For over 30 years, one Company has represented quality & leadership - Highland Homes- where building careers goes hand in hand with excellence in new home construction. Highland’s employees thrive in an atmosphere of appreciation & confidence, contributing their unique ideas to the Company’s overall success. Employee Owned. Customer Focused.

Highland Homes is currently accepting resumes for a Application Development Manager role. The Application Development Manager is a key role responsible for overseeing the strategic planning, design, and implementation of the enterprise's technology stack. The person in this role should have extensive IT experience and a thorough understanding of business processes and strategies. They should be able to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders and have strong leadership and management skills.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Application Development
  • Define and communicate the technical strategy to align with business goals.
  • Collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure solutions meet current and future needs.
  • Ensure current and future applications have relevant documentation for supportability and extensibility.
  • Ensure that applications are built based on guidelines specified in the Well Architected Framework.
  • Lead a team of developers to design, code and test secure, scalable applications.
  • Oversee the software development lifecycle to deliver solutions in an optimal way.
  • Evaluate and recommend technologies to support application development.
  • Conduct architecture and code reviews on a regular basis.
  • Keep overall technical debt low.
• Strategic Planning
  • Work with the senior IT and business leaders to understand business needs and priorities.
  • Work with the planning team to plan and prioritize workloads.
  • Ensure that technology supports the overall business strategy.
• Team Leadership
  • Build and lead a team of developers and architects.
  • Build an environment that fosters collaboration and innovation.
  • Provide coaching and mentorship to team members to ensure professional growth.
  • Ensure team members are operating efficiently and within budget.
  • Provide input into developing team structure to meet business needs.
• Security
  • Work with the larger IT team to build a security focused environment.
  • Work with the security team to ensure the environment is sufficiently secured from external and internal threats.
• Vendor Management
  • Evaluate Statement of Work documentation and negotiate outcomes.
  • Collaborate with external vendors to evaluate and integrate solutions into the enterprise.
  • Hold vendors and contractors accountable for the promised deliverables.
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field preferred, or 10 years related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proven record of at least 7 years in IT leadership roles, with a significant focus on application development.
• Strong understanding of agile development methodologies, DevOps practices, and their application to drive efficient software development and deployment.
• Strong change management skills and ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Azure-based data solutions, including data storage, processing, analytics, and security.
• Proven experience in managing complex projects, budgets, and resources.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Strong communicator (oral and written), including the desire to ask questions and learn from others required.
• High level of proficiency in MS Office software (Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.).
• Strong organizational skills with a keen ability to prioritize and multi-task.
• Ability to focus on short-term and long-term goals simultaneously.

Highland offers a competitive benefit package, including excellent medical / dental / prescription benefits, Employee Stock Ownership Plan, 401(k), new home purchase discounts, & more – all in a business casual atmosphere! Join the company that recognizes & rewards the people who create their success. Highland Homes is an Equal Opportunity Employer.