Director Application Development

Director of Application Development

The Director of Application Development will be an integral member of the IT Leadership Team and Arbella's corporate senior leadership team. They will serve as a strategic leader and trusted advisor across the company, overseeing the management of all business facing portfolios and driving the success of the entire application development process. The Director of Application Development plans, coordinates, supervises all activities related to the design, development, implementation of the organization's applications development and analysis function. They must exhibit strong leadership skills, be highly collaborative, and work cross-functionally to ensure that IT meets the needs of individual business units across the organization while ensuring quality standards, adherence to Arbella's secure SDLC, and aligning application projects with business objectives; essentially leading the strategic direction of the company's software development initiatives. The Director of Application Development should have a proven track record of delivering on commitments, building strong business relationships, and developing and retaining top talent. This position reports to the AVP of Application Development.

Key Responsibilities

• Partnering with IT Management, the Director of Strategic Programs, and IT Sr. Staff, is responsible for the development and delivery of software solutions to support Arbella's Business Objectives.
• Manages a team of Application Portfolio Managers containing Managers, Developers and Business Analysts responsible for building, maintaining, and upgrading Arbella software applications.
• Direct the development and implementation of software solutions across all business portfolios.
• Establish standards for requirements, design, construction, testing and implementation of software applications.
• Practice regular reviews of application lifecycle currency and building plans to address risk.
• Partners with IT Sr. Staff to build 3-year plans and budgets that align with Arbella Business Plans.
• Aids IT Sr. Staff in the review of executive level presentations and reporting.
• Partners with IT and Legal in execution, negotiation, and renewal of complex vendor contracts for software subscriptions, support, and staff augmentation.
• Work across IT teams to ensure alignment of application portfolio priorities and resources with project / program timelines.
• Establish strong relationships with executive and senior leadership partners across Arbella business groups to understand their businesses and advise them on technological solutions and options for delivery.
• Partner closely with all members of the IT Leadership Team on portfolio, strategic and operational initiatives, driving results and proactively communicating on progress and direction of key IT projects.
• Develop and manage talent that is supportive of a culture that is energized, engaged, future focused and highly motivated to deliver best-in-class solutions.
• A strong focus on Diversity & Inclusion is necessary.

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