Senior Manager, Application Development

Ready to take a different path? Passionate about Technology? Love horse racing? Eager to work in a rapidly growing gaming industry? Fascinated by the world of gambling and casinos? If you answered YES to any of these questions, 1/ST TECHNOLOGY could be the right fit for you!

Background of Business: 1/ST Technology is a fully integrated racing and gaming technology company providing solutions that drive pari-mutuel and fixed odds wagering around the globe. Leading technology and services provider to the North American pari-mutuel wagering market, with services that include the horse racing industry's most comprehensive and user-friendly wagering website/platform allowing customers to wager from a computer, phone or mobile device. Ongoing commitment to the growth and success of the global racing industry through B2C and B2B product innovation, extensive professional services offerings, the broadest integration of hosts for commingled pari-mutuel and fixed odds and the continued evolution of the preeminent totalizator systems in the world.

The Senior Application Development Manager (B2C) position leads, mentors and provides hands-on senior level support for the company's software product offerings. This role ensures the Development teams have the information and tools needed to complete deliverables. This position is a vital source of online application development domain knowledge, front-end and backend functionality knowledge along with communication and support among all B2C product lines. This position acts as a bridge among Development, Quality Assurance and Product Management teams to foster a team-based approach that delivers high quality software. The Senor Application Development Manager demonstrates leadership, coaching and mentoring skills combined with the flexibility of working in a dynamic, fast-moving and fast-growing product development environment.

The position's competencies include but are not limited to the following: Active Listening, Business Acumen; Comprehension; Confidentiality; Continuous Improvement; Customer Focus; Creativity; Communication Proficiency; Dependability; Decision Making; Flexibility, Integrity (fostering trust and a positive work environment); Innovation (bringing creativity to the workplace); Organizational Skills; Personal Effectiveness & Credibility; Problem Solving & Analysis; Project Management, Punctuality, Relationship Development; Results Driven; Self-Assurance; Strategic Awareness; Tactical "Know-How"; Technology Skills; Time Management and Teamwork Orientation.

• Manages Development teams across multiple product lines.
• Implements policies and procedures for quality and personal standards.
• Monitors and audits processes and performance.
• Works with the teams to enhance and refine feature requests.
• Collaborates with multiple teams to ensure that feature enhancements are well defined and cross-team dependencies are addressed.
• Provides hands-on coaching, support and training to all staff.
• Advises on Development workforce planning needs.
• Advises and manages external outsourcing for workforce planning on an as needed basis.
• Partners with Recruitment for workforce planning and active recruitment efforts, including but not limited to: position descriptions, postings, calibration with external sourcing avenues and recruitment firms, interviewing and employment offer process steps leading to Onboarding activities.
• Provides day-to-day production support for back-end systems, as needed.
• Works with third-party vendors to implement functionality and maintain relationships.
• Communicates plans and prepares leaders to communicate within department structures
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• 10+ years of experience in Software Development with a high percentage focus on web application development
• 5+ years of experience as a Software Development Lead or Manager with preference given to candidates that have focused on e-commerce, online gaming/trading with mobile application development
• Ability to multitask between several projects.
• Experience working on all aspects of Software Development, including Requirements, Design, Development, Testing, UAT, Deployment, and End User Support.
• Excellent skills in collaboration, communication and working well with teams across the organization
• Proficient with cross-functional collaboration - strong in forging relationships across groups and driving buy-in and commitment towards solutions that may be challenging or new.
• Experience building teams from the ground up
• Ability to mentor, coach, lead and develop talent in a dynamic environment in order to build the required capabilities and to attract and retain the best talent.
• Experience in and working with Quality Assurance teams.
• Self-starter, self-motivator, detail-oriented, highly organized. Motivated to excel, competitive in nature and does not confuse "efforts" with "results". Strong change leader and relationship builder.
• Confident and capable of respectfully engaging in positive, driven and motivating dialogue with department team members, employees and stakeholders.
• Ability to work on a team and as an individual contributor.
• Entrepreneurial, ambitious (takes initiative and personal ownership/accountability) and strong 'integrator' (innately knows when to share information and/or to bring parties/business units together).
• Individual must be open to learn about and understand 'niche' industry.
• Demonstrates and maintains flexibility and adapts to changes within industry and company.
• Experience with workforce planning and budgeting requirements
• Preferred Experience and/or Education: Knowledgeable in technology, horse racing, pari-mutuel wagering, gaming, sports wagering and/or experience in a start-up environment

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• This position does have supervisory/managerial responsibilities for Development teams and Contractors within and outside of the United States along with enhancing workforce planning for projects on an as-needed basis. This position is empowered to take initiative with applicable duties/projects
• Requires travel up to 15% including travel outside of local area and can include overnight stay. International travel possible.
• Compensation is commensurate with experience and includes a competitive base salary, bonus opportunity and benefits
• Base Work Location - Position can be based in the Hunt Valley, MD or Washington, PA office locations. Position classification is Remote Work.

1/ST Technology is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.