Manager - Software Development

Manager - Software Development (Job Number: 2220337 )

Summary Statement:

You will manage a team of developers to help us create the next generation of innovative solutions while also enhancing and optimizing our existing systems and applications that support Penske’s 24/7 Roadside Assistance, Warranty Processing, Dynamic PM, Repair Accounting and Fuel Point of Sale systems. Providing day-to-day management and development for your team, you will manage projects to ensure seamless delivery, implementation, support, and issue resolution. Using your knowledge and experience with the technology, you will help guide our organization to implement solutions that will move us forward and keep us ahead of the competition.

What You Will Be Doing:

As a Penske manager software development, you will be leading a team focused on key software development, enhancements, and maintenance. Working with your teams, stakeholders, and development partners/vendors to ensure implementation and help define architectures to create robust solutions. Conducting performance reviews for your team and engineering process for quality assurance to ensure that deliverables are effective and meet the needs of the end-user. Guiding teams and removing roadblocks to ensure timely solutions, as well as, growing your team of developers to advance in their careers are key tasks that help make sure we can keep our organization moving forward. Fostering a partnership with business owners and key stakeholders to get the job done.

Penske Responsibilities:

• Provide direction and day-to-day management of development staff to ensure that any roadblocks are removed, and developers/teams are successfully moving forward
• Make sure that development projects are prioritized, scheduled, and completed according to business need
• Foster collaboration by leading regular meetings and communicating with process owners, product managers, agile teams, IT groups, and other stakeholders to negotiate priority and timelines while managing resources required to get the job done
• Hire new associates, conduct performance reviews, guide, and mentor their career development
• Ensure on-time and defect-free delivery of applications in accordance with Penske standards
• Ensure technical leads follow the PDP (Penske Development Process) and maintain management reporting
• Responsibilities for multiple systems, agile teams, and cross-functional projects
• Follow IT practices in security, licensing, source code management, incident management, and following architectural standards
• Coach and mentor associates. Develop team members to increase value to the organization
• Reduce complexity in the environment
• Identify future opportunities for system enhancement and value generation

Penske Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Math, Information Systems, or equivalent development experience
• Strong leadership and people management skills with the ability to build and grow teams of highly motivated, deeply technical, productive software engineers preferably in an Agile environment
• 5 years leading/supervising multiple IT projects through the full SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) including prior work defining complex application architecture and integration with multi-tiered systems
• 5 years’ experience with the core Technologies used in Penske’s technical infrastructure and applications (e.g. Angular, Java, Spring, WebSphere, PaaS such as OpenShift/Tanzu, CI/CD, DevOps, DB2, Oracle).
• 10 years of hands-on based design and development experience.
• Experience in leading teams in custom development, evaluating, selecting, integrating, and implementing application software (package) solutions when appropriate
• Strong interpersonal and decision-making skills
• Able to communicate highly technical concepts in clear/concise manner to non-technical individuals
• Experience prioritizing technology needs within set budget requirements
• Knowledge of project management methods and tools

Physical Requirements:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The associate must regularly lift and /or move up to 25lbs/12kg.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision, Distance vision, Peripheral vision, Depth perception and Ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the associate is regularly required to stand; walk; sit and talk or hear. The associate is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.

Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

About Penske Truck Leasing

Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P., headquartered in Reading, Pennsylvania, is a partnership of Penske Corporation, Penske Automotive Group and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. A leading global transportation services provider, Penske operates a premier fleet of vehicles and serves its customers from locations in North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Penske’s product lines include full-service truck leasing, contract maintenance, commercial and consumer truck rentals, used truck sales, transportation and warehousing management and supply chain management solutions. Visit www.GoPenske.com to learn more.

Work Locations :

Reading, PA 19607

Primary Location : United States-Pennsylvania-Reading

Job : Information Technology

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Req ID: 2220337