Senior Manager, Software Development

SAS

Senior Manager in Software Development at SAS leading teams in software development and testing with a focus on collaborative engineering projects. Manage project scoping, scheduling, and performance improvement.

Posted 6/12/2026full-timeNorth Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GoJavaSDLCSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage all aspects of the team, including development and testing, internal and external communication/collaboration, performance management and improvement, and professional growth.
Develop, organize, prioritize, and assign objectives and responsibilities consistent with department, division, and corporate goals.
Communicate and represent departmental interests to team, other departments, divisions, and various management levels as necessary.
Provide leadership to the team through mentoring, training, and managing the activities of the team.
Manage and lead project scoping and scheduling of engineering projects; track progress of individual tasks and alert stakeholders of any concerns meeting schedules.
Ensure that projects are completed and implemented in a timely manner while following established procedures and schedules.
Regularly communicate development and testing status, project risks, resource requirements and allocation, and other relevant knowledge with upper management.
Advocate for the adoption of best practices and continuous improvement throughout the software lifecycle.
Become actively involved in daily operations and duties as needed to meet schedules or to resolve complex problems or issues.
Be a change enabler.
Be responsible for tactical management of a functional area, feature, product, or multiple products or solutions, involving senior leadership as required in major decisioning.
Balance innovation vs. delivery commitments.
Managing diverse teams (skills, geography, seniority).

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in quantitative field, preferably computer science, math, or statistics.
Requires a minimum of twelve years of related programming or testing experience, including three years of project lead, supervisory or management experience.
Practical experience with more than one programming language (SAS, C/C++, SQL, Java, Go).
Owns end-to-end delivery outcomes – scope, schedule, risk management.
Experience with collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence.
Ensure projects meet timelines, quality, and process standards.
A strong understanding of how Agile SDLC practices enable a successful team.
Experience leading development and delivery at the enterprise system level.
Experience influencing stakeholders outside of your team and business unit.
Experience using SAS products (preferred, not required).
Maintains accountability for software lifecycle, customer-impacting issues, and continuous improvement.
Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.
Medical plan options include: PPO with low annual deductible and copays.
HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).
Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan.
There's a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge!
An industry-leading 401k plan.
Tuition Assistance Program and programs and resources to support your development.
Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.
Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.
Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees.

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Hard Skills & Tools

SASC/C++SQLJavaGoAgile SDLCproject managementrisk managementsoftware lifecyclequality assurance

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcommunicationcollaborationperformance managementproblem-solvingchange managementinnovationteam managementstakeholder influence