Senior Application Development Manager

Description Senior Application Development Manager:
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Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with over 10,000 entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionals in over 40 countries. We take a hands‑on approach to solving our clients' problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are why our people love working at A&M.

The Application Manager is responsible for leading the strategic and operational management of enterprise applications that support business objectives across Alvarez & Marsal. This role oversees the full application lifecycle—from design and development to deployment and maintenance—while ensuring alignment with organizational goals, technical standards, and best practices. The Application Manager provides leadership to development teams, drives technical excellence, and promotes Agile principles and modern code deployment practices to ensure scalable, secure, and high‑performing solutions.

• Lead the planning, design, and delivery of enterprise application initiatives to meet evolving business needs.
• Establish and enforce best practices for software architecture, Agile development, and deployment.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners and IT leadership to translate business requirements into a robust technical solution.
• Manage and mentor a team of developers, providing technical guidance, code reviews, and performance coaching.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement within Agile teams.
• Ensure all applications align with IT strategy, governance policies, and security standards.
• Collaborate with senior IT leadership to define application roadmaps, modernization initiatives, and continuous delivery pipelines.

• Oversee and champion Agile delivery practices, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily stand‑ups, retrospectives, and incremental delivery.
• Define, document, and enforce Agile frameworks across multiple teams to ensure consistent execution and delivery.
• Drive innovation by adopting emerging technologies, implementing automation solutions, and promoting continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead implementation of branching strategies (e.g., MS Dev Ops, Git Flow, feature branching) to maintain code integrity and enable parallel development streams.
• Oversee development workflows that integrate automated builds, testing, and deployments through CI/CD pipelines.
• Drive performance tuning, scalability improvements, and system optimization across applications.
• Implement deployment best practices to ensure smooth, repeatable releases with rollback capability and minimal downtime.
• Collaborate with QA and infrastructure teams to integrate automated testing and monitoring into deployment workflows.
• Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies, frameworks, and tools to enhance developer productivity and application reliability.

• Manage multiple concurrent development projects, balancing priorities, timelines, and resources effectively.
• Provide accurate level‑of‑effort and resource estimates for development initiatives.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to ensure cohesive delivery across development, QA, and operations.
• Maintain transparency on project status, risks, and deliverables through clear communication with leadership and stakeholders.
  
  Coordinate release management activities, ensuring proper version control and change management alignment.

• Ensure applications meet quality, security, and compliance standards through rigorous testing and documentation.
• Partner with QA teams to validate functionality, performance, and regression coverage through automated and manual testing.
• Oversee production support, including escalation management, incident…