Assistant Manager, App Dev

$183,200 - $183,200/Yr

Federal Reserve Bank - San Francisco, CA

Part-time,Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - San Francisco, CA

Monetary Authorities-Central Bank

About the position

The Assistant IT Manager at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco will lead an agile scrum team focused on software application development for the CASH business line. This role involves managing a team of Data and Analytics engineers, coordinating development dependencies, and ensuring project deliverables align with business goals. The position emphasizes people management, resource planning, and the implementation of agile methodologies to enhance team performance and project outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Data and Analytics engineers on an agile scrum team (SAFe).
• Coordinate development dependencies that span multiple development teams.
• Work with project stakeholders to define project vision, scope, and deliverables in support of business goals.
• Coordinate and oversee performance of project resources and set expectations accordingly.
• Escalate issues to project stakeholders in a timely fashion.
• Facilitate Sprint Planning/Pre-Planning, Daily Standups, Retrospectives, and Product Demos.
• Assist Product Owners with backlog creation and grooming of stories.
• Coach and mentor the agile/scrum team on best practices.
• Report status of teams to executive audience.
• Maintain the scrum team dashboards.
• Identify roles and associated skills needed to optimize and build agile scrum teams.
• Request appropriate staff be available; assess current resource allocation and recommend any changes to management.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a comparable technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in software development projects and supporting critical business applications.
• 3+ years of experience in running projects/leading teams with moderate to high risk and complexity.
• Proven understanding of SAFe and agile development processes.
• Ability to implement agile metrics and use those metrics to help the team identify opportunities for improvement.
• Ability to empower a self-organized team to work together on product delivery.
• Familiarity with Automated Testing and the ability to shape Sprint planning around this model.
• Capability of a Servant Leader focused on removing impediments and building team capabilities.
• Proven ability to teach, mentor, facilitate, and coach teams to continuously improve using the Scrum framework.
• Experience managing the agile software development lifecycle from project initiation to production release.

Nice-to-haves

• SAFe Certification.
• PMP Agile Certification.
• Experience managing large, complex Data Warehouse/ETL applications.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Pre-tax Flexible Spending Account
• Backup Child Care Program
• Pre-Tax Day Care Flexible Spending Account
• Paid Family Care Leave
• Vacation Days
• Sick Days
• Paid Holidays
• Pet Insurance
• Matching 401(k)
• Retirement/Pension