persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply and self-identify in the application process. #J-18808-Ljbffr