Lee Shipman & Providence Technology Solutions are hiring a Director of Software Development for a benefit technology vendor. Our client is seeking to hire candidates in a permanent capacity or as a contract-to-hire. This role is based in Northern California. See responsibilities and required experience below:
Examples of Duties
- Manage day-to-day operations of the Software Development Department
- Directly supervise a team of skilled professionals, developing design specifications for software development projects, project management, managing budgets and schedules, vendor management, managing technology infrastructure, and business analysis.
- Participate in business development activities such as analyzing client / vendor technology requirements, making recommendations to the organization as to future development efforts, and participating in operational and strategic planning.
- Meet with internal departments, clients, vendors, etc. to gather information and analyze business needs / requirements
- Create software design specifications
- Estimate timelines and durations of projects
- Monitor the progress of software development projects
- Supervise the work quality and quantity of employees
- Assess infrastructure needs, coordinate acquisition and deployment of hardware resources
- Manage a department budget and project budgets
- Participate in management meetings and contribute to strategic planning and decision making
Experience / Education Requirements
- Minimum 3-5 years senior level leadership experience in an ASP.net environment, including direct supervision / management of software development teams
- Minimum 3-5 years software development project management experience
- Minimum 5 years software development experience in an ASP.net environment
- Bachelors or Master’s degree in Information Technology, Software Engineering, or Application Development, or related discipline.
Expected Technical Expertise
- Required:
- C#, ASP.net, WCF, Linq, ADO.net, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, HTML/CSS, IIS, XML, Biztalk, SAML, extensive experience with one or more project management systems (Project, OnTime, Rally, Gemini, etc.)
- Desirable:
- nHibernate/Castle, ColdFusion, Telerik Controls, Telerik Reports, SSIS, MVC, HTML5/CSS3, EDI, X509
Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Ability to research and gather technical information for the creation of software design specifications
- Ability to effectively estimate timelines and durations of technical projects
- Ability to accurately determine hardware resource needs, and make related recommendations
- Ability to effectively assess risk and reward associated with strategic and operational decisions
- Technical writing expertise, including the ability to effectively compose complex technical requirements such as software design specifications
- Ability to effectively communicate about business, operational, and organizational issues equally effectively with technical and non-technical personnel
- Ability to effectively communicate with non-technical personnel about technical concepts
- Intermediate to expert knowledge of business productivity software platforms such as those that would be used to accomplish the above noted items
- Intermediate to expert knowledge of project management systems such as Project, OnTime, Gemini, Rally, or other similar platforms
- Ability to effectively prioritize multiple projects and tasks in a deadline-sensitive environment
- Ability to effectively remain organized under pressure of high volume workload
Resumes can be sent to Lee.Shipman@ProvidenceTechnologySolutions.com
Lee Shipman 
This looks like a position I could do well.