Application Development Manager

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Support and develop cross-functional team members through coaching, feedback, and growth planning.
• Conduct performance reviews, lead crucial conversations, and create opportunities for career advancement.
• Cultivate a collaborative environment where team members can learn, take risks, and thrive.
• Identify individual and team development needs and leverage appropriate tools or support systems.
• Ensure successful delivery of software projects by aligning resources, clarifying priorities, and monitoring delivery quality, timelines, and customer expectations.
• Address delivery challenges proactively, guiding teams out of 'yellow' or 'red' statuses through problem solving, collaboration, and strategic support.
• Work closely with Product Owners and Technical Leads to create roadmaps, refine backlogs, and uphold software delivery practices.
• Navigate change confidently and help teams stay focused and clear on prioritization.
• Partner with other Application Development Managers and senior leadership to make decisions on talent staffing, project assignments, and resource allocation.
• Maintain a high-level view of organizational priorities, team capacity, and project timelines to ensure informed decision-making.
• Help shape, model, and implement standards for software delivery across the organization.
• Promote collaboration and shared ownership across the team.
• Celebrate wins, champion experimentation, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Uphold LIS's cultural values of collaboration, quality delivery, fast feedback, and continuous learning.

Requirements

• Proven experience managing cross-functional software development teams.
• Deep knowledge of software delivery practices, agile methodologies, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to lead through change and ambiguity with a steady, thoughtful presence.
• Strong problem-solving skills and proactive issue resolution.
• Passion for developing others and fostering growth, innovation, and high performance.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical teams.
• Mindset aligned with servant leadership, systems thinking, and continuous learning and improvement.

Nice to Have

• Experience in applying agile/scrum processes in application development environments.
• Experience or familiarity with the public sector.
• Familiarity with incident response, backlog management, and testing strategies.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities and lead teams across multiple concurrent projects.

Qualifications

• Experience managing cross-functional software development teams.
• Knowledge of software delivery practices and agile methodologies.
• Ability to lead through change and ambiguity.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Benefits & Perks

• Medical Coverage
• Free Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth, Adoption, and Foster Care leave
• Education and Development Opportunities (Employee Development Funds, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and more)
• Public Retirement Systems (such as OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS) & Optional Deferred Compensation (Ohio Deferred Compensation)