Development Manager at cPanel, Inc (Houston, TX)
Desired Skills and Experience
- Oversees product development, removes impediments from teams to ensure projects are completed in a timely fashion
- Medium of communication between Development and other departments
- Ensures proper expectations are set with developers, managers, and for executives
- Collaborate with Community and Documentation teams to ensure timely and effective communication with cPanel customers, partners, and users
- Monitor and provide reports to executive team on projects and team health
- Manage and lead software developers. Evaluates performance, sets goals and guides career growth
- Responsibility for department’s overall performance and development
- Adheres to coding and development standards and practices provided by cPanel
- Adheres to the policies and procedures of the company
- Exemplifies the Core Values of Respect, Collaboration, Integrity, and Follow-Through
- Performance management including coaching, counseling, mentoring, tracking of performance and providing effective performance evaluations
- Assists direct reports in developing new skills and enhancing current skill sets
- Proactively seeks to improve department under supervision, including providing employees specific goals and objectives, and provides guidance on how to achieve them
- Responsible for developing department budgets, forecasting financial needs, staying within budget parameters as set by CEO and meeting company financial objectives
- Timely follow-through on communication internally and externally including email, tickets, and one on one meetings
- Displays ongoing empathy and appreciation to employees and earns the confidence of the department by understanding the needs of the employee and department, while providing a safe place for employees to express themselves
- Maintains the ability to autonomously handle employee issues while regularly collaborating with ESD and other executives/managers
- Oral Communication - able to communicate orally in a professional and effective manner with a wide range of people
- Written Communication - able to communicate effectively in all written work
- Team Work skills - able to collaborate effectively as part of a team
- Time Management: Able to manage work time in such a manner that ensures the accomplishment of specific objectives; sets priorities, goals, and timetables to achieve maximum productivity all while working in a fast-paced environment
- Planning/Organizational skills - use time efficiently and work through large projects with moderate supervision, small projects should be accomplished in a self-motivated manner
- Adaptability - able to adapt to changes in the work environment, manage competing demands and able to deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events
- Problem solving skills - able to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner, gather and analyze information skillfully; able to apply a limited measure of independent judgement on a regular basis in making decisions
- Interpersonal skills - able to interact with co-workers in a professional and effective manner
- Management skills - able to supervise multiple employees, and carry out management responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws, including interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding, counseling and coaching employees to success; addresses complaints and resolves problems
- Familiarity with multiple programming disciplines ex:
Perl Javascript JSON Python PHP
- Perl
- Javascript
- JSON
- Python
- PHP
- Experience with Linux system administration
- Four+ years experience in software development
- Two+ years experience in system administration
- Four years of successful management experience with a focus on teams or other related experience
- Experience working with Agile/Scrums teams
- Travel - Local and/or overnight travel, some by interstate air, may be required
- Competitive Salary
- Full Health, Vision, and Dental coverage
- Flexible Spending Account
- Free on-site lunch
- Paid Vacation
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Casual Working Environment
- 401K Matching