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About the job

Ally and Your Career
Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that’s more than some cliché people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You’re constantly evolving, so shouldn’t your opportunities be, too?

The Opportunity
Responsible for managing the results of software development teams, to ensure software solutions are built according to company standards and are compliant with business requirements. Reviews and evaluates the performance of the development teams and of the individuals on theteams. Ultimately accountable for project deliverables, budgets, schedules and quality. Serves as the primary interface with IT and business partners on software development projects. This position will report to a Director of Software Development and may have responsibility for directly managing one or more development resources.

The Work Itself

• Liaison between product, architecture, and development team members.

• Works directly with product owners to ensure stories contain the right balance of technical direction, best practices, and level of detail.

• Coordinates projects with Engineering and Operations team to reduce impact on application development teams, including build-out of new development environments.

• Drives continuous improvement through coaching, pair programming, code review processes, and round table discussions.

• Instills strong focus and best practices for creation and maintenance of high-quality deliverables.

• Communicates effectively with senior leadership and other development teams.

• Reviews resumes, conducts phone screens, facilitates on site interviews, and assists with the integration of new hires into their tech stack and team.

• Meets with direct reports regularly to provide and seek feedback.

• Sets expectations, and provides guidance as needed.

• Manages time off requests and related schedule coordination.
  
  

Skills

• 5+ years of hands-on development experience required, with a preference of experience in architecture, integration and configuring.

• 3+ years of hands-on development experience required of developing on the Salesforce platform (Sales & Service Cloud).

• Must have Salesforce certifications like - Platform Developer 1 or 2, App Builder, Administrator/Advanced Administrator or Service Cloud. Technical architecture or development certification preferred.

• Solid knowledge of Salesforce architecture and integration components with expertise around creating and managing custom objects, fields, formulas, validation rules, page layouts, reports, custom workflows, and approval processes within Salesforce

• BS or MS in a technical discipline

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or other related discipline preferred.

• Ability to supervise staff and make personnel decisions.

• Ability to manage multiple complex software development projects.

• Ability to articulate the company's business requirements and objectives and translate those into software development solutions.

• Ability to effectively communicate software development issues and recommendations to senior level management within and outside of IT.

• Knowledge of all phases of software development.
  
  

How We'll Have Your Back
Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. Our Total Rewards program includes industry-leading compensation and benefits plus additional incentives that are designed to meet your needs and those of your family so you can get the most out of your career and your life, including:

• Time Away: 11 paid holidays, 20 paid time off days, and 8 hours of volunteer time off, yearly (paid time off is prorated based on start date)

• Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan pay downs and 529 educational save up assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, employee stock purchase plan, and financial learning center and financial coach access.

• Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including medical, dental and vision, employee, spouse and child life insurance, short- and long-term disability, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions, Healthcare FSA, critical illness, accident & hospital indemnity insurance, and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially.

• Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy and fertility assistance as well as paid parental and caregiver leave, Dependent Day Care FSA back-up child and adult/elder care days and childcare discounts.

• Work-Life Integration: other benefits including Mentally Fit Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program and other employee discount programs.

• Other compensations: depending on the role for which you are considered, you may be eligible for travel allowances, relocation assistance, a signing bonus and/or equity.

• To view more detailed information about Ally’s Total Rewards, please visit this link: https://www.ally.com/content/dam/pdf/corporate/ally-total-rewards-snapshot.pdf
  
  

Who We Are:
Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit www.ally.com.

Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.

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