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Thomson Reuters

15d ago

  • Job
    Full-time
    Expert Level
  • Software Engineering
    Engineering
  • Toronto

AI generated summary

  • You need a degree in CS/Engineering, 10+ years in development, 5+ years in leadership, expertise in .NET, Azure, Agile, and frontend tech (JS/React/Angular), plus strong communication skills.
  • You will develop technology strategies, mentor teams, drive the technical roadmap, manage projects, influence cross-functional stakeholders, and ensure team delivery aligns with business objectives.

Requirements

  • - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • - 10+ years of experience in software development
  • - 5+ years in a people leadership & product development leadership role.
  • - Ability to elaborate on/demonstrate experience bringing in transformations within process improvement and team development.
  • - Ability to identify and implement new technologies to improve upon product.
  • - Experience preforming software development with .NET development stack.
  • - Experience preforming software development Azure cloud development stack.
  • - Experience with a Agile/Scrum development process is required.
  • - Experience preforming software development with one of the following frontend technologies: JavaScript, React, or Angular.
  • - Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills to foster an environment of collaboration and innovation.
  • - Demonstrated experience in strategic planning, organizational development, and team scaling.
  • - Ability to demonstrate understanding of AWS cloud development stack is useful, but not required.

Responsibilities

  • * Develop and execute a long-term technology strategy aligned with the organization's goals, preparing the team for scalable growth.
  • * Lead the adoption of advanced engineering practices and processes to foster innovation and efficiency across product development teams.
  • * Mentor and develop team members with a focus on building a pipeline of future leaders and preparing the team for organizational scaling.
  • * Facilitate strategic partnerships with cross-functional leaders to ensure technology solutions meet broader business objectives.
  • * Drive the technical roadmap, prioritizing initiatives that enhance product value and customer satisfaction while also managing technical debt effectively.
  • * Serve as a Scrum expert, guiding teams through the Scrum framework to deliver high-quality results.
  • * Propose accurate estimations for project timelines and resource requirements.
  • * Hiring and manage a team of skilled software developers.
  • * Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth project execution.
  • * Effectively delegate tasks and responsibilities within the engineering team.
  • * Influencing and articulates a vision for their customers and product(s).
  • * Socializing and aligns a wide variety of cross-functional stakeholders to strategy, vision, and roadmap.
  • * Leading through influence to drive results across multiple, cross-functional teams.
  • * Demonstrating people leadership skills, typically for tactical or more junior level teams.
  • * Ensuring team delivers on expectations, communicating clear goals that support the delivery of impactful work against team OKR’s.
  • * Setting goals around talent development and diversity and inclusion and demonstrates progress.
  • * Leading multiple cross-functional project teams.
  • * Balanced strategic and tactical focus.
  • * Excellent cross-functional influencer.
  • * Evaluating new technologies and participates in decision-making, accounting for several factors.
  • * Applying knowledge of software architecture to manage software development tasks associated with developing, debugging or designing software applications, operating systems and databases according to provided design specifications.
  • * Managing building enhancements within an existing software architecture and occasionally suggest improvements to the architecture.
  • * Displaying understanding of the project's value proposition for the customer.
  • * Applying critical, non-biased and data-based thinking to help make core directional decisions that move toward the forecasted future.
  • * Ranking the importance of initiatives to achieve team and business objectives, recognizing not all work is equally “important” and “urgent”, and that some work will fall to a backlog for future prioritization.

FAQs

What is the main responsibility of the Senior Development Manager?

The main responsibility of the Senior Development Manager is to manage and provide technical support to the engineering team across multiple initiatives while developing new approaches to solve ambiguous problems identified across the software development lifecycle.

What is the expected experience level for this position?

Candidates are expected to have 10+ years of experience in software development and 5+ years in a people leadership and product development leadership role.

Are there specific technologies that the Senior Development Manager should be familiar with?

Yes, candidates should have experience with the .NET development stack, Azure cloud development stack, and frontend technologies such as JavaScript, React, or Angular.

What type of work schedule is offered for this role?

This position offers a hybrid-based schedule with 2 days per week in the office.

Is there a mentoring component to this role?

Yes, the Senior Development Manager is expected to mentor and develop team members, focusing on building a pipeline of future leaders.

What skills are essential for success in this position?

Essential skills include exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and drive results.

Does the company support employee well-being initiatives?

Yes, the company offers comprehensive benefit plans, flexible vacation, mental health days, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

Are there opportunities for professional development?

Yes, employees have access to LinkedIn Learning, an internal Talent Marketplace, and networking opportunities through the Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café initiative.

Is knowledge of AWS cloud stack important for this role?

While experience with AWS cloud development stack is useful, it is not required for this role.

What is the salary range for this position?

The base compensation range for the role is $132,400 - $246,000, depending on location and other factors like knowledge and experience.

Thomson Reuters

Entertainment & Media
Industry
10,001+
Employees
2008
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Thomson Reuters is the world’s leading provider of news and information-based tools to professionals. Our worldwide network of journalists and specialist editors keep customers up to speed on global developments, with a particular focus on legal, regulatory and tax changes. Our customers operate in complex arenas that move society forward — tax, law, compliance, government, media. In a disruptive digital age, we help professionals reinvent themselves. Thomson Reuters shares are listed on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges (symbol: TRI).