Associate Vice President, Product Development

We are one growing team with one powerful goal - and as a global leader in education, we strive for a workforce that reflects the individual differences of our learning community. We believe that our employees can be their best selves when they can be their true selves. That is why we're committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion in which all our employees feel welcomed, valued and empowered. Together, we will shape the future of education by transforming lives beginning with yours.

Our Workforce Is Expanding Beyond New Hampshire!

We have remote work opportunities available in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.

The Opportunity

The Associate Vice President of Product Development will be the leader and manager of all facets of new product engineering within the University. Reporting to the Vice president of product development and a necessary member of the Office of Product and Program Innovation (OPPI), the director of product development will oversee the successful development and release of new products and platforms, will form and lead a team of engineers, architects, DevOps, QA and tech support staff, will develop development processes and best practices, and will manage partnership with engineering vendors.

Why You'll Love This Role:

The products you'll develop will help transform the learning experience and learning outcome of over 200,000 students across the U.S. You will help shape the future of digital higher education by engineering and delivering engaging, intuitive, scalable, resilient, and reliable products. You'll get to work with our executive leadership team and will partner across the organization to define our technological strategy and implement the development of solutions. You'll also be able to develop your own team and be a mentor to engineers and DevOps and teammates beyond your direct reports.

Why We'll Love You:

With 10+ years of experience in software development, you are deeply familiar with the latest technology stacks and can develop best-in-class solutions in an Agile environment. You have experience in bringing to market high-quality software solutions developed in a Cloud environment (preferably GCP) in design-first development lifecyle. You know how to build and scale Agile teams of employees and vendors. You are an excellent communicator.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Build and coach a development teams, and oversee successful project delivery and application support
• Validate the design, testing, and implementation of technical solutions from engineering partners, based on our requirements and strategic direction
• Solution for technical cloud-native applications like, Google Cloud Platform, in a containerized / microservices architecture
• Provide technical leadership to teammates through technical design, code reviews and implementation of best practices, to extend and improve all SDLC and RM processes.
• Collaborate with Design, Product Management, and Product Strategy teams to develop, test and maintain the platforms, ecosystems and their integration with other services.
• Assess opportunities for application and process improvements and prepare documentation outlining strategic platform roadmap.
• Maintain, troubleshoot, improve and enhance existing systems.
• Establish relationships with technology and business leaders across the university.
• Lead the relationship with external development partners, and implement effective communication and collaboration among scrum teams.
• Communicate with all groups as part of product/project support

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in a Manager/Tech Lead capacity, guiding the team's development efforts towards successful project delivery and application support
• 10+ years of experience in hands-on design and implementation of complex systems, including developing solutions from scratch
• Experience integrating with third-party systems through building API gateways, creating REST based service interfaces to deliver fast, reliable and scalable integration.
• Experience with GCP end-to-end cloud development, deployment, fine-tuning for scalability and performance.
• Experience leading and coaching agile development teams to work effectively, efficiently, and with high morale
• Experience implementing, adapting, and optimizing SDLC processes and agile ceremonies
• Full stack business and integration/data tier development experience.
• Experience with Enterprises level Ed-Tech solutions.
• Working knowledge of fintech and healthcare Industry as it relates to consumer financing
• Academic Degree(s) and/ areas of study:

Equivalent of experience in lieu of degree acceptable: Yes

We would like to see:

• BS in Computer Science or related field
• Object Oriented Programming and solid design experience
• Experience using modern application/API containerization and container orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, Nginx.)

Thinking about the job, but not sure you should apply? We still want to hear from you.

We recognize that not everyone enters the world of work with the same advantage, opportunity, and privilege. This is why your skills and experiences are important to us. Take the leap and apply, you just might be the person we are looking for!

Are Benefits Important to You?

We offer exceptional benefits, many available starting on the first day of employment:

Anthem BlueCross affordable, low-deductible Medical insurance available on day one

Low to no-cost Dental, Vision and Life Insurance options

5 weeks of Paid Time Off that starts accruing on day one & Paid Holidays

A Retirement Plan with a 9% Employer Funded annual contribution

Tuition Benefits with family offerings

Who Are We?

SNHU employees are a team in every sense. Separately, we understand that each individual brings unique experiences, perspectives and ideas to create a vibrant work environment. Together we share common values of honesty, acceptance and accountability working as a unified force toward a common goal: to transform the lives of learners. By joining our team, you join us in our vision. Together, we'll shape the future of education by transforming lives-beginning with yours.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Remote work disclaimer

Please note that this is a remote eligible position. At SNHU, we ask that our remote employees have access to a reliable internet connection and a dedicated, properly equipped workspace at a fixed location within the United States (in one of the approved states as reflected above) that is free of distractions and dependencies.

Please note that a background check is required for employment.