Application Development Manager

Job Summary

Zurich Middle East is part of Zurich Insurance Group, one of the world’s largest and most experienced insurers. Our mission is to help our local community understand and protect themselves from risk both locally and globally.

Reporting to the Head of Strategy & IT, the Application Development Manager will be responsible to manager and control system development projects. They will conduct complex business analyses and software development work and provide technical advice and guidance to colleagues to support the specification and development of software solutions

Job Accountabilities

As Application Development Manager, your role will involve:

• Quality checks program code, test plans-results, related objects, and documentation and responds to production support issues.
• They analyze programs to ensure that they efficiently use computer and storage resources and recommend appropriate changes as necessary.
• They conduct preliminary estimates for the level of effort of new-change to application functionality and analyze and make recommendations for the needs for system backup, security, rest-art-recovery, balancing and controls; recommend approaches for meeting such needs.
• They analyze and document the requirements and approaches to data conversion and data modelling.
• They conduct system studies, analyze and evaluate existing computerized and manual systems procedures to improve efficiency and research and develop techniques for converting manual operations to a computerized system.
• They monitor and audit the work of junior staff, as necessary, to ensure that it meets installation standards, design specifications, efficiency, and accuracy.

Job Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or related field.
• Proven experience in application development, with a strong track record of delivering high-quality solutions.

Personal Attributes

• Self-Management: You efficiently manage your workload and consistently deliver to agreed standards.
• Self-Development: You reflect on your strengths and areas for growth, continuously developing your skills.
• Self-Awareness: You understand the impact of your actions on others and adapt accordingly.
• Action Orientation: You proactively pursue objectives and embrace ambitious targets.
• Resilience: You stay positive and composed in the face of setbacks and change, showing agility and adaptability.

Functional Skills:

• You demonstrate strong proficiency in application design, programming and coding, configuration management, and have a solid understanding of the overall application landscape. You are comfortable using application development tools and managing the software development lifecycle, including test execution and troubleshooting. Your experience includes evaluating user experience, managing systems development, and staying current with emerging technologies as well as product and service management.

Cross-Functional Skills:

• You are skilled in agile ways of working and apply design thinking principles to solve problems creatively. You communicate effectively and can manage stakeholders with professionalism and clarity.