IT Manager I - Applications

IT Manager I Applications

The main purpose of this job is to lead practices to eliminate work through automation, proactive identification of impacting issues, including iterative improvement to both quality and stability as a part of the daily work.

Responsibilities include the leadership and management of the Wealth Management, Commerce Financial Advisors and Capital Markets Application Team. The manager will be responsible to create a culture that provides timely performance feedback, mentorship needed to learn and grow team members, collaboration, partnership with business owners and highly responsive / effective team. The manager will lead practices to eliminate work through automation, proactive identification of impacting issues, including iterative improvement to both quality and stability as a part of the daily work. As the manager you must be comfortable with retrospective learning along with being a champion of change as needed.

The manager will engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of servicesfrom inception, through deployment, operation, and refinement. They will support services through activities such as system design consulting, integrating software and frameworks, automation creation, testing, capacity planning and implementation reviews. They will maintain stability by measuring and monitoring availability, latency, and overall system health. The manager will scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity. They will strive to utilize technical skills to maintain optimal system efficiency, productivity, and reliability. The manager will practice sustainable incident response.

Essential functions include :

• Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of servicesfrom inception, through deployment, operation, and refinement.
• Support services through activities such as system design consulting, integrating software and frameworks, automation creation, testing, capacity planning and implementation reviews.
• Maintain stability by measuring and monitoring availability, latency, and overall system health.
• Identify and lead changes to enhance team approach to troubleshoot, resolve, apply workarounds, and ultimately apply a quality permanent solution to resolve any technical issue.
• Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity.
• Utilize technical skills to maintain optimal system efficiency, productivity, and reliability.
• Practice sustainable incident response.
• Lead, mentor and motivate team members to implement the department strategy and manage department workflow with guidance on departmental projects / issues, and provide coaching and development opportunities appropriate to each direct report's individual needs.
• Perform all necessary management functions, including hiring, evaluations, annual increase allocations and disciplinary action as required.
• Communicate decisions, priorities and relevant information to team members effectively.
• Support budget management, planning and expenditure.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, skills & abilities required :

Education & experience :

Hybrid Schedule : In office 2-3 days per week.

Must be eligible to work in the US without sponsorship now or in the future.

A reasonable estimate of the current base pay is $102,500 to $121,000 annually. This position will be eligible for additional compensation through performance-based incentive plan(s) that will correspond to meeting performance goals.

The candidate selected for this position may be eligible for the following employment benefits : employer sponsored health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k), life insurance, paid vacation, and paid personal time. In addition, we offer career development, education assistance, and voluntary supplemental benefits.

Location : 922 Walnut St, Kansas City, Missouri 64106

Time Type : Full time