Retail IT Development Manager- NYC St Pete or Berkeley Heights NJ

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

• Lead a dynamic team of onshore / offshore developers and assist Director of Development with transformation of the team to adapt to new agile ways of working and shifting focus to Product Oriented Development
• Follow Project or Product Management methodology managing tasks and activities within the team displaying flexibility with either Agile Waterfall methodologies or a hybrid
• Manage project or product deliverables through entire development lifecycle from estimation to delivery and hypercare
• Collaborate with other IT teams vendors and the Business to ensure timely delivery of various tasks projects and Level 3 Support requests and incidents

• Actively participate in business and technology planning sessions to identify future needs adhering to a technology strategy and delivery roadmaps
• Handle multiple issues/tasks/projects of varying size simultaneously and effectively communicate status to stakeholders and management
• Work with store operations and brand leadership teams to address problems and incidents participate in P1/Sev1 calls when needed
• Exercise effective communications and foster team building
• Partner with System Administrator with internal Retail IT to follow and support an internal production change control process
• Manage Development Team relationships within Retail IT domain (IT/business/third parties/vendors)
• Be the main point of contact for larger IT organization including Retail IT Infrastructure Security Digital and Governance teams
• Adhere to companys internal policies and initiatives including Diversity Equity and Inclusion and Sustainability

Technical Proficiency:

• Mastery in IT Agile Transformation and POD
• Expert level of Systems Architecture and IT Project Lifecycle
• Expertise in PointOf Sales Solutions (CEGID or GK are a big plus)
• Strong Design and Development of Web APIs (Rest and SOAP)
• Expert level of SQL Server Development including Stored Procedures Triggers Functions Assemblies
• Working experience with Business Intelligence SQL based SSRS SSIS or other ETL tools
• Experience with Batch and VB Scripting
• Working Knowledge of VB.Net / C#.NET Java Script HTML
• Proficiency in creating technical documentation and building flow charts
• Retail background or experience working in Retail environments
• Working knowledge of ERP systems (SAP is a big plus)

Key Professional Skills:

• Strong organizational analytical process oriented and creative problemsolving skills
• Extensive experience troubleshooting collaborating and sharing knowledge with colleagues and peers
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to communicate with internal and external IT and the business partners
• Ability to create both highlevel and extensively detailed estimations project status reports