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K&L Gates Pittsburgh Office is currently looking for a Manager, Applications Development. This position is responsible for the overall management of the enterprise-wide application development team and their associated activities. This position participates in budgeting, quality control and improvement, SDLC process improvements and client relationship management. Additionally, this position meets scheduled milestones to ensure project/program objectives are met in a timely manner and has an in-depth knowledge of the principles, theories, practices and techniques for managing the activities related to planning, managing and implementing systems analysis and application development projects.
Also, this position will design, plan and coordinate work teams, and handle complex application features and technical designs. This position will be responsible for developing, maintaining, testing and implementing web based and/or packaged applications in a rapid development Internet environment to support the operation of the Firm's Internet, Intranet and Extranet applications. This position will also require the application of systems analysis techniques and user consultation skills through the process of creating detailed specifications, coding, testing, debugging, documenting and maintaining various custom and packaged applications.
Requirements:
• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree or equivalent in business/information technology
• 5+ years of applicable experience managing mid-sized application development teams (approx 8-15 people spanning multiple locations)
• 10+ years overall experience in the Information Technology field, preferably in the role of Application Developer/System Architect
• Working experience with the following applications, tools and development languages required: Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010, C#, VB, Javascript, Visual Souresafe, Ajax, Team Foundation Server, MS SQL platform, ASP.NET, IIS, .NET 2.0 and current, Sharepoint architecture, MS SQL Reporting services, Blackberry and/or iPhone development tools/techniques
• Working experience with some/any of the following applications preferred: IntApp, Handshake, Silverlight, Metastorm, PeopleSoft (HRMS), Crystal Reports, Elite (financial systems), Legalkey (records management) and/or Interaction (CRM)
• Ability to multi-task, work under pressure, think analytically, and communicate effectively
Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply on our website at:
https://recruit.klgates.com/psp/PSHRPRD/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL?Page=HRS_CE_JOB_DTL&Action=A&JobOpeningId=804