Application Development Manager – Information Services

Reports To: Chief Information Officer
Direct Reports: 5
Location: 20 Eglinton Avenue West, 6th Floor
Date: August 2008

About the Cornerstone Group of Companies

The Cornerstone Group of Companies is the leading provider of direct marketing and database management services in Canada. Our Clients include many of North America's largest non-profit, publishing, consumer and business-to-business organizations.

Cornerstone Employee Profile

Cornerstone's focus on people creates an exceptional corporate culture that is proudly entrepreneurial and encourages innovation and a desire to succeed. We offer a competitive remuneration and benefits package, opportunities for professional development, employee recognition, commitment to diversity and a collegial work atmosphere.

The people who succeed at Cornerstone are those who are bright and highly motivated, who focus on providing exceptional service to our Clients, who communicate effectively, who strive to be the best at what they do and who understand the expectations of a professional working environment.

All Employees of Cornerstone are also expected to demonstrate strength in our organizational core competencies. They are Client Service, Business Development, Innovation, Efficiency, and Focus on the Team. At Cornerstone, these competencies are the focus of our recruitment process, reward systems and daily business interactions.

Position Summary

Our Information Services department designs, develops and/or supports a number of sophisticated in-house and third party software packages used by our staff and our Clients.

In an entrepreneurial environment, the successful candidate will be responsible to manage a team of Developers and work with a variety of Clients to advance the technical solutions and system architectures in Cornerstone's business divisions. The candidate will also be responsible for the mentoring, coaching and development of the IS team by improving efficiency, increasing technical expertise and implementing best engineering practices throughout the team.

Duties and Responsibilities

Provide architectural and design leadership and support in all phases of development life cycle.
Provide technical and business leadership in advancing Cornerstone technology solutions that support business initiatives.
Perform high-level analysis and design.
Propose technical solutions to meet defined business needs.
Provide estimates for the development resources of projects.
Recommend software development tools and language(s).
Review and refine architecture as needed.
Provide leadership and mentoring to staff members involved in account coordination.
Work with direct reports and act as a mentor to identify learning gaps, execute development action plans and guide the learning process in order to enhance overall team performance.
Conduct regular feedback sessions and performance appraisals with subordinates.
Provide skills and knowledge transfer to other development team members.
Assist in the development of project plans for small-to-medium sized projects.
Participate in the analysis of complex business opportunities/problems.
Provide support for existing business solutions.
Take on additional duties as required.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Qualifications

Extensive experience in developing large scale Microsoft .Net solutions.
Minimum of 5 years experience managing a development team.
Experience in architectural design and development of web based solutions using Microsoft technology.
Experience in designing efficient database schemas for large scale data solutions.
Minimum of 5 years experience in the following technologies: Microsoft development platform, .NET, C#, C++, Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle.
Experience managing complex projects with multiple developers.
Extensive software development lifecycle experience.

Skills and Experience

Experience with e-commerce solutions and payment gateway solutions is an asset.
Exceptional verbal and written business communication skills with diverse audiences.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate business requirements into system designs.
Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
Demonstrated initiative and creative problem solving skills.

Candidates who are not legally eligible to work in Canada at the time of their application will not be considered.
Cornerstone is committed to diversity in our workforce and equal access to opportunities based on merit and performance

Don't miss out on our great opportunity! You can apply:
Via e-mail to: hr@cstonecanada.com
Via fax to: 416.932.9566 or
Via mail, attention Human Resources to:
20 Eglinton Avenue West, 4th Floor
Toronto, Ontario M4R 1K8

We would like to thank all candidates for their interest, but regret that only those qualified for this role will be contacted. However, all resumes received will be kept on file for consideration in future positions.