Manager, Development

Full job description 100,000 - 150,000 + VIP Bonus Our fast-paced and collaborative environment inspires us to create, think, and challenge each other in ways that make our solutions and our teams better. Whether you're interested in engineering or development, marketing or sales, or something else – if this sounds like you, then we'd love to hear from you!
We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with offices in the US, Canada, and India.
We are in search of creative and experienced engineering leaders. We embrace entrepreneurs as well as those who come from more established organizations. As a key member of the product development leadership team, you will lead the development and technical strategy for our enterprise products. Partnering with product management and sales, you will interact with strategic customers designing innovative solutions that meet their business needs.


Core Requirements and Responsibilities:
You will lead multiple teams of amazing engineers, influence many others and provide leadership on design and architecture, strategy, and technology approaches. We expect you to be an accomplished engineer, have strong hands-on technical experience and deep knowledge in one or more areas of distributed systems and enterprise web delivery platforms. Our culture fosters collaboration, innovation, integrity, mentorship, and commitment to success and you will add your creativity and energy to it. Our managers are dedicated to growing their people and offering an opportunity that allows you to make impacts in their career.


If you love technology, leadership, being on the front-line of technical innovation, and are looking for a creative, fun and friendly workplace where you get to develop software that will transform the insurance industry, we would love to get in touch with you.


Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:



Bring an unwavering passion for managing the dynamics of a fast-paced environment Closely follow industry trends and the open source community Have experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Have experience with Test Driven Development Hunger to learn new concepts, new technologies, and be exposed to/adopt new ideas Have kept their coding skills sharp and care deeply about writing solid code Communicate effectively cross-functionally across various teams, organizations and internal and external stakeholders to drive engineering effort Are self-motivated and excellent problems-solvers Are driven to improve, personally and professionally Mentor and inspire others to raise the bar for everyone around them Love to collaborate with their peers, designing pragmatic solutions Effectively lead and manage change within their area of responsibility as well as across the business Have a cooperative, collaborative, open and flexible mindset Have an intense passion for technology and solutions design Can interact with customers to gather insights and translate technical concepts Are energetic, effectively managing relationships (up, down, across) and able to roll-up their sleeves to get the job done Have an ability to influence across boundaries and at all levels of the organization Think strategically to help drive features and services for short and long-term growth Can create a fun, fast paced, motivating and rewarding environment for their teams and the organization Attract, build and retain a highly engaged and capable development teams that can deliver on our technology and business strategies Think End-to-End by connecting all the pieces of the business (development, product management, QA, operations, etc.) to deliver the features to delight the customer while leveraging all available assets Provide strong people management: attracting, retaining, inspiring and growing individuals; demonstrate a passion for people development and mobility Why Vertafore is the place for you: *Canada Only
The opportunity to work in a space where modern technology meets a stable and vital industry Medical, vision & dental plans Life, AD&D Short Term and Long Term Disability Pension Plan & Employer Match Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP) Education Assistance Additional programs - Employee Referral and Internal Recognition Why Vertafore is the place for you: *US Only
The opportunity to work in a space where modern technology meets a stable and vital industry Vertafore is a Flexible First working environment which allows team members to work from home as often as you'd like, while using our offices as a place for collaboration, community, and teambuilding. There are times you may be asked to come into an office and/or travel for specific meetings for a specific business purpose and this varies by job responsibilities. Medical, vision & dental plans PPO & high-deductible options Health Savings Account & Flexible Spending Accounts Options: Health Care FSA Dental & Vision FSA Dependent Care FSA Commuter FSA Life, AD&D (Basic & Supplemental), and Disability 401(k) Retirement Savings Plain & Employer Match Supplemental Plans - Pet insurance, Hospital Indemnity, and Accident Insurance Parental Leave & Adoption Assistance Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Education & Legal Assistance Additional programs - Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Referral, Internal Recognition, and Wellness Commuter Benefits (Denver) The selected candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States.


The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the job responsibilities, duties, skill, or working conditions. In addition, this document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.


Vertafore strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. The Professional Services (PS) and Customer Success (CX) bonus plans are a quarterly monetary bonus plan based upon individual and practice performance against specific business metrics. Eligibility is determined by several factors including: start date, good standing in the company, and actives status at time of payout.
The Vertafore Incentive Plan (VIP) is an annual monetary bonus for eligible employees based on both individual and company performance. Eligibility is determined by several factors including: start date, good standing in the company, and actives status at time of payout.
Commission plans are tailored to each sales role but common components include quota, MBO's and ABPMs. Salespeople receive their formal compensation plan within 30 days of hire.
Vertafore is a drug free workplace and conducts preemployment drug and background screenings. We do not accept resumes from agencies, headhunters or other suppliers who have not signed a formal agreement with us.
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Qualifications:



3-5 years professional experience as a development manager in an agile environment including working with enterprise customers on large scale projects Proven track record in leading architecture, design, development and operations of enterprise scale web delivery platforms, products and services in a high performance and high-availability SaaS environment Experience with Java, as well as common frameworks and infrastructure Experience with both relational and NoSQL databases


Additional Requirements and Details:



Travel required up to 10% of the time. Located and working from an office location. Occasional lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds. Frequent repetitive hand and arm movements required to operate a computer. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision (working on a computer, etc.). Frequent sitting and/or standing. #LI-Hybrid


Vertafore is a Flexible First working environment which allows team members to work from home as often as you'd like, while using our offices as a place for collaboration, community, and teambuilding. There are times you may be asked to come into an office and/or travel for specific meetings for a specific business purpose and this varies by job responsibilities.