Manager of Mobile Applications

Prestigious Fortune 500 Company is currently seeking a Manager of Mobile Applications. Candidate will manage a team responsible for defining the strategy, building solutions, managing the product portfolio and building end user applications. Candidate must be a strong technical leader that will drive strategy, innovation, execution and delivery of product.

Responsibilities:

• Owns the technical strategy and architecture of the product(s).
• Hands-on technical leader that provides expertise and establishes an innovative culture
• Financial responsibility for a $5MM budget out of the overall program initiative.
• Becomes the internal product expert for this initiative and its related insurance and technology products.
• Assist in definition of product vision, value proposition, and positioning for new native mobile app products.
• Champion the creation of the platform with internal stakeholders and outside partners.
• Drive discussions and decision-making on both business and highly technical issues engaging with internal and external partners. Mediate decisions that have technology and business implications.
• Champion research and analysis of industry and market data (customers/competition/technology) that will impact our product suite.
• Provide clear product and project prioritization based on business, consumer, technical and financial issues.
• Establish metrics and process improvement governance.
• Provide expertise in developing technical documents that define market and product requirements.
• Work with Development, Operations, and Project Management teams to ensure development and delivery of products on time and manage expectations.
• Work closely with Customer Marketing/UX to facilitate creation of ground breaking user experiences across form factors.
• Represent company in customer meetings, external functions, projects and consortia, as necessary.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of professional development experience in mobile, Java, C, and/or modern languages required
• 3+ years managing Mobile Applications and Teams
• Solid Experience with AWS and cloud infrastructure services
• Solid experience with Xcode and Android Studio
• Expert in Agile Scrum or XP methodologies.
• Experienced with Jira, Jenkins, and CI/CD automation pipelines
• BA/BS in computer science or electrical engineering required. MS Preferred
• Strong technical skills or experience in a technically complex product development environment.
• Ability to conceptualize, run, and prioritize multiple projects.
• Experience in product managing mobile app (Android and iOS) and Responsive Web sites is required.
• Extraordinary interpersonal and communication skills with track record of navigating complex unstructured cross-functional environments.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas in a clear, concise manner both verbally and in writing.
• Results oriented as demonstrated by proven ability to meet short deadlines and execute against multiple competing priorities with little direct supervision.