Application Development Manager
Enumclaw, WA

Job Description

Overview

As a mutual company, we're all in this together. Mutual of Enumclaw was founded in 1898 by a group of local Washington farmers who wanted to look out for each other. Although we have steadily grown since then across the western states, that same spirit exists today. We feel lucky to work with some of the most engaged and thoughtful employees in the insurance industry. Our amazing team has made us one of the 100 Best Companies to work for in Washington State for 7 years in a row.

Benefits include but are not limited to medical, dental, vision, cash balance and 401(k) plans with company match; life insurance; employee discount on personal insurance; wellness reimbursement program; paid parental leave and an annual bonus plan.

Our Opportunity:

We're looking for a talented Technical Leader to join our Member and Agent Experience Team as a hands-on Manager. The successful candidate will work closely with the team, practice excellent teamwork with peers, learn quickly, and collaborate well in an Agile setting. This role will focus on team development, modernization of our key applications, executing on business priorities including state expansion, and helping us chart a course to the future through engineering excellence and innovation.

This position will be located at our Home Office in Enumclaw, WA.

Responsibilities

Ensure the success of the team and the Product Owner by fulfilling these duties:

* Lead in a way that exemplifies the core beliefs of our technology team:
* We believe that success and growth depend on our ability to be Agile and execute quickly and efficiently.
* We believe in a "fail-fast" culture that fosters innovation and experimentation.
* We believe in a data-driven, "go see" approach to knowing our members, agents, and internal partners.
* We believe in differentiating ourselves by aggressively pursuing technology that gives us a competitive advantage, and working with partners that share that belief.
* We believe in cross-department teams that are bound together by the needs they serve rather than the department to which they belong.
* We believe in personal ownership, accountability, and growth.
* Provision and develop the team - Amplify the abilities of team members by providing tools and helping them learn the skills they need to do their work quickly and efficiently.
* Remove organizational impediments - Remove impediments under your control that are stopping or slowing a team's success. Influence the organization to remove other impediments.
* Manage the budget - Manage the budget for the team so the investments made in people, facilities, and equipment maximizes value to the business.
* Be the heavy, when needed - Uncomfortable things must be done. Be the heavy when that's what is needed for the team to grow.
* Tend the garden - Create an environment that empowers everyone to creatively solve problems.
* Coach the delivery team and the Product Owner - Coach the team and the PO about their roles and balance their different desires.
* Strive for high quality and rapid output through the use of agile software development best practices and collaborative sessions (code reviews, white boarding, etc.).

Qualifications

* A diverse software engineering toolbox; web and mobile experience a plus.
* Ability to oversee multiple competing, concurrent projects and initiatives simultaneously.
* Solid business skills and demonstrated ability to work effectively with business managers and executives.
* Ability to identify multiple solutions to the same problem.
* Ability to bring out the best in a team.
* Highly proficient organizational, interpersonal, and communication (written, verbal, & listening) skills.