Senior Manager Chapter Engineering
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Job Description
Do you have a strong technical background with a desire to help develop others? If so, the Chapter Lead position within Card Programs is for you. Come join our team where you get to work closely with our business partners to develop new, cutting edge protection products to help our customers. As a Chapter Lead you will be responsible for coaching our developers to become the best they can be; all while honing your own skills to stay at the top of your craft. In addition to coaching you’ll work along side the teams contributing to business deliveries and piloting new technologies and solutions patterns to further enable the teams. Candidates must have a strong desire to help develop others and a desire to continue to grow themselves.
Responsibilities:
- Defines how technical work should be done, selecting appropriate tools, defining technology, quality, experience and implementation standards and practices within own technical domain. Develops own technical skills to attain Subject Matter Expertise in at least one technical implementation within own technical domain. Ensures consistency of technical execution and knowledge, sharing common practices and challenges within the Chapter. Engineer solutions for special projects as needed.
- Develops own Chapter into a highly technically competent, consistent, thoughtful and customer-centric team of technology experts. Works with Product Owners and Value Stream Engineering leaders to efficiently and effectively allocate chapter resources to meet Product needs. Fosters a culture of excellence and continuous learning within the Chapter. Establishes and tracks to appropriate OKRs to ensure outcomes are met.
- Instills a sense of purpose, curiosity and continuous learning with each and every Chapter member, motivating all to achieve their best. Owns the career and performance management process for the chapter, ensuring the collective’s technical competency continues to consistently evolve to effectively support Product Owner and Value Stream needs. Attracts, onboards and develops/retrains talent to achieve the strongest Chapter possible.
- Utilizes PO and VS feedback and performance/satisfaction metrics to identify areas of continuous improvement within team. Engages with internal and external communities of practice to share experiences, contribute knowledge, learn and advocate for the Discover Technology brand. Promotes team innovation and collaboration of ideas across teams.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree in Information Technology or related
- 4+ years of experience in Engineering People Leadership and Development or related
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong leadership and coaching skills
- Java
- General knowledge of service architecture / cloud design
- Pipeline tools such as Jenkins, Github, Sonarqube, etc.
- Security driven service design
- Test driven development mindset
- Testing and process automation background
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