We’re looking for an IT Team Leader to directly manage a team software developers while guiding a portfolio of application development projects. You’ll balance delivery with people leadership: setting direction, coaching team members, conducting performance reviews, and working through challenges when they arise.
What you’ll do
- Lead, support, and develop a team of software developers through regular feedback, coaching, performance reviews, and career development conversations.
- Set expectations, assign work, and help the team balance priorities across multiple projects.
- Address performance concerns directly and constructively, following company practices.
- Manage application development projects from planning through deployment and ongoing support.
- Provide technical guidance on solution design, development, testing, and delivery.
- Partner with business stakeholders to understand needs, communicate progress, and deliver practical solutions.
- Identify ways to improve how the team works and contributes to broader IT goals.
What you bring
- 10 years of software engineering or application development experience.
- At least 5 years of direct people management experience, including formal performance reviews, employee development, and performance conversations.
- Experience leading multiple software development projects at the same time.
- Strong technical judgment and the ability to turn business needs into clear plans for a development team.
- Exposure to manufacturing environment a plus.
- Clear communication, sound prioritization, and a leadership style that combines support with accountability.
- A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
If you enjoy developing people as much as delivering software, we’d like to hear from you.
**This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship now or in the future
Skills Required
- 10 years of software engineering or application development experience
- At least 5 years of direct people management experience, including performance reviews, employee development, and performance conversations
- Experience leading multiple software development projects simultaneously
- Strong technical judgment and ability to translate business needs into clear development-team plans
- Clear communication, sound prioritization, and a supportive, accountable leadership style
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Exposure to a manufacturing environment
What We Do
AstenJohnson is a global manufacturer serving the paper and pulp industries. It supplies paper-machine clothing—including press, forming, and dryer fabrics—as well as advanced filtration fabrics to paper and pulp mills worldwide. Its wider technical-fabrics portfolio serves nonwovens and industrial applications such as board manufacturing, wastewater treatment, food and beverage production, and mining. The company also works with papermakers to address operational performance needs.
