Senior IT Business Analyst – Mobile Development

Essential Functions
Strategy & Planning

• Formulate technical strategy for mobile experience for a global portfolio of applications.
• Manage and direct development for mobile applications across the company.
• Research and evaluate new development standards and tools, working with other technology leaders to make decisions and drive improvements.
• Plan and coordinate systems upgrades that impact mobile applications.
• Manage mobile team efforts in the planning, design, development and effectuation of improvements with focus on simplification and optimization of processes.
• Determine staffing and skills requirements for the mobile team.
• Build and maintain a detailed succession plan for individuals and skills; contributing to the long term success of the team.
• Drive change.

Acquisition & Deployment

• Contribute to and oversee the daily development within operational, maintenance, and project work for multiple mobile development teams.
• Request and allocate resources based on project sizing and budgets.
• Partner with Center of Excellence leadership to collaborate on program governance, prioritization, and planning activities as needed.
• Collaborate within IT and business owners to ensure timely, quality, and on budget delivery of solutions as well as strategic alignment as necessary.
• Provide necessary resources to mobile development teams to maximize productivity.
• Work with support teams to resolve production issues and plan new development efforts.
• Develop client relationships through communication and engagement on projects.

Operational Management

• Act as a Subject Matter Expert in the discovery and investigation of new mobile technologies and initiatives.
• Mentor and coach team members, including professional apprentices™.
• Develop documentation, white papers and presentations to all levels of management and technical staff.
• Provide management and leadership to the mobile development team and the other development team managers.
• Conduct activities like staffing, performance and resource management, and strategic direction of the mobile team.
• Create and maintain development plans for each team member, including training, skills assessment, career planning, and goal planning.
• Set employee objectives, monitor and evaluate performance and provide feedback and mentoring.
• Manage personal growth objectives for the Mobile Team, including but not limited to: training, skills assessment, career planning, and goal planning.

Incidental Functions

• Prepare and lead presentations as requested.
• Lead departmental or divisional meetings as requested.
• Assist with other projects as may be required to contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of the group and other business/technical entities.
• Responsible for hiring activities and fulfilling affirmative action obligations and ensuring compliance with the equal employment opportunity policy.
• Coordinate various operational and administrative tasks as necessary.
• Work with a cross-functional team on special projects expanding outside of our normal scope of work.
• On-boarding and off-boarding contractors and other temporary staff as needed.
• Develop prototypes or small application projects as required to meet business demands.
• Contribute to various process improvement initiatives as requested.
• Assist with other projects as may be required to contribute to efficiency and effectiveness of the work.
• Travel up to 20% may be required.
• Work outside the standard office 7.5-hour workday may be required.

Position Requirements
Formal Education & Certification

• Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in a Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Technology field of study (e.g., Information Technology, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Computer Systems Management, Mathematics) or equivalent experience.

Knowledge & Experience

• 12+ years IT experience.
• 6+ years management and/or supervisory experience or team responsibility in a dynamic/complex environment
• 3+ years managing software engineers: setting goals, giving feedback and developing career plans.
• 5+ years direct experience managing applications and/or systems management
• Experience with current mobile technologies and trends:
• Material Design and Apple’s HIG design principles, patterns and best practices
• Mobile Application Analytics
• Push notifications and experience with one or more 3rd party push notification systems
• Commonly used device sensors such as camera, gyroscope, accelerometer, Bluetooth and GPS
• Mobile Augmented Reality, LiDAR and Machine Learning capabilities
• Cross platform mobile frameworks and platforms such as React Native and Flutter
• Experience with and advocate for software quality practices:
• Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
• Unit Testing and Mobile Testing Automation
• Experience with architectural patterns and paradigms such as MVP, Rx and/or MVVM.
• Experience with integrating with remote or local data sources:
• REST APIs
• MBaaS such as Firebase
• SQLlite, CoreData, JDXA or NexusData
• Excellent project management skills
• Ability to lead high pressure, dynamic enterprise environment leveraging expert skills in motivation, facility and influencing to drive results through a team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional experience in architecting, designing and developing highly scalable native iOS and Android applications (Obj-C, Swift, Java and Kotlin) that have been released in the App Store or Play Store.
• Agile leadership and coaching experience, leading teams to focus and deliver in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with accessibility regulations and guidelines such as WCAG 2.0.
• Experience working with data and systems that require regulatory compliance such as PCI, PII and/or GDPR.
• Experience with establishing governance models, development standards and engineering processes
• Experience working with an API gateway platform and/or microservices
• Experience working with information security vulnerability tests, such as static and dynamic testing tools and/or network penetration tests

Personal Attributes

• Strong visual presentation and storytelling skills.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills.
• Excellent ability and initiative to learn and research new concepts, ideas, and technologies quickly.
• Excellent systems/process orientation with demonstrated analytical thinking, organization skills and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent ability to work and provide strong leadership in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Ability to train and teach others.
• Ability to facilitate meetings and follow up with resulting action items.
• Strong ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment, and to lead and influence cross-organizationally with and without direct authority.
• Ability to effectively move forward on tasks even with ambiguous or changing requirements.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills. Ability to build trust and teamwork in difficult situations across all organizational boundaries.
• Commitment to fostering a culture of inclusion and diversity.

Company Description:

Our staffing solutions include short-term and long-term staff augmentation, contract-to-hire, permanent placement and vendor managed staffing services. Suncap Technology Executive and Financial Staffing has become a leading provider of IT, Executive and Financial staff. With a consistent delivery of high quality services and talent we have become a top choice provider for a wide range of clients.