
IT Manager
Nelnet
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: New York • United 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