Development Manager

Company Overview

Acentra Health exists to empower better health outcomes through technology, services, and clinical expertise. Our mission is to innovate health solutions that deliver maximum value and impact.

Lead the Way is our rallying cry at Acentra Health. Think of it as an open invitation to embrace the mission of the company; to actively engage in problem-solving; and to take ownership of your work every day. Acentra Health offers you unparalleled opportunities. In fact, you have all you need to take charge of your career and accelerate better outcomes - making this a great time to join our team of passionate individuals dedicated to being a vital partner for health solutions in the public sector.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

Acentra Health is looking for a Development Manager to join our growing team.

Job Summary:

The role of the Development Manager is to manage day-to-day supervision of assigned Developers, overseeing the delivery of application support and maintenance for assigned project/ program or the subsystem(s)/COTS products across project(s), and provide leadership and direction to the team members across all aspects of delivery

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with delivery development managers to provide day-to-day management and supervision of team members.
• Collaborate with cross-functional managers to define and assess the development process across multiple projects, applications, and programs.
• Understand team capabilities, provide guidance, coaching, and mentoring to ensure corporate goals are met.
• Work with program and delivery teams on client-facing developer allocations.
• Apply communication skills, problem-solving skills, and knowledge of best practices to guide the team on issues related to the design, development, security, and deployment of solutions and software systems.
• Manage multiple internal initiatives aimed at continually improving the development organization, its cross-training and onboarding programs, and keeping it modern and in tip-top shape.
• Measure and enforce the use of coding standards and best practices.
• Ensure a strong customer service focus across the application and program development function.
• Responsible for facilitating administrative employee functions such as, performance management, evaluations, reviews, etc.
• Performs technical oversight and assessment of application and program development, development processes and people to ensure both project and corporate goals are met
• Supports proposal development by reviewing technical solution and pricing estimates
• Manages the development projects, new initiatives, and provides quality control on assigned project
• Guides team on issues related to design, development and deployment of solutions and software systems, applying expertise and knowledge of development field
• Enforces use of coding standards and best practices
• Provider Technical solutions to development team.
• Read, understand, and adhere to all corporate policies including policies related to HIPAA and its Privacy and Security Rules.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree or equivalent experience in lieu of degree.
• The Company acknowledges that practical, hands-on experience can provide skills and competencies equivalent to formal education. As such, in cases where a Bachelor's degree is typically required, the company will accept a minimum of six (6) years of directly relevant professional experience in lieu of a degree. In instances where the candidate has an Associate's degree, the company will accept a minimum of three (3) years of directly relevant professional experience in lieu of the Bachelor's degree.
• 10+ years of software development leadership, as related to job responsibilities
• 3+ years of people management and development leadership experience at large complex organizations (Matrix experience a plus).
• This position supports a federal contract. To meet the requirements for this work, applicants must: Be a U.S. Citizen, currently reside in the United States or its territories and have lived in the United States or its territories for at least three of the past five years

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated working experience collaborating with cross functional teams drawing consensus and documenting new standards and processes.
• Waterfall, Iterative, Agile, and blended development methodologies experience
• Strong working experience with Jira
• Experience in the healthcare industry.
• Knowledge/past working experience of:
• OOP concepts, including at least 1 OOP language (Java preferred)
• Managing application development on Java Spring framework
• Various front-end technologies (HTML5, JQuery JavaScript, etc.)
• Relational & Non-relational databases.
• Good understanding of COTS products. (Oracle, Cognos, Oracle E-Business Suite, etc.)
• Power BI preferred, or similar metrics reporting tool
• Service-oriented or microservices architecture is strongly preferred.
• Expert level experience in Java technologies, API's and integrations.
• Understanding of Healthcare domain with experience in MMIS system is added preference.
• Good experience configuring application code on-premise and cloud infrastructure (such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Oracle Cloud, IBM cloud)

Why us?

We are a team of experienced and caring leaders, clinicians, pioneering technologists, and industry professionals who come together to redefine expectations for the healthcare industry. State and federal healthcare agencies, providers, and employers turn to us as their vital partner to ensure better healthcare and improve health outcomes.

We do this through our people.

You will have meaningful work that genuinely improves people's lives across the country. We are a company that cares about our employees, and we give you the tools and encouragement you need to achieve the finest work of your career.

Benefits

Benefits are a key component of your rewards package. Our benefits are designed to provide you with additional protection, security, and support for both your career and your life away from work. Our benefits include comprehensive health plans, paid time off, retirement savings, corporate wellness, educational assistance, corporate discounts, and more.

Thank You!

We know your time is valuable and we thank you for applying for this position. Due to the high volume of applicants, only those who are chosen to advance in our interview process will be contacted. We sincerely appreciate your interest in Acentra Health and invite you to apply to future openings that may be of interest. Best of luck in your search!

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EEO AA M/F/Vet/Disability

Acentra Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable Federal, State or Local law.

Compensation

The pay for this position is listed below.

"Based on our compensation philosophy, an applicant's position placement in the pay range will depend on various considerations, such as years of applicable experience and skill level."

Pay Range

USD $128,720.00 - USD $160,900.00 /Yr.