Manager, Software Development

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Are you a problem solver, explorer, and knowledge seeker – always asking, “What if?”

If so, then you may be the new team member we’re looking for. Because at SAS, your curiosity matters – whether you’re developing algorithms, creating customer experiences, or answering critical questions. Curiosity is our code, and the opportunities here are endless.

What we do

We’re the leader in analytics. Through our software and services, we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence. Our curiosity fuels innovation, pushing boundaries, challenging the status quo and changing the way we live.

Who we are

We are a highly collaborative, innovative team of engineers who are curious, creative, passionate, and empathetic. Our leaders are collaborators who lead by example, foster a work environment that encourages people to act with integrity and treat each other and their ideas with respect. They are accountable and in turn hold others accountable. They identify and leverage opportunities to accelerate results and build capability by assigning tasks and decision-making responsibilities to individuals or teams with clear boundaries, expectations, support, and follow-up. They embrace change and are enthusiastic about driving organizational and cultural change as needed to achieve strategic objectives; catalyzing new approaches to improve results by transforming organizational culture, systems, or products/services; and helping others overcome resistance to change.

What you’ll do

As a Manager, Software Development, you will be responsible for a team of 8-10 engineers working in the SAS 9 R&D Division. You will work with other managers and technical leads to manage software development work in a highly collaborative organization. You will ensure individuals for whom you have organizational responsibility are consistently strong contributors within a high-performance team. You will use SAS product knowledge and software construction expertise to ensure project work you oversee is completed to a high standard of quality and with innovative coding solutions. You will be responsible for scoping, scheduling, and overseeing work projects up to medium complexity.

You will:

• Manage all aspects of the team, including development and testing, internal and external communication/collaboration, performance management and improvement, and professional growth.
• Develop, organize, prioritize, and assign objectives and responsibilities consistent with department, division, and corporate goals.
• Communicate and represent departmental interests to team, other departments, divisions, and various management levels as necessary.
• Provide leadership to the team through mentoring, training, and managing the activities of the team.
• Manage and lead project scoping and scheduling of engineering projects; track progress of individual tasks and alert stakeholders of any concerns meeting schedules.
• Ensure that projects are completed and implemented in a timely manner while following established procedures and schedules.
• Regularly communicate development and testing status, project risks, resource requirements and allocation, and other relevant knowledge with upper management.
• Advocate for the adoption of best practices and continuous improvement throughout the software lifecycle.
• Become actively involved in daily operations and duties as needed to meet schedules or to resolve complex problems or issues.
• Be a change enabler.
• Be responsible for tactical management of a functional area, feature, product, or multiple products or solutions, involving senior leadership as required in major decisioning.
• Function as an advisor to employees regarding daily tasks, projects, processes, and immediate operations.

What we’re looking for:

• You’re curious, passionate, authentic, and accountable. These are our values and influence everything we do.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 12+ years of related programming or testing experience.
• Practical experience with more than one programming language (SAS, C/C++, SQL, Java, Go).
• Experience with collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence
• A strong understanding of how Agile SDLC practices enable a successful team
• Experience with Kubernetes and public cloud provider technologies
• Experience leading development and delivery at the enterprise system level.
• Experience using SAS products (preferred, not required)
• Experience with microservice architectures (preferred, not required)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Proficiency with all aspects of the software development/testing lifecycle.
• A strong work ethic.
• The ability to learn quickly, operate comfortably, and make decisions within a complex environment with incomplete information.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication, organizational, managerial, and problem-solving skills.
• Able to build consensus across cross-functional teams and encourage knowledge-sharing within the team.
• Strong decision-making abilities.
• Familiarity with SQL programming
• Working knowledge of Continuous Integration

You are welcome here. At SAS, it’s not about fitting into our culture – it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our inclusive workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers. Additional Information: Please insert appropriate compliance verbiage for your country. SAS only sends emails from verified “sas.com” email addresses and never asks for sensitive, personal information or money. If you have any doubts about the authenticity of any type of communication from, or on behalf of SAS, please contact Recruitingsupport@sas.com.

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