Director, Application Development

CAMP Systems is the leading provider of aircraft compliance and health management services to the global business aviation industry. CAMP is the pre-eminent brand in its industry and is the exclusive recommended service provider for nearly all business aircraft manufacturers in the world. Our services are delivered through a “SaaS plus” model and we support over 20,000 aircraft on our maintenance tracking platform and over 31,000 engines on our engine health monitoring platform. Additionally, CAMP provides shop floor management ERP systems to over 1,300 aircraft maintenance facilities and parts suppliers around the world. CAMP has grown from a single location company in 2001, to over 1,300 employees in 13 locations around the world.

Inventory Locator Service (ILS), a division of CAMP has helped customers by collecting data about parts available in the marketplace and organizing them into one user-friendly database. The new and used parts locator service developed by ILS has helped numerous customers in the aviation, marine, and defense sectors find the parts they need, streamline procurement, sell their parts inventory, improve their MRO services, and automate their supply chain operations.

CAMP’s relationships with business aircraft manufacturers, aircraft maintenance facilities, and parts suppliers place it in a unique position to understand how current offline information flows in the business aviation industry to introduce friction to the global market for business aviation parts and services. CAMP is building a digital business that will streamline the exchange of parts and services and create substantial value for both CAMP and the aviation industry at large.

CAMP is an exciting company to work for, not only because of its future growth prospects, but also because of its culture. Smart, motivated people, who want to take initiative, are given the opportunity and freedom to make things happen. CAMP is part of the Hearst Business Media portfolio.

Job Summary

Inventory Locator Service (ILS) is looking to hire a Director of Application Development to join our team. As Director of Application Development, you will be tasked with leading a team of IT professionals responsible for all aspects of Application Development, including the Enterprise Application Architecture, UI/UX Design and Quality Assurance. This includes identifying, implementing and maintaining tools and technologies required for developing, testing, building and deployment of applications.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive strategy for web, mobile, and custom application development that aligns with Company goals. Brings practical ideas, while staying abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends to drive continuous improvement and innovation throughout the organization.
• Leads, mentors and manages a team of Developers, Application Architects, UI/UX and Quality Assurance Engineers.
• Fosters a collaborative and high-performance culture. Drives a culture of accountability, capacity and resource management and prioritizes workloads of the team.
• Oversees the full lifecycle of application development projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product management, marketing, sales and IT operations to understand requirements and deliver solutions that meet business needs
• Work closely with IT Leadership to manage relationships with external vendors and partners to ensure effective delivery of projects and services. Develops strategic partnerships when needed to allow for efficient delivery of solutions.
• Ensures all applications comply with relevant regulations and security standards.
• Motivating and coaching employees towards operational excellence, setting overall performance goals and expectations, providing training and development opportunities.
• Demonstrate effective employee communication, create, and conduct effective performance management plans.
• Challenge and support team members and internal / external service partners to meet defined service level agreements and quality standards as well as identify improvement opportunities.
• Monitor Application Performance; propose and implement action plans with relevant stakeholders to improve and/or sustain service standards.
• Demonstrate an analytical data-driven approach to making decisions, evaluating issues, and developing solutions
• Support product owners and relevant departments in improving customer experience with innovative ideas, studies, and feedback from customers.
• Collaborate closely with other IT Managers across CAMP to standardize camp processes and procedures necessary to develop, monitor and maintain cross CAMP integrated solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology – Master’s degree preferred.
• 10+ years of software development/implementation
• 10+ years of leadership experience
• Able to think strategically and critically to solve complex problems
• Ability to gather complex requirements and translate them into a detailed plan for execution
• Experience managing development teams in an Agile environment
• Experience in building and supporting mission critical n-tier, distributed applications
• Personal management skills, including ability to multi-task and prioritize based on competing demands
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interact with and influence all levels of the business.
• Passion for quality and continuous improvement of processes and software, well versed with software engineering practices (e.g. Continuous Engineering, Build/Deploy, Unit Testing, Regression Testing, Test & Staging Environments)
• Working knowledge of .NET technologies, JSON/Rest Services, Angular and Oracle/SQL Server.
• Ideal candidate would have experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Tools and third party application integrations, such as Sales Force, Oro Commerce, Azure DEVOPS and Auth0 as necessary to achieve business objectives.

CAMP is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. We understand the value of diversity and its impact on a high-performance culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.

CAMP is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, please contact hr@campsystems.com.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status EOE