smartwith heart
Software Development Manager
Wavre, Belgium - Product Development department
Do you speak the language of software developers and management? Do you take pride in helping other people grow? Ready to join a place where smart solutions meet human collaboration?
Look no further and become our new Software Development Manager! The world of supply chain planning offers plenty of interesting challenges for you to solve.
Our offer
We offer you more than just a job. Our culture and benefits inspire you to become the best version of yourself.
- Continuous learning: Access customized training, coaching programs, and on-the-job development opportunities.
- Flexibility: Flex your schedule with working from home, adaptable hours, and the autonomy to shape your routine.
- Benefits: An attractive salary package including an optional company car, a bike incentive program, additional extralegal vacation days, and other competitive benefits.
- Collaborative culture: Cross-team collaboration and creative challenges that encourage you to share knowledge, celebrate wins, and grow together.
- Innovation: Encouragement to think differently through cross-team collaboration and innovation challenges
- Well-being: Thrive in a workplace that supports your physical and mental health by promoting a wide range of facilities and activities like birthday events, sports sessions, in-house coaches, and healthy meal options.
Our company
We’re a leading game changer that optimizes supply chains with our very own smart software and services. With a team of 1,300+ passionate, creative minds from over 60 nationalities, we help the world’s largest companies to run their supply chains more efficiently and sustainably. Our customers include BASF, Johnson & Johnson, L’Oréal, Nestlé, and Procter & Gamble. Ready to be smart with heart? Join our team where technical expertise and human connection create solutions that scale globally and make a lasting impression.
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Your challenge
As a Software Development Manager, you’re the leader, coach, and inspiration for a global team of skilled software engineers.
Your team is your top priority. Are they collaborating efficiently? Do they get the right opportunities and challenges to develop their skills? Your people, project management, and technical skills make teamwork a success. You set assignments and share feedback that encourages your team to take things to the next level.
In close collaboration with our Functional Product Manager, you create a reliable release plan. During execution, you are responsible for ensuring all priorities are met and all stakeholders are kept informed about progress. You also take part in development project(s) to maintain and improve your technical skills.
To make sure our (agile) development process is correctly executed, you:
- Follow up on all steps from the initial scope negotiation with the Functional Product Manager and technical design to implementation, testing, and quality assurance.
- Stay on top of the agile process to ensure development topics are delivered on time and our high-quality standards are met.
- Delegate to our technical leads, senior developers, and dedicated scrum testing team. But, when necessary, you’re not afraid to get your hands dirty.
- Encourage team members to share feedback and ideas, and empower them to realize these suggestions.
- Facilitate and coordinate cross-team collaboration, with other development teams, but also with our scrum testing, QA, and documentation teams.
Lastly, you’re happy to work internationally and travel to multiple locations depending on the geographical spread of your team.
About you
Essential talents and qualifications:
- A Master or PhD in ICT, Engineering, Mathematics, or another relevant field.
- Experience in managing and coaching a software development team.
- Knowledge of all the ins and outs of project management and agile software development.
- Great 360° communication skills so you can connect easily with team members, senior managers, coaches, other development managers, product managers, and consultants.
- The ability to lead by example, as well as being a born coach with the skills to steer a team.
- The eagerness to dive into technical details when required.
Bonus points if you have:
- Experience and knowledge of the benefits and pitfalls of working in virtual teams spread over multiple locations.
- C++ expertise and a good knowledge of object-oriented programming. If not, you’re willing to learn modern C++.
- Experience with design patterns, UML, algorithmic thinking, multi-threading, and distributed systems.
- Willingness to travel.