Development Manager

Lead a dynamic team of onshore / offshore developers and assist Director of Development with transformation of the team to adapt to new agile ways of working and shifting focus to Product Oriented Development • Follow Project or Product Management methodology managing tasks and activities within the team displaying flexibility with either Agile, Waterfall methodologies or a hybrid • Manage project or product deliverables through entire development lifecycle from estimation to delivery and hypercare • Collaborate with other L’Oreal IT teams, vendors and the Business to ensure timely delivery of various tasks, projects and Level 3 Support requests and incidents • Actively participate in business and technology planning sessions to identify future needs adhering to a technology strategy and delivery roadmaps • Handle multiple issues/tasks/projects of varying size simultaneously and effectively communicate status to stakeholders and management • Work with store operations and brand leadership teams to address problems and incidents, participate in P1/Sev1 calls when needed • Exercise effective communications and foster team building • Partner with System Administrator with internal Retail IT to follow and support an internal production change control process • Manage Development Team relationships within Retail IT domain (IT/business/third parties/vendors) • Be the main point of contact for larger IT organization, including Retail IT, Infrastructure, Security, Digital and Governance teams • Adhere to company’s internal policies and initiatives including Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Sustainability Technical Proficiency: • Mastery in IT Agile Transformation and POD • Expert level of Systems’ Architecture and IT Project Lifecycle • Expertise in Point-Of Sales Solutions (CEGID or GK are a big plus) • Strong Design and Development of Web APIs (Rest and SOAP) • Expert level of SQL Server Development, including Stored Procedures, Triggers, Functions, Assemblies • Working experience with Business Intelligence, SQL based SSRS, SSIS or other ETL tools • Experience with Batch and VB Scripting • Working Knowledge of VB.Net / C#.NET, Java Script, HTML • Proficiency in creating technical documentation and building flow charts • Retail background or experience working in Retail environments • Working knowledge of ERP systems (SAP is a big plus) Key Professional Skills: • Strong organizational, analytical, process oriented and creative problem-solving skills • Extensive experience troubleshooting, collaborating and sharing knowledge with colleagues and peers • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Ability to communicate with internal and external IT and the business partners • Ability to create both high-level and extensively detailed estimations project status reports