Development Manager - IT - Full-time / Part-time

Development Manager - IT
McLean, VA
Temp to Perm Role

This Development Manager position will be a member of our IT enterprise data solutions team that supports all business lines. This is an opportunity to join a fast paced team that interacts will all areas of business and provides excellent experience and knowledge across the IT and data spectrum. This team is responsible for ensuring that all of the enterprise data applications are adequately supported and meet architectural standards. Our team is made up of talented individuals who thrive in a challenging work environment and enjoy the utilizing their problem solving skills. . The role will act in an IT Lead role on projects, providing guidance and oversight to the project manager. It will also ensure alignment between project activities and accepted scope and negotiate with the business and other stakeholders on changes to scope. This role is accountable for full end-to-end delivery of software product with either direct or indirectly managed team members of varying professional level

Position Overview:

Enterprise Data Delivery Services is currently seeking a Development Manager to manage a team of developers responsible for project delivery and production support for a suite of BI/Analytics applications.

Responsibilities Include:

Resource Management for a team of MicroStrategy Developers
Advisor to project teams regarding design and development activities, standards, risk mitigation and issue resolution.
Thought leader of team that interacts with business teams and other stakeholders to define reporting solutions to meet diverse, complex business needs.
Recommends changes to policies and established procedures that affect immediate organizations success.
Manage and track action items, issues, and risks associated with a suite of applications. Follow up on items with appropriate parties to ensure their resolution and/or escalate issues in a timely fashion.
Develop and manage a BI Consulting practice in support of a federated model across the BIO Development organizations
Partner with Architecture Services to develop Reference Architectures, Patterns and Roadmaps for BI/Analytics. Establish and maintain design and development best practices.
Define and develop strategy for the roll out of the new features of the MicroStrategy tool and version upgrades.
Development and monitoring of performance metrics and Service Level Agreements.
Provide proactive production support for MicroStrategy and other BI/Analytics applications. This includes monitoring usage patterns and recommending improvements.

Basic Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline; or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills may be acquired.
Minimum of 8 years of relevant IT related experience and 3+ years management experience
Experience with Agile development
Minimum 7 years of current and hands-on experience with the MicroStrategy tool and demonstrated expertise with complex and high volume Datamarts with Star Schema and Type 2 dimensions. Demonstrated experience delivering solutions to stringent SLAs for report performance.
Thorough knowledge of all features of MicroStrategy including but not limited to the the following capabilities Dimensional Modeling, Enterprise Manager, Cube Advisor, Cube creation/management/automation, Distribution Services, Transactional services, Visual Insight, Mobile.
Experience planning initiatives (including creation of business cases, formation of projects, and development of resource plans)
Demonstrated delivery of multiple complex projects
Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet critical deadlines
Demonstrated partnership with business clients and value proposition of projects / portfolio.
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Strong customer service skills
Experience managing dedicated and matrixed resources
Ability to establish / build cross divisional relationships / collaboration
Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to communicate effectively with team members, stakeholders, and Sr. management on both the business and IT sides.

Preferred Skills:

Understanding of the secondary mortgage industry.
Experience with SQL Server Reporting Services, SAS
Experience with ParAccel, Palantir
Experience with a large Consulting company

Experis is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE/AA)