Manages development projects, development teams and application support functions.

Job Description:

Job Responsibilities

• Monitoring and maintaining adherence and compliance to quality standards on an ongoing basis.
• Overseeing multiple application programming and analysis projects which include development, installation and maintenance of application programs.
• Maximizing staff contribution through professional growth and development, to increase teamwork and more effectively meet business needs.
• Analyzing applications to ensure that all systems that are developed, meeting business needs and specifications.

Job Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in a Computer Sciences related field or equivalent work experience

Experience

• 8 years - Extensive systems analysis, design and project management experience required.
• 3 years - Management and/or leadership experience required

Skills\Certifications

• Proven technical background with a history of relational database and data warehousing technologies.
• Ability to design and develop using service oriented architecture and object oriented architecture design patterns
• Proven skill with information technology in use at BCBST is required
• Ability to conceive and deliver innovative solutions
• Proven analytical and problem solving skills and ability to perform non-routine analytical tasks
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
• Ability to establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence
• Must be able to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical co-workers
• Demonstrated competency in strategic thinking, with strong abilities in relationship management
• Demonstrated ability to work with vendors, including discussions for contracts, price negotiation, and budgeting

Job Specific Requirements:

• Provide leadership and manage the work activities of direct reports in the area of application development for Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications that includes new solutions and enhancement of existing systems
• Collaborate with business and key IT stakeholders to plan, prioritize, and schedule applications development and enhancement requests, while providing direction and guidance to the applications development staff
• Accountable for availability and performance of applications portfolio, including ownership of incidents and release management
• Drives stakeholder satisfaction by delivering quality applications and support with controlled and planned change management
• Communicate project status to various levels of management
• Partner with leaders of other disciplines to ensure proposed solutions align with information, technology, infrastructure, business and security architectures
• Provide oversight in standards adherence through reviews of project work including detailed technical specifications and application code
• Proven experience in managing relationships with vendors/consultants, IT teams and internal stakeholders
• A passion for all things tech and a drive to experiment with new technologies to see where they can benefit the business
• An interest in staying hands-on technical as well as wearing that team management hat
• Managing financial budgets for both specific projects and day-to-day running of specific departments
• Prior experience with Cloud is preferred.

Preferred Skills:

Number of Openings Available:

1

Worker Type:

Employee

Company:

BCBST BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc.

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BCBST's EEO Policies/Notices (https://www.bcbst.com/docs/equal-employment-opportunity.pdf)

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About Us

As Tennessee's largest health benefit plan company, we've been helping Tennesseans find their own unique paths to good health for over 65 years. More than that, we're your neighbors and friends – fellow Tennesseans with deep roots of caring tradition, a focused approach to physical, financial and community good health for today, and a bright outlook for an even healthier tomorrow.

BCBST is a remote-first organization with many employees working primarily from their homes. Each position within the company is classified as either fully remote, partially remote, or office based.

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