IT Development Manager - Maersk Line, Copenhagen, Denmark

Maersk Line IT/ Delivery Management - IT Development Manager
Maersk Line IT is currently seeking an experience IT Development Manager to support current system development activities that are part of a strategic program, the SOA Integration Solutions portfolio. It is the intention of this program to continue to develop the existing ‘service oriented architecture' (SOA) based platforms and will be scaling this activity up a great deal over the next year and beyond. The successful candidate will be located at the heart of a strategic program that will play a huge role in reshaping the systems and delivery management landscape of Maersk Line IT in the future.

Maersk Line IT supplies global solutions and connectivity to more than 35,000 A.P. Moller - Maersk employees in 118 countries. Some of the keywords in our work environment are: Innovation, Creativity, Challenges and Personal growth. You will build a strong international network through extensive liaising with stakeholders worldwide and access a wide range of further career opportunities within Maersk Line IT and the rest of the A.P. Moller - Maersk Organisation.

The Role
The position of IT Development Manager is primarily focused on the management and coordination of development activities for the core ‘build team'. All development activities are managed using an Agile/Scrum based approach and have been doing so for approximately a year and half. As such, the role requires that the candidate have a high level of technical understanding relating to system architecture and software development but also to be familiar and comfortable working in an Agile/Scrum team. Given that the build team work is managed using the scrum model, the IT Development Manger role will share responsibilities with the Technical Lead and coordinate the direction and activities for the various platforms. Within the team structure, both of these roles and areas of responsibility are clearly defined. The current platform strategy is also centered on the use of continuous integration and automated deployment activities. A large part of the work activity will focus on not only building but optimizing the current platform operations.

The candidate must have a minimum of 6 years working experience, including a 4 year college degree that is related to some technical field, ideally involving computers systems. Having performed actual coding in the past is also a big advantage. Previous work experience will include some of the following; systems operations, development manager, software developer, software development support and project management. This position will be reporting to the Delivery Manager within ADLT.

Key Responsibilities of the role:

• Managing the inbound work activities for the technical build team.
• Acting as ‘Scrum Master' and leading daily stand-ups for technical build team.
• Monitor urgent inbound tasks and coordinate activities with the ‘build whips'.
• Schedule build whip activities and ensure the duties for this role are being carried out daily.
• Attend and provide input to the weekly root cause analysis meeting.
• Perform daily/weekly reviews relating to how development workload is being managed based on current performance and throughput measures.
• Accountability for all key performance metrics related to the development work.
• Coordination of priorities within System Management team.

Key Competencies for this role:
The ideal candidate will have many of the following attributes.

• A fairly high level of technical competence relating to software development and the activities involved with it.
• Ideally, will have had both development and operational support related experience.
• Familiar with working in a SCRUM or Agile team environment.
• Good understanding with the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) approach.
• Comfortable working with stakeholders of all levels of management.
• Comfortable using a process oriented approach to achieve goals.
• Organized and detail oriented.
• Ability to adapt to changes in processes and delivery models based on business needs.
• Have a good understanding for what continuous integration is, preferably experience with it.
• Familiar with automated deployment activities and the requirements for it.
• Knowledgeable or familiar in at least two coding languages, preferentially java, unix, python and/or maven.

About You
The ideal candidate will have many of the following

Qualifications:

• Team player with the ability to work within a collaborative work environment with people from different cultures and technical abilities.
• Should have a pleasant demeanor and get along well with colleagues.
• Self motivated and capable of managing multiple priorities and coordinate tasks with different technical teams.
• A results oriented approach to work with a software develoment background.
• Ability to work in an environment with defined processes and procedures and be able to work towards improving upon them while still focussing on the delivery at hand.
• Will have a customer oriented mindset and be able to make balanced decisions when supporting various projects.
• Detail oriented in such a way that allows for capture and translation of both process and technical information into necessary documentation.
• Good communication skills and proficient in English, both verbally and written.
• Should have an entrepreneurial approach when looking for new solutions.

We Offer
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Work and Life at Maersk Line, Copenhagen
Maersk Line is a highly international and inspiring environment with an attractive value proposition for its employees. As part of ensuring a successful work-life balance we promote flexible work-hours and the possibility to work from home when at all possible. In connection with maternity leave, we pay for 12 weeks leave with full salary for men and 24 weeks leave for women. Our package consists of an externally benchmarked salary and pension scheme and 6 weeks holiday a year. As an employee at our corporate head office, you are also invited to participate in our abundant breakfast and lunch scheme and take advantage of our fully equipped in-house fitness centre as well as a number of other recreational offers.

Contact information:
For further information about the role please contact Delivery Manager, Mr Chris Gargiulo on Tel + 45 3162 6165. For queries related to the recruitment process, please contact Senior Recruitment Consultant Natalia Anna Suchcicka on +45 3363 3408.

About the company:
Maersk Line - a key player in global trade Maersk Line is the world leader in container transport, operating in more than 125 countries worldwide and employing over 21,000 colleagues. We offer attractive career opportunities to internationally-minded people in a wide variety of positions: from sales and customer service, via management, finance, processes to classic shipping operations and a host of other fields. Our philosophy could be defined as unity through diversity; we strive to be locally relevant and globally efficient, firmly rooted in the core values that have been ours for more than 100 years. With hundreds of container vessels operating around the clock, we want to act responsibly to improve our environmental performance and impact. This means constantly improving processes and developing technologies to be more energy efficient, eliminate waste and reduce emissions. We engage actively in the communities we serve - our Corporate Social Responsibility focus is on education and humanitarian aid, which we channel through a multitude of local projects executed in close collaboration with NGOs and the relevant authorities. Maersk Line is part of the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group which employs over 120,000 people across a varied range of container services, energy, offshore & shipping and retail activities.

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