**Job Description:** **Position Summary:** We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Software Development Manager to join Alpine’s software development organization. As the Software Development Manager, you will play a pivotal role leading our software development teams and driving the successful execution of our software development initiatives. The role is responsible for fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement while ensuring timely delivery of high-quality software products. **Core Responsibilities:** + **Leadership** : Lead, mentor, and inspire software development teams to achieve their full potential. Provide guidance, support, and coaching to team members to foster professional growth. + **Software Development Best Practices** : Implement and champion software development best practices, ensuring code quality, maintainability, and adherence to industry standards. + **Problem-solving** : Address complex technical challenges and lead teams in finding innovative solutions. Prioritize and resolve technical issues to ensure project success. Collaborate with technical leaders to ensure alignment on technical approach. + **Communication and Collaboration** : Foster and ensure effective communication within the team and with stakeholders including cross-functional leaders, product owners, designers, and divisional leadership. + **Agile Methodology:** Drive Agile practices and methodologies, ensuring that projects are executed efficiently and in alignment with business goals. Adapt to changing requirements and priorities. + **Digital Transformation** : Lead the development of innovative solutions that drive our digital transformation strategy. **Job Requirements:** + Proven experience as a Software Development Manager or similar leadership role. + Strong technical background and understanding of software development best practices. + Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to navigate complex technical challenges. + Exceptional communication, collaboration, and leadership skills. + Champion of the Agile software development methodology using Scrum and/or Kanban + Experience in leading and managing digital transformation initiatives. + Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. **Competencies:** **Building Partnerships** : Identifying opportunities and acting to build strategic relationships between one’s area and other areas, teams, departments, units, or organizations to help achieve business goals. **Initiating Action** : Taking prompt action to accomplish objectives; acting to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive. **Communication** : Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message. **Innovation** : Generating innovative solutions in work situations; trying different and novel ways to deal with work problems and opportunities. **Adaptability** : Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work tasks or the work environment; adjusting effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures. **Analytical** : The ability to collect and analyze information, problem-solve, and make decisions with the goals of helping the company solve problems and/or improve upon overall productivity and success. **Results-driven** : The ability to select and deliver the most efficient and productive options backed by information and data-driven rationale. **Building the Team:** Attracting, developing, and retaining talented individuals; evaluating key strengths and development needs for the team and providing learning opportunities that enable associates to realize their potential. **Work Environment:** The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. **Physical Demands:** While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, talk, hear, reach with hands and arms and regularly required to walk. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. _ITW is an equal opportunity employer. We value our colleagues’ unique perspectives, experiences and ideas and create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential._ _As an equal employment opportunity employer, ITW is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees, beginning with the hiring process and continuing through all aspects of the employment relationship._ _All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws._