Here at Planet, we are seeking a Software Development Manager to join our software development team, based at our office in Galway.  The Software Development Manager is aligned to Planet’s Tax Refund product stream and ambitious strategic plans to build a fully digital processing platform.  This is an exciting opportunity to join the technology management team and lead a professional agile software development group, with technical and line management responsibility of a SCRUM development team.

What you will do

• As a Software Development Manager, you will have technical and line management accountability to deliver all-new product features within a defined product portfolio, whilst supporting business stakeholders and service teams in support and maintenance of the live product base aligned to agreed development team service responsibilities. 

• Help set and manages a technical system roadmap and supports the technical work delivery in Product release cycles to achieve effective utilisation of team resources, optimal delivery against the plan and good development practise, will all be key responsibility areas in this role. 

• As a leader in Tax technology, you will work closely with Product Management teams and the product user base to ensure your group deploy live change within an agreed delivery schedule and ensure user & quality requirements are fully met.

• Fostering a solution-orientated technical culture, agile processes, and a lean toolset whilst driving continuous improvement mindset will be key success factors areas for this role. 

• This is a great opportunity for an ambitious technology leader to advance their career in a dynamic environment, and help Planet build a digital platform future for its Tax Refunding product line. 

Who You Are

• 3rd level qualification in a computer-related discipline or equivalent.

• At least 7 years’ experience in a software development environment.

• Preferred 2+ years in a software development line management role. 

• A strong tech leaders with a good track record who wants to develop technical management career.

• Preferred 2+ years in a software development technical lead role.

• 2 years in an Agile Scrum development or similar distributed software development environment.

• Strategic problem-solving skills.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, promoting collaborative team culture.

• Working knowledge of following tool sets;

  Core: Visual Studio / C# .net framework / SQL Server / Jira / Confluence

  Preferred: Azure services / CI/CD practises

  Desirable: Low Code Practises / Outsystems Technology Platform (in-use commercial Platform) / Tax (VAT) Refund and/or Payments processing knowledge very beneficial

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