Our growing leadership team is looking for a Director of Development and Technology to join and make an impact worldwide! If you have a strategic mindset, are passionate about technology, thrive in fast paced environments, and want to contribute in creating a nourishing workplace culture, this is the right position for you!
Our company has been voted as one of the Top Work Places in Utah since 2020, come see why!
Priority Dispatch Corp. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are a small, fast-growing provider of consulting, training, and software products for the public safety market. Priority Dispatch is based in the U.S. in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. This role would be overseeing our technology departments and being the leader in moving all of these teams forward.
The job comes with a generous total compensation package that includes a competitive salary, health dental, vision, pet, and legal insurance, a hybrid schedule, tuition reimbursement, 401K and company matching up to 6%, PTO and holidays, and more!
Summary
This position will oversee all technology functions for Priority Dispatch, supervising the Dev Core, Dev Ops, IT Operations, and Platform Integrations departments. Reporting to the President of Priority Dispatch, they will be responsible for the overall strategy, managing goals, guiding supervisors and staff, and directing projects to align with the company goals. While providing a forward-looking vision and operational direction for the development and implementation of enterprise-wide systems. This hybrid position is located in our Salt Lake City, Utah, headquarters.
Principal Responsibilities:
- Oversee the planning, design, development and deployment of client-facing software solutions and enhancements to existing applications and/or content.
- Analyze business requirements in the context of software and integration design
- Provide technical and business solution processes to improve current business workflow and plan for future enhancements, and drive the strategic direction of software development, IT operations, and platform integration
- Define the scope of the project in partnership with the Product owners, Stakeholders and the Development Directors
- Oversee the process of installation of software and hardware products
- Maintains confidentiality with regard to the information being processed, stored or accessed by the end-users on the network
- Make decisions in terms of any development strategies at the technical level, publish recommendations and advise on related best practices at the business level
- Provide recommendations and help identify best technical solutions for our Priority Dispatch
- Develop budgets and staffing plans with department directors to build a high performance, multi-functional team with expertise necessary to achieve company objectives
- Manage, direct, mentor and inspire department leaders to owning all elements of the employee life cycle: recruitment, hiring, on-boarding, performance reviews, personal development, etc
- Work with DevOps director to develop APIs, bridges, SAAS models, and other enhancements that allow our partners to share information relating to managing emergency calls for service and quality assurance activities
- Oversee all 3rd partnerships regarding the development of software and services
- Oversee the management of Salesforce, FinancialForce, Azure platform, Application integrations, and the integration of automated systems throughout the organizations
- Oversee management of RPA (Robotic Process Automation) concepts
- Lower direct costs with development infrastructure reuse; develop incentive base training program and mentor systems engineers
- All other duties as assigned
