Nelnet

IT Manager

Nelnet

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: New YorkUnited States

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Salary

💰 $110,000 - $120,000 per year

Tech Stack

About the role

  • The IT Manager is instrumental in leading our Student Information System (SIS) Development Teams.
  • You'll use our core values to guide decisions and behaviors in order to elevate our culture within your team and across the organization.
  • This includes defining quality, efficiency, and development best practices.
  • Coaches, motivates and professionally develops team members, helping to set and model desired quality techniques.
  • Builds strong relationships with IT, Product, and Operations leaders to seek feedback for continuous improvement.
  • Translates technical detail into business relevant language.
  • Sets clear objectives and measures, aligned with organizational goals, to evaluate the performance of team members and to utilize in compensation recommendations.
  • Promotes teamwork and cooperation within and across teams.
  • Implements lean solutions to improve team efficiency while maintaining effectiveness.
  • Assesses and improves team health.
  • Creates a culture that makes room for failure, learning, and continuous improvement.
  • Leads the hiring process for team members.
  • Contributes to strategic planning decisions such as budget and staffing plans.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
  • Minimum 3 years leadership experience, preferably in IT.
  • Experience mentoring and developing others and/or leading a significant change within a team.
  • Excellent critical thinking, problem-solving and judgment skills combined with trustworthiness.
  • Strong desire to learn, push the envelope, and share knowledge with others.
  • Forward-thinking approach to AI utilization within the SDLC and day-to-day activities.
  • Ability to communicate and interact effectively with direct reports, clients, colleagues, and management to explain complex issues clearly and concisely.
  • Competency in resolving diverse and complex business/technical problems.
  • Ability to motivate others to perform their best and advance their skills through instilling purpose, vision and optimism.
  • Drive to deliver effective solutions/outcomes.
Benefits
  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • HSA and FSA
  • generous earned time off
  • 401K/student loan repayment
  • life insurance & AD&D insurance
  • employee assistance program
  • employee stock purchase program
  • tuition reimbursement
  • performance-based incentive pay
  • short- and long-term disability
  • robust wellness program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Student Information System (SIS)lean solutionsAI utilizationSDLCbudget planningstaffing plans
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringcritical thinkingproblem-solvingcommunicationteamworkmotivationtrustworthinesscontinuous improvementrelationship building
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree