Software Development Manager

Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina we are recognized in the commercial vehicle industry as THE Vehicle Data Experts. With more than 25 years of experience in collecting and interpreting vehicle data, which has driven the creation of industry-leading solutions in diagnosis, repair, and vehicle health. Today’s top fleets, OEMs, dealerships, independent repair facilities, municipalities and the military all rely on Noregon to keep their vehicles rolling! Noregon specializes in creating custom software and products for the commercial transportation and military industries. In addition to in-shop diagnostic solutions for the commercial fleet and repair industry, Noregon provides expertise in e-business, client-server, and embedded applications along with onboard vehicle network development. We are continuing to grow year after year and are excited to offer this new opportunity of growth for the right candidate!

POSITION SUMMARY:

A Software Development Manager at Noregon oversees and guides the development of highly engineered software applications and systems. The role involves planning, project management, stakeholder relationship building, and leadership to ensure that software products meet quality standards and are delivered on time and within budget. The Software Development Manager takes ownership of all aspects of a project, the applicable engineering processes, the development, and performance of team members, and ultimately the project’s success.

ACCOUNTABILITY SUMMARY:

To Customers: Provides courteous and prompt service in a friendly and professional manner.

To Employees: Supports project objectives through planning, management, leadership, and mentorship.

To Executives: Provides visibility to status, issues, and risks and represents the company’s image consistent to its values and keeping with company objectives.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES, but not limited to:

• Team Leadership – Build, mentor, and lead a team of software engineers.
• Project Management – Plan, execute, monitor, and close projects successfully by managing scope, timelines, budgets, resources, issues, and risks.
• Strategic and Tactical Planning – Collaborate with Product Managers and other stakeholders to establish product goals and requirements, select technologies, and drive the direction of assigned software products.
• Technical Oversight – Oversee the technical process, ensuring architectural integrity, and adherence to established processes and best practices. Works with stakeholders and leads the development team to define and develop requirements and design specifications.
• Quality Assurance – Execute quality assurance processes, monitor quality metrics, and manage the delivery of high quality, reliable and scalable software products.
• Process Improvement – Continually assess development, administrative and management processes and actively participate in continual improvement efforts.
• Collaboration – Act as liaison between the development team and other departments and stakeholders such as Product Management, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Support.
• Reporting – Provide continuous visibility to project and product status, issues, and risks. Follow company policies for reporting/requesting changes to milestones, budgets, and resources.

PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS

• Completion of assigned projects within stated timelines, budgets, and quality objectives.
• Development and maintenance of a positive team culture and a highly productive work environment through management, leadership and mentoring of employees.
• Skill progression through ongoing education and training in the profession of software development.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science or similar.
• 8 years’ experience with software development, including project management, personnel management, and technical leadership roles.
• Strong project management skills and familiarity with project management tools – MS Project (Online) and Azure DevOps preferred. Certifications in project management (PMP, Agile, SCRUM) is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of the software development life cycle, including waterfall and Agile/Lean methodologies.
• In-depth understanding of software engineering principles and best practices as well as experience using various programming languages and development tools and technologies.
• Experience with architecture design and technical decision-making.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Ability to effectively deal with employees and customers at all levels. Must demonstrate tact, good judgment, and great composure.
• Ability to work onsite in Greensboro, NC. This is not a remote position.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Sitting for extended periods of time and extensive computer usage are required.
• Talking, hearing and close vision abilities are required.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:

• Occasional local, domestic, and international travel may be required, <15%
• Own transportation is required for local travel.

*This position description outlines the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

**Noregon Systems, Inc is an EO Employer AA: M/F/Veteran/Disability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other protected class.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $115,000.00 - $130,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 10 years
• 5 years
• 6 years
• 7 years
• 8 years
• 9 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to Relocate:

• Greensboro, NC 27409: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person