Director Application Development
Description
Farm Credit Mid-America is a financial services cooperative serving financial needs of farmers and rural residents in Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, and Tennessee. Our purpose is to secure the future of rural communities and agriculture. We are passionate about serving the needs of our rural communities and creating positive customer experiences.
Farm Credit Mid-America is a great place to work! We have been named as a Best Places to Work in Kentucky for the past 12 years. At Farm Credit Mid-America we put our customers and team members at the heart of all we do.
SCHEDULE: Full Time, Hybrid
TRAVEL REQUIRED: 0% - 25%
COMPENSATION: $111,561.00 to $196,028.00 base salary plus potential for variable compensation. Base pay is determined by your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Farm Credit Mid-America/Rural 1st may compensate outside of the salary range for bona fide reasons not related to membership in a protected class.
About Our Opportunity
Our Director of Application Development is responsible for strategic direction of all aspects related to implementation of commercial off-the-shelf systems or internally developed systems, system enhancements, problem identification/resolution, database management and data analysis/reporting for the association. In this business technology leadership role, a team member will coordinate activities as required with third party partner banks or Associations, internal customers and external vendors. This is an innovative opportunity to implement change while managing and maintaining industry standard processes for the development of business applications.
How You Will Spend Your Time
Achieving results by leading others within discipline or function.
Defining team operating standards and monitoring essential procedures.
Exercising management authority in performance reviews, pay decisions, recruitment, discipline, and other employment decisions.
Influencing and negotiating with team members in other areas of the organization.
Possessing technical expertise, business and industry knowledge, and process and people leadership capabilities.
Pursuing an understanding of and making positive contributions to the customer journey value stream.
Modeling organizational values, inspiring a shared vision and holding their teams accountable for culture preservation and development.
Maintaining or exceeding industry standard development team policies and procedures.
Adhering to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on-time and on-budget.
Coordinating and releasing fully tested, internally developed software to end users that is free from errors prior to implementation and providing complete change documentation at the time of release.
Adjusting departmental plans and priorities to address resource and operational challenges with focus on the next two to four years' priorities.
Making decisions based on policies, procedures, business plan, resource availability and functional objectives.
Identifying opportunities for application of functional knowledge and existing methodologies to solve complex problems.
Applying acquired expertise to analyze and solve problems without clear precedent.
Providing technical and system design expertise to assist in the development, implementation, review and upgrade of computer-based systems.
Identifying system problems and coordinates with third party partner Banks or Associations, internal customers and external vendors to resolve problems and implement enhancements.
Providing proactive suggestions for product development, new services and technologies or enhancements to existing systems/configurations which will assist the end user in improving overall service to our customers.
Keeping technical skills up to date to provide most efficient support to end users.
Coordinating with cross-functional leaders to make recommendations or solve problems.
Providing technical guidance to employees, colleagues and/or customers
Actively participating on assigned team projects fulfilling task assignments, meeting deadlines, and proactively seeking attainment of team goals.
Minimum Education & Experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science, business or related field. At least seven years of experience developing a variety of business solutions with progressive responsibilities managing software development teams and software development projects. Experience managing teams under an Agile SDLC methodology and other SDLCs, programming languages, database structures, WEB concepts and Mobile application concepts.
Mental & Physical Requirements
Farm Credit Mid-America provides a competitive total rewards package to our team members. This includes an award winning 401(k) Plan. Our Health and Financial wellness benefits provide safety, security and peace of mind for you and your family. Here is a highlight of our Total Rewards and Benefits.
Farm Credit Mid-America is an equal opportunity employer, and all applicants will receive consideration for employments without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability, or any other category protected by law.
