Western Governors University
Manager, Technology - Craft Education
Nashville, TN · Full-time
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$22,171 more — $173,971 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $173,971 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Computer and Information Systems Managers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
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About the role
- Ensures optimized performance for high utilization, 24x7 access, accessibility (ADA), responsiveness, and scalability.
- Ensures data is always handled securely and in compliance with applicable laws.
- Responsible for both software and data engineering individuals.
Responsibilities
- You will contribute to cross-functional teams as a lead engineer mentoring or pairing with team members in technical and development tasks that drive the mission of Craft.
- Additional travel may be assigned as needed to support business requirements.
- As the Manager, Technology for Craft you will lead a team of software engineers on product development and integration.
- Manages technology team members, providing training, technical standards, and direction.
- Interfaces with product, project, and external teams in the definition and execution of development projects; maintains collaborative relationships with all appropriate stakeholders.
- Works with internal and external customers to elicit technical requirements. Negotiates dependencies and maintains productive working relationships.
- Develops and directs software system testing procedures, programming, and documentation.
Requirements
- Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Ability to provide technical and architectural leadership and successfully coach an engineering team.
- Demonstrated ability to understand business needs and execute on a business strategy.
- Ability to develop and direct software system testing procedures, programming, and documentation
- demonstrated commitment to efficient, secure, scalable, and maintainable code and engineering practices.
- Ability to research, design, and develop computer software systems, applying principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and responsibilities in rapid, deadline-driven environments
- excelling at pinpointing and resolving problems in early project stages to avoid cost/time expenses.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- able to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical team members, external stakeholders, and management.
- Ability to maintain effective working relationships with team members and stakeholders.
- Is a self-starter with bias for action while maintaining stable, secure user experiences.
- Ability to ramp up quickly on new technologies.
Nice to have
- 5 years of experience leading teams of software engineering professionals or related leadership experience.
- Master's degree in computer science, information technology, or related field.
- Start up or early-stage company experience growing to scale
- Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.
- Position & Application Details
- Full-Time Regular Positions (classified as regular and working 40 standard weekly hours): This is a full-time, regular position (classified for 40 standard weekly hours) that is eligible for bonuses
Compensation
- $151,800.00 - $250,500.00
Benefits
- You will provide vision, training, technical standards, and direction to engineers who are required to know multiple languages for front-end, back-end, QA and cloud engineering responsibilities.
Company info
- We are working tirelessly to accelerate the expansion of these programs along with the data infrastructure that underpins them.
- Additional travel may include conferences, visits to company locations, and other business-related events as needed.
Equal opportunity
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.
- Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@wgu.edu.
This listing is sourced directly from Western Governors University's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.