Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. VSP Vision is seeking a Senior Manager in Software Engineering to lead software development projects and manage a team of engineers. The role involves overseeing project delivery, collaborating with Product Managers, and maintaining production support activities for various products and services.
Responsibilities
- Plan, guide, and control the delivery of software development projects of various size and scope, and provide leadership to the team in achieving enhancements and production support to products and services
- Manage a team of software engineers responsible for providing desired functionality for products or services, spanning multiple technologies and solution domains
- Manage the design, development, and implementation of software that meets established specifications
- Manage production support activities for products and services
- Work closely with Product Managers to ensure new features fulfill business requirements
- Evaluate project proposals and/or business concepts for development level of effort
- Prioritize and allocate available resources necessary to effectively implement projects/enhancements
- Assist with troubleshooting and resolution of production and/or customer support issues
- Prioritize multiple tasks and manage conflicting deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Maintain flexibility and manage conflict in a dynamic organization
- Exercise independent judgment
- Support the ongoing professional development plans of software engineers
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience; Minimum of 1 additional year of experience related to functional area
- Minimum of 3 years of management experience with responsibilities for hiring, training, assigning work, and managing the performance of direct reports
- Software development experience in Java, web services, system integrations, and relational database platforms
- Demonstrated experience in implementing significant systems and process changes; proven ability to work in partnership with other managers to accomplish objectives
- Proven ability to determine priority of projects and assignments based on quantifiable business benefits and available resources
- Proven ability to effectively manage multiple, simultaneous tasks, problems, and projects
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- For roles that are remote (i.e., Work From Home (WFM)) or hybrid (i.e., partial onsite at a VSP location and WFM), must demonstrate a high level of engagement in virtual environments, including maintaining camera presence during meetings to support effective communication and team alignment
- Experience with full stack development - .Net/C#/Java
- Experience leading software engineering teams through technology modernization, platform improvement, or engineering process transformation
- Familiarity with AI-assisted software development practices, including AI-supported coding, testing, code review, documentation, debugging, and productivity improvement
- Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices, including API-first design, system integrations, cloud-based delivery, CI/CD, DevOps, observability, and production reliability
- Demonstrated ability to use data, engineering metrics, customer impact, and business value to prioritize work and make resource tradeoff decisions
- Proven ability to partner with Product Management, UX, Operations, and business stakeholders to deliver capabilities that meet business needs and improve customer outcomes
- Ability to frame complex technical and business problems, evaluate options, communicate tradeoffs, and recommend practical solutions
- Experience developing engineering talent and building teams with strong ownership, collaboration, technical judgment, AI fluency, and continuous learning behaviors
- Strong executive communication and stakeholder influence skills, including the ability to explain technical risks, delivery progress, and recommendations to senior leaders
- Preferred: Experience in healthcare technology, sensitive data environments, HIPAA/PCI considerations, or healthcare interoperability standards such as HL7 or FHIR
Benefits
- This role may include eligible bonuses and commissions
- For more information regarding VSP Vision benefits, please [click here](http://www.vspvision.com/careers/rewards-and-benefits.html)
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