What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager Application Services position at GAINSCO Auto Insurance®?
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As Manager, Application Services, you will lead quality assurance efforts across IT services, ensuring the reliability and performance of application changes that support business initiatives. You’ll oversee a team of QA Analysts, drive automation strategies, and collaborate across departments to deliver high-quality software solutions. This role is ideal for someone who combines technical expertise with strong leadership and a passion for continuous improvement.
What does the MANAGER, APPLICATION SERVICES DO?
- Plan and manage QA processes and resources in alignment with business and IT cycles.
- Establish and enforce testing standards across new and existing applications.
- Analyze test results and communicate defects and trends to development teams and stakeholders.
- Identify automation opportunities and collaborate with engineering teams to implement them.
- Manage production support activities to ensure application stability and performance.
- Develop incident management and resolution processes.
- Provide regular updates to senior leadership on support activities.
- Collaborate with Product Owners to gather and analyze user stories.
- Ensure requirements are clearly understood and implemented accurately.
- Facilitate communication between business stakeholders and IT teams.
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of QA Analysts.
- Foster a high-performance culture focused on accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Manage staffing needs, recruitment, onboarding, and performance management.
- Communicate organizational goals and ensure alignment across the team.
What is required?
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field required.
Experience:
- 7 years in application delivery is required
- 5 years in team management is required, preferably within QA or application services.
- 3 years working with Azure DevOps is required.
- Experience in auto insurance software delivery preferred
- Familiarity with DuckCreek and Guidewire platforms preferred
- Exposure to automation engineering is a plus.
- Experience with statistical reporting and analysis.
Skills and Abilities:
- Strong knowledge of system testing metrics, best practices and methodologies.
- Ability to identify business needs and develop effective strategies.
- Ability to plan, direct, and coordinate all test activities of multiple applications with minimal supervision.
- Ability to communicate effectively with business leaders,
- Experience working in a team-oriented and collaborative environment.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Excellent presentation skills and prior experience in making presentations for executive management.
What else do you need to know?
- Hybrid
- Excellent benefits package medical & dental, vision insurance, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance.
- Parental Leave Policy
- 401K Company Match
- PTO Plan Paid Company determined Holidays.
**Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (e.g. H-1B visa) for this opportunity**
All offers are contingent upon a successful background investigation (including employment, education, criminal and DMV verification- when applicable) and a pre-employment drug test with results satisfactory to the company.
The company is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer