Job information Assistant Vice President Software Development from the Company Astec Systems Inc, this latest Assistant Vice President Software Development job vacancy is located in the city Remote. This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate . Job Vacancies in this Programmer field have been opened and published up to the specified time.
Job Description :
Description: Overview of Job Family
Comprised of focused, meticulous, and analytical problem solvers and see around corners thinkers, our Astec team develops, enhances, and safeguards client Companies’including but not limited to Cabrillo Holdings’core information technology systems/software platform. Our Astec Systems team is extremely important to Cabrillo Holdings’ success as the team is responsible for developing, testing, maintaining, enhancing, improving, and monitoring the Astec Systems software platform, which is our Company’s core business systems platform. Additionally, our Astec Systems team members effectively interact, and collaborate with client companies’ representatives to plan, develop, manage, troubleshoot, and resolve important software implementation and enhancement projects to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction and success.
Job Responsibilities
In the spirit of our Company’s mission, values and culture, the duties listed above serve as illustrations of the diverse types of work that may be performed by our Astec Systems Team Members. We may also expect these Team Members to fulfill other responsibilities that are similar, related or a logical assignment to this job class.
- Plans, organizes, and evaluates the performance of assigned team members; oversees development, implementation, and monitoring of work plans to achieve Company’s mission, goals, and performance measures; manages development, implementation, and continuous improvement of work programs, plans, processes, procedures, and tools (i.e. manuals) applicable to team responsibilities in order to achieve or exceed Company goals, Company quality, and service standards; participates in the selection and hiring of team members in accordance with Company’s principles, practices, business needs, and mission; with Astec/Cabrillo Holdings leadership team, ensures appropriate, and efficient staffing levels; manages organization and scheduling of and/or organizes and schedules team to ensure business requirements and priorities are met or exceeded.
- Monitors and evaluates the performance of assigned team members; assists in establishing team’s results-oriented performance goals and requirements and individual team members’ growth and development targets; regularly monitors performance and provides coaching for performance improvement and development; recommends career advancements and other rewards to recognize performance; recommends disciplinary action, up to, and including, termination, to address performance deficiencies, in accordance with Company policies.
- Provides leadership and collaborates with unit to create and foster a high performance, service-oriented work environment that supports the Company’s mission, objectives, and service expectations; provides leadership and participates in programs and activities that promote a positive team environment.
- With Cabrillo Holdings’ senior leaders and other Astec leaders, actively assists and participates in providing and/or coordinating ongoing team training; ensures that team members engage in useful learning and development opportunities; develops forward-thinking training plan for team and/or external consultants to ensure Company redundancy and resiliency; provides extensive, advanced one-on-one training to ensure maximum transfer of knowledge and to ensure adequate cross training among the team for effective, efficient ongoing operations.
- Actively advances the growth and development of the Astec Systems software development and programming analyst teams, which may include both team members and outside consultants/vendors; with applicable leaders and specialists, manages team members’ compliance with Company’s established practices and quality and service expectations; with applicable leaders and specialists, identifies team and/or individual quality improvement opportunities; initiates and/or performs team members’ work product and/or desk workflow evaluations, as appropriate; participates in development and improvement of team’s audit practices and procedures.
- Serves as a technical resource and expert on the Astec software and systems for internal and external clients; provides recommendations regarding systems evolution; responds to inquiries and provides advice to internal and external clients regarding current and potential system inputs, processes, and outputs; satisfies data sampling, project analysis, testing verification, and other user requests; determines how software enhancements, changes and updates may affect the clients’ business and systems.
- Collaborates with client representatives, leaders, and other stakeholders to fully understand the tasks that must be accomplished and the business needs to be addressed by the projects requested; Proactively identifies and effectively communicates alternate solutions, as warranted, to ensure optimal solutions are executed; ;;; Negotiates plans and timeframes, ensuring that clients understand the anticipated result; Manages and directs development of and/or develops and communicates detailed specifications for implementation; Leads the Astec team to ensure successful, efficient coordination and management of assigned software development projects for internal and external clients; while meeting and/or exceeding client expectations.
- Develops and maintains comprehensive documentation of program development and revisions; prepares thorough, accurate user documents and training materials.
- Gathers, reviews, compiles, analyzes, and integrates specialized data and information for ongoing and special reports, documentation, and correspondence; as requested, composes, edits and completes confidential and complex board and/or other high-level communications, correspondence, technical reports, and other written materials; designs and develops report formats to meet leadership information needs; works with the Cabrillo Holdings Systems Team to develop or modify systems in order to ensure required data and information is easily accessible.
- Dynamically enhances Company’s success by taking advantage of learning and development opportunities and personally integrating positive actions to improve individual performance; maintains current understanding of industry standards, trends, and best practices through industry and other professional networks.
- As assigned by Cabrillo Holdings senior leadership, plans, organizes, directs and/or conducts the development and implementation of a wide range of routine to complex special projects or programs for Cabrillo Holdings and/or Astec Systems, which may include but not be limited to providing extensive technical assistance in Cabrillo Holdings in a potential migration to a new platform/system.
Requirements: Skills and Expertise
Qualities: Strong intellectual curiosity; Self-Starter; Sense of Urgency; Tactful; Quality-Oriented; Service-Oriented; Detail-Oriented; Team Player; Multi-Tasker; Adaptable; Flexible; Strong Work Ethic; Positive Can Do Attitude; Consistent follow-through; Integrity; Ability to maintain composure and professionalism in fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment; Exceptional Leadership.
Strong skill sets in the following areas: organization; problem analysis/solving; conflict resolution; active listening; oral and written communication; information analyses; time management/working under tight deadlines; knowledge of COBOL coding language; management, mentorship, and leadership skills; advanced project management skills.
Strong knowledge of: Standard business software and web-based engine operations (e.g., Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, and Google Chrome), Software Testing and Maintenance; COBOL coding language.
Licenses, Certification, Education and/or Experience
Licenses/Certification: N/A
Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Information Technology, or related field and/or eight or more years of Computer Information Systems experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Master’s degree in previously stated disciplines is a plus. Previous leadership responsibilities, project management experience, software development experience in the property and casualty insurance industry, experience working on an iSeries platform (Power8 or 9), and fluency in COBOL coding language is strongly preferred.
