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Title: Solutions Delivery Manager – Software Development
Location: Richmond, VA; Durham, NC; Norfolk, VA; Remote
- Full time
About MAXX
MAXX Potential helps organizations diversify and strengthen their tech talent pipeline. Founded by industry leaders in 2012, we understand the continuous challenge IT Leaders face: the need to deliver more with less, while at the same time building a strong team and planning for the future. MAXX has created a one-of-its-kind Apprenticeship program that benefits everyone and truly puts people first.
Our approach enables us to attract high-potential aspiring technologists and get them delivering value right away, while simultaneously building their skill sets with mentorship from our experienced team. This highly versatile and flexible design makes it possible for us to offer high-quality services at costs comparable to offshore companies. We are also able to offer our customers a dependable, reliable, and diverse talent pipeline, that they might otherwise be missing out on.
Position
The Solutions Delivery Manager is a technical management position. This key leadership role includes providing technical oversight and guidance, and assisting in development strategies to MAXXimize customer value. A leader who will ensure customer satisfaction and help build the business. For this specialized technical management role you will also bring valued enterprise software development experience and SDLC knowledge.
As a Solutions Delivery Manager you will be responsible for understanding customer organizations, technology architectures, processes, and needs. You will develop innovative solutions to address customer challenges, lead project execution; build and maintain relationships at all organizational levels, and work to ensure that MAXX is the consultant-of-choice for our customers.
Responsibilities
- Lead technical implementation of customer projects, evaluate feasibility, cost, scheduling, and other success criteria
- Act as the first escalation point to ensure customer satisfaction and execution success
- Perform retrospective analysis of projects, provide and implement recommendations
- Ensure allocation of the right Apprentices to the right projects, consistently and effectively
- Foster a safe, collaborative, and challenging work environment to push Apprentices’ personal and professional development forward
- Identify opportunities for MAXX Potential to provide additional value to customers in the short term and long term
- Accountability for customer communications, including meetings, presentations, and status reports
- Maintain the organization’s effectiveness and efficiency by defining, delivering, and supporting strategic plans for overall business success
- Conduct code reviews and provide technical recommendations for Apprentice software development projects.
- Live & demonstrate the MAXX Potential values, including continuous self-improvement and life-long learning
Qualifications
- Examples of successful technical project execution
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Strong business acumen
- Customer service orientation and skills
- Ability to “think on your feet” and reason through problems and propose solutions in real-time
- Four or more years of work experience designing, testing, and developing software to meet business needs in an enterprise environment
- Two or more years team leadership experience
- Ability to work with Apprentices of diverse backgrounds
- Ability to constructively respond to feedback from direct reports, peers, and managers
- Experience working in or leading a development team using Agile methodology, scrum practices, or similar lean methods
- Proficiency managing projects using lean workflow productivity tools such as Trello or Jira Agile