Manager, Research & Development

As the Manager, Research & Development, you will lead a full Scrum team focused on innovation, intelligence and AI working on a comprehensive health care solution for the US market. This role is 25% hands-on and a technical background and experience to support is required.

Later this year you will build and lead a second smaller Scrum team of interns/coops who will be focused on experiments/driving further innovation while creating a new pipeline of potential talent for the business.

You are an excellent people leader with a record of success leading Agile Scrum teams to deliver high-quality software that exceeds stakeholder expectations.

Duties:

• Ensure the delivery of high-quality software by leading two Scrum teams
• Contribute to the product roadmap and planning process and with a focus on excellence in execution
• Work closely with the Product and DevOps teams and other stakeholders
• Able to act as Scrum Master/coach to ensure efficient/lean team operations with a focus on predictable and reliable software delivery
• Hands-on involvement in development/design/architecture/code review
• Research new and upcoming technologies that would help improve the product
• Review performance of team members, share feedback and coach/mentor growth
• Ensure actions are data-driven by collecting/trending/reporting key metrics related to defects, backlogs, velocity, and sprint health

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 3+ years’ experience in a development management position
• 5+ years’ experience with software teams using ASP.NET, VB.NET, C#
• Experience with APIs, UI/UX, Windows servers
• Experience working in an Agile Scrum environment
• Experience in a SaaS environment
• Experience with systems like GIT and JIRA
• Experience with large databases, preferably Oracle
• Excellent English communication skills both verbally and written
• Experience working at a software company in the US healthcare sector would be plus

Salary:

• $130,000 - $160,000 CAD
• Based on experience
• Currency will be changed for any US applicants

Working Environment:

This role is remote. You must be authorized to work in Canada and be a permanent resident. Visas/sponsorship is not available for this role.

This role may occasionally come into contact with Protected Health Information, Personal Identifiable Information or Privacy Records, and it is essential that all employees adhere to confidentiality requirements as outlined in the Employee Handbook and Harris’ Security and Privacy policies, as well as apply the concepts learned in the annual Security Awareness training.

Essential Functions:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
• This is largely a sedentary role.

Travel:

Some travel required (visiting customer sites and remote staff; attending customer user group meetings, organizational meetings and seminars as required)

AAP/EEO Statement

Harris Computer is an EEO/AA/Disability/Vets Employer.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.