Director of Application Development

GENERAL SUMMARY: The Director of Application Development plans, organizes staff, and monitors all processes for applications development including acquisition of programming tools; management of application development and strategic architecture; and overall applications planning for the Chicago Booth Information Technology Department. This position also manages a data warehousing team that supports the Student Data Warehouse and the Enterprise Data Hub.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Responsible for design, development and support of custom software applications and integrations to third-party vendor applications utilized by faculty, staff, students and alumni.
2. Leads / manages the Application Developers, Data Warehouse Analyst, Database Administrator and Applications Architect.
3. Plans resource allocations for both projects and day-to-day development activities.
4. Builds strong partnerships across the business to ensure priorities are understood and met.
5. Assigns tasks and monitors development progress compared to plans.
6. Is a member of the Change Advisory Board and is responsible for scheduling application deployments.
7. Assists the Chief Information Officer with the Booth application strategy.
8. Collaborates with client departments to design and plan the implementation of new applications or enhancement of existing systems.
9. Researches new technologies appropriate to systems development.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE:

1. Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field required.
2. Master’s degree in IT or a related field preferred.
3. A minimum of twelve years of experience in IT development/operations, including at least eight years in a leadership role, required.
4. A minimum of two years of experience leading an Application Development area of similar or larger size required.
5. Experience managing a staff of IT professionals required.
6. Experience working horizontally across an organization to implement change required.
7. A proven track record for recruiting and retaining outstanding technical and managerial talent required.
8. Expertise in Application Development architecture, processes, methodologies, and disciplines required.
9. Expertise in evaluating 3rd party solutions and vendor negotiations required.
10. Experience leading an IT organization for a highly decentralized, people and data intensive business, either in the commercial or non-profit sectors preferred.
11. Knowledgeable in Web technologies, ASP.NET technology, and MS SQL Server required.

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