Director of Applications Development

Summary

Join Kaeppel Consulting as their new Director of Application Development! This remote, direct-hire position offers a senior role within the IT team, overseeing all enterprise applications. You will lead the development of application strategy and architecture, collaborate with business partners, define requirements and solutions, and provide technical leadership. The role requires extensive experience in application development, leadership, and communication. Competitive compensation, including a bonus potential, cell phone allowance, full benefits, and PTO, is offered, along with tailored development programs and a supportive work environment.

Requirements

• Legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer, without restrictions
• 4-year college degree
• 10 – 15 years of professional IT experience, with 5 or more years of executive leadership at the Director level
• Experience in working within dynamic, fast paced environments
• Experience of communicating and liaising with senior key stakeholders and project sponsors
• Exceptional influencing, leadership, and motivational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Demonstrated change agent, with strong leadership
• Comprehensive understanding of the Systems Development Life Cycle, as applied to projects of increasing size and complexity, with emphasis on the following core activities: Problem Solving, Analysis/Design, Estimating, Planning
• Experience implementing and solutioning of Enterprise Applications including Finance, HR, Marketing, Veterinary practice management software (PIMS/PMS) or EMR/EHR platforms

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the execution of strategy and implementation of enterprise applications that support the company
• Contribute to the selection and development of technical architecture and ensure implementation complies with methodologies, standards and architectural guidelines
• Develop and facilitate regular release cycles on key systems using DevOps, Agile, and Waterfall methodologies
• Gather and analyze technical information for designing new systems and making changes to existing systems
• Apply in-depth technical expertise to guide and direct others in their area of technical responsibility
• Define and build detailed technical solutions to support complex application development projects
• Create system design specifications and build according to those specifications for complex project assignments
• May act as an architect in the development of technical design documents and provide oversight to external developers
• Contribute to the development of IT application and technical architecture strategies
• Participate in 24/7 on-call support
• Communicate ideas and solutions effectively to drive results
• Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship to other IT associates on best practices and development techniques
• Participate in hardware and/or software studies and provide recommendations to management based on results

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Veterinary IT or healthcare
• Experience in Agile, Scrum and Waterfall project management

Benefits

• Base+ Bonus potential of 20%
• Cell Phone Allowance
• Full Benefits
• PTO
• Tailored development programs
• Mentorship
• Career pathing
• Competitive pay
• Performance bonuses
• 401(k) matching
• Student loan assistance
• Health, dental, vision, life insurance, and mental health resources
• Generous paid time off and holidays