Associate Director -Software Development

Associate Director - Software Development - ITS

Position Summary

The Associate Director is responsible for managing assigned staff, and the planning, implementation, coordination, and operations of all software development issues. Job requires a high degree of interaction with General Conference users of Personal Computers.

Compensation

• Full-time exempt position with benefits
• Remuneration Range: 92-108% ($87K - $103K annually)

Benefits

Salary employees receive comprehensive benefits packages, including health insurance, paid time off, and retirement savings plans, etc.

Supervisor

Adrian Schmidt

• Works with supervisor to determine software development areas for improvement and strengthening, including software and system selection and configuration, ECM/ BPM, Document Management and documentation to support all standards, processes, systems and applications.
• Designs and structures teams, policies and guidelines, and processes to reflect the goals of the GC organization as outlined by supervisor.
• Responsible for proposing development policies and guidelines in coordination with other supervisor groups as they relate to security, communication, development standards and other areas as determined by the supervisor.
• Responsible for directing the selection, organization and planning of projects and determining the level of resources and timelines needed for each with ITS Development managers and teams.
• Reviews and recommends means for improving the software selection process to the supervisor.
• Works directly with GC officers and department administrators to review and suggest solutions geared toward improving processes, defining procedures, solving problems and more effective use of staff.
• Coordinates with Enterprise Architect regarding Global Software initiatives and issues resolution.
• Works with supervisor to develop, plan and assign resources to complete paperless initiative.
• Works with other global development church entities to develop and strengthen relationships, policies, standards, practices and other areas of software development as requested.
• Reviews policy and procedures for activities in department groups and recommends changes.
• Assists with development of annual department budget and financial statements.
• Organizes, manages project budgets, schedules and manager to meet objectives and timelines.
• Manages staff and engages when necessary to ensure department works closely with other ITS staff, in-house employees, consultants, vendors or engineers.
• Leads out in assigned meetings and gives reports to appropriate committees.
• Evaluates products and services and presents to the Leadership Committee for approval.
• Reviews workloads, schedules, itineraries, and status of ongoing projects in order to plan activities.
• Ensures technology use is conducted in a way that meets industry best practice regarding security.
• Develops, motivates, and evaluates assigned staff and ensures staff productivity and morale remain high.
• Responsible for resolving conflicts that arise among staff members in ITS development.
• Ensures that department operates within assigned annual operating department budget.
• Serves on boards and committees as assigned.
• Must be a member in regular standing of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
• Must maintain a regular and reliable work schedule.
• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

• Bachelor’s (BA/BS) degree in Computers, Mathematics, Engineering or related field required. Masters degree preferred. Candidate must have high technical skills in computers.
• Five or more years of experience in senior level computer responsibilities, including supervisory experience, are required in order to demonstrate level of expertise necessary to perform the job requirements.

• Extensive knowledge of principles, policies and beliefs of the General Conference and the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Knowledge of church structure and organization, including committee procedures, etc.
• Must have a good working knowledge of employer’s computer environment.
• Requires good organizational skills in evaluating process and making changes to meet the changing needs of users…