Implementation Software Development Manager

Job Description

A client of Insight Global in the lottery products and services industry is hiring for a Software Development Manager to join their Implementation Team! This company is a global leader in providing customized, end-to-end gaming solutions to lottery and gaming organizations worldwide and develops an array of products and services including instant lottery games, lottery gaming systems, terminals and services, and Internet applications, as well as server-based interactive gaming machines.

This team works on major implementation projects for the central gaming system software. The manager is the primary owner of all aspects of software delivery, from ensuring requirements are clear to starting to sell and cash lottery products. This includes planning and monitoring any data conversion. New features, reports, interfaces, and the people who develop them are the responsibility of the manager.

The Manager will oversee a team of 4 developers to start, but this team will likely grow to 6-8 developers. This is a challenging and rewarding position that is very highly respected within the company. All this requires a good mix of technical skill, verbal and written communication skills, project, and personnel management. The day-to-day job is to manage people, projects, guide software direction, review and/or gather requirements, drive estimation, and deliver against those estimates.

The Manager will report to a Director of Software Engineering and will be joining an impressive team of career‑minded professionals.

• 5+ years of management experience with people leadership, annual evaluations, facilitating one‑on‑ones, escalations, etc.
• 5+ years of experience as a hands‑on developer (preferably a C#/.Net background, but open to others) and experience with some sort of SQL Database.
• Strong experience managing large scale projects specifically in the implementation phase.
• Experience working on a team/managing a team that oversees a product or application that intakes large amounts of retail transaction data such as payments or purchase data.

• Experience in the lottery, gaming, retail transactional or payments/POS industries.

• Strong decision maker – ability to make decisions with limited evidence.
• Strong work ethic.
• Ability to drive projects over the finish line and get stuff done.
• Passionate – strong communication skills – will still be working in a client–facing role and should have ability to work in a fast‑paced environment.

Start Date:

10/07/2024