Agile Development Manager

EBSCO Information Services; Salem (OR); Remote; USD 125,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech-focused company is seeking an Agile Development Manager to lead teams of software engineers, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and high-quality product delivery. The role requires significant leadership experience in an Agile environment. We offer a competitive salary range of USD $125,425.00 - USD $179,180.00 and a range of benefits including medical, dental, and parental leave.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Retirement Savings Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Paid Time Off

Qualifications

• 8+ years’ experience in software development.
• 3+ years’ experience of technical leadership in an agile environment.
• 3+ years’ experience in Agile/Scrum/Kanban/SAFe.

Responsibilities

• Manage 1-2 teams of engineers, focusing on development and growth.
• Ensure quality and adherence to non-functional requirements.
• Advocate for team successes and oversee accountability.

Skills

Leadership

Agile Methodologies

Coaching

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Your Opportunity

This Agile Development Manager is a leader who guides, coaches, and mentors a team of software engineers in the design, development, delivery, and maintenance of EIS products. The Agile Development Manager is responsible for ensuring that development teams are aligned with EIS’s strategic objectives and goals, and that they are delivering high-quality software products on time and within budget.

This remote position is U.S.-based only (excluding U.S. territories)

What You'll Do

• Manage 1-2 teams of ~3-7 engineers each, with a focus on team development and growth
• Ensure that the whole team owns the quality of the products we produce and maintain a balanced mindset across the engineering disciplines involved in delivering those products according to the defined “definition of done”
• Advocate for the team and promote their successes, celebrate their failures, and share key learnings throughout the organization
• Lead accountability, autonomy, and empowerment within your teams and manage the appropriate boundaries to achieve the result of self-directed work teams
• Regularly review team performance, collaborate on improvement initiatives/experiments (PDSA Cycle), understand the data, team, and workflow, and provide effective coaching for improvement
• Work directly with product team and business representatives to provide business solutions from inception to operation
• Collaborate with the scrum master and product owner to create a triad of peers whose goal is to support the development team. Build trust within the triad and communicate frequently
• Ensure that teams’ AWS costs remain in budget. Ensure that the team’s components adhere to Non Functional Requirements (NFRs)

About You

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, MIS, Computer Engineering or other technical-related degree or equivalent experience
• 8+ years’ experience in software development
• 3+ years’ experience of technical leadership as a team lead, architect, or manager in an agile development environment
• 3+ years’ experience in Agile/Scrum/Kanban/SAFe

Pay Range

USD $125,425.00 - USD $179,180.00 /Yr.

The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors including your skills, qualifications, education, training, and experience, as well as the position’s work location.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability Insurance and Flexible spending accounts
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Holidays and Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Mentoring program
• And much more! Check it out here: https://www.ebsco.com/about/benefits

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. We strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, sex, pregnancy status, age, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or any other federal, state or local protected class. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.

We comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act, and all applicable state or local law.

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Location US-Remote

ID 2025-1784

Category Information Technology

Position Type Full-Time Regular

Remote Yes