Job Summary

Works with IT leadership to understand application development needs and oversees activities to deliver appropriate business and IT-aligned solutions. Manages a team of resources and is responsible for ensuring adequate resources are allocated based on project requirements. This is a supervisory position with primary accountability for leading and developing a technical application development team. Functions as a working leader as applicable for the domain, is hands-on with technical matters and has leadership responsibilities. Communicates plans, status, and issues to higher management levels.

Job Duties

• Assumes primary responsibility for the application development team regarding job performance.
• Assists with the budget process regarding tools and strategy.
• Investigates, reviews and recommends new tools, monitoring and performance enhancement tools and creates a detailed roadmap for the application of those tools.
• Oversees highly complex application development tasks.
• Provides guidance for new design and architecture for projects that introduce new technology.
• Provides leadership to application development team on code development, access and security requirements.
• Leads application code review.
• Works closely with the project manager to develop and update the task plan for application development work and to keep the manager aware of any critical task issues and dependencies on other teams.
• Ensures that developers are applying application development standards in all deliverables.
• Ensures there is an effective application performance problem reporting process that is being followed.
• Also included is the development of the architecture supporting different environments for development, test and quality assurance.
• Performs management activities in addition to overseeing team work activities.
• Ensures the efficient and effective use of application development activities through the development and monitoring of a metrics program.
• Reports status and makes recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Develops training and mentoring activities for the application development team to develop relevant skills and competencies.
• Also identifies the need for and develops necessary training for other IT and business areas to understand the overall process and their roles in application development efforts.
• Keeps current with technology and business trends.
• Leads by example both technically and by demonstrating best practices in the work place.
• Provides oversight into all activities of the application development team.
• Responsible for all human resource activities for the team, including hiring, compliance, performance management, contributing to raise and promotion recommendations, career development, corrective action and recommendations for termination.
• Manages and mentors the application development team.
• Leads in creating the enterprise-wide application development standards.

Work is typically performed in an office environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.

*Relevant experience may be a combination of related work experience and degree obtained (Associate’s Degree = 2 years; Bachelor’s Degree = 4 years).

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)- (Required)

Experience

Minimum of 12 years-Relevant experience* (Required), Minimum of 1 year-Managing people, processes, or projects (Required)

Skills

Technical Skills; Development Tools (Inactive); Object-Oriented Programming (OOP); Critical Thinking; Database Structures; Working Independently; Application Testing; Application Development Tools

About Geisinger

Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes ten hospital campuses, a 550,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. With nearly 24,000 employees and more than 1,700 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually. Learn more at geisinger.org or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Geisinger values who you are, where you are from, and where you are going. We seek out people of various backgrounds and cultures with unique abilities, non-traditional career paths and ambitious aspirations. We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and Minorities are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status. Read more about Our Commitment to Inclusive Recruiting.

Our Vision & Values

Everything we do is about making better health easier for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.

KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.

EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.

LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.

INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.

SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.

Our Benefits

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and prescription coverage.