Systems Development Manager 
Current Position
- Systems Development Manager
- Reports to Information Systems Manager
- Supervises Project Leaders, Analyst
Programmers and Programmers
General Description
Responsible to the I.S. Manager for the
management and control of development projects. Responsible for the provision of
both business and technical support and the guidance and assistance of users.
Project leaders report to him. Acts as Chief Systems Analyst/Programmer and as
such is responsible for the standard and performance of all application system
software.
Management Responsibiltiies
- Liaising with internal management and
advising on all matters relating to computer system development and support
- Liaising with external suppliers and
representing Information Systems on all matters relating to application snd
system development software
- Ensuring an adequate level of
development support, advising training, recruitment and software requirements as
necessary
Functional Responsibilities
- Obtaining user management approval of
computer system development requirement ensuring that all development activity
is authorised against formal statement of objectives and cost/benefit
justification
- Establishing and monitoring development
schedules to ensure commitments are achieved within agreed timescales and cost
- Providing maintenance support of
operational systems ensuring maximum availability of processing facilties to
user departments
- Controlling and prioritising requests
for modifications of operational computer systems and 'one-off' reports
- Providing regular status report of
development progress to Information Systems Management
- Establishing and maintaining
departmental standards in conjunction with other Information Systems managers
and ensuring that all systems development is performed in accordance with these
standards
- To carry out any other task within your
ability as requested by a supervisor
Back to CV Menu