Manager of Applications

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Costa Mesa, CA, USA
In-Office
146K-195K Annually
Mid level
Consumer Web • Transportation • Travel
The Role
The Manager of Applications provides leadership in the Information Systems department, managing development teams, ensuring high availability of services, facilitating collaboration, and negotiating contracts.
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Manager of Applications

The Manager of Applications is a member of the leadership team in the Information Systems department and is crucial in driving the success of the team and the organization. This position requires a blend of strategic and technical leadership to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions and services.

What You’ll Do

  • Strategic and Technical Leadership:
    • Provide strategic and technical leadership to drive the team's success and align with organizational goals.
    • Ensure all work accomplished has proper documentation considering potential regulatory, legal, or business concerns.
  • Collaboration with Product Owner:
    • Foster effective communication and collaboration with the Product Owner to shape future technology solutions.
    • Along with the Product Owner, lead communication of project results/challenges to business partners in ways they can understand. Proactive communication of delays to planned efforts.
  • Support Activities:
    • Ensure high uptime and promptly address enterprise-impacting issues to maintain seamless operations ensuring the applications have >099.9% uptime.
  • People Management:
    • Build an ideal team through cross-training, re-skilling, and coaching to enhance team performance and growth.
    • Conduct one-on-one meetings with your employees, enforce company policies, manage time and attendance, do performance reviews, determine pay increases, hire as needed and conduct terminations if necessary.
  • Contract Negotiations:
    • Manage new contract negotiations and renewals to secure favorable terms and conditions for the organization.

What You’ll Need

  • Experience:
    • Possess 3-5 years of experience in building and managing high-performing development teams on a variety of platforms from Mainframe to Cloud.
    • Demonstrated ability to understand the big picture and drive the initiatives the lead to completion of the overall big picture.
    • Experienced in leading Agile teams and able to provide technical and process recommendations aimed at improving quality, velocity, and customer delight.
  • Innovative Mindset:
    • Possess an innovative mindset and demonstrate creativity in problem-solving and solution development.
  • Cross-functional Collaboration:
    • Ability to work effectively in cross-functional groups to achieve common goals.
  • Communication Skills:
    • Exhibit clear and effective communication skills, especially when interacting with C-level executives.

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The starting pay range for this position is:

$145,900.00 - $194,600.00

Additionally, for full time positions, you will be eligible to participate in our incentive program based upon the achievement of organization, team and personal performance.

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Remarkable benefits:
•    Health coverage for medical, dental, vision

•    401(K) saving plans with company match AND Pension    

•    Tuition assistance

•    Floating holidays and PTO for community volunteer programs

•    Paid parental leave

•    Wellness programs

•    Employee discounts (membership, insurance,

travel, entertainment, services and more!)

Auto Club Enterprises is the largest club within the national AAA federation. We have nearly 17,000 employees in 24 states helping more than 18 million members. The strength of our organization is our employees. Bringing together and supporting different cultures, backgrounds, personalities, and strengths creates a team capable of delivering legendary, lifetime service to our members. When we embrace our diversity – we win. All of Us! With our national brand recognition, long-standing reputation since 1900, and constantly growing membership, we are seeking career-minded, service-driven professionals to join our team.

“Through dedicated employees we proudly deliver legendary service and beneficial products that provide members peace of mind and value.”

AAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Our organization participates in E-Verify

The Automobile Club of Southern California will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO), the Unincorporated Los Angeles County (ULAC) regulation, and the California Fair Chance Act (CFCA). 

Skills Required

  • 3-5 years of experience in building and managing high-performing development teams
  • Ability to lead Agile teams
  • Strong communication skills with C-level executives
  • Experience with strategic leadership in technology solutions

AAA Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AAA and has not been reviewed or approved by AAA.

  • Pay Growth & Progression Annual raises and bonuses are typically provided, signaling structured pay progression. Performance-based opportunities can add to earnings when goals are met.
  • Retirement Support A 401(k) match and an additional employer contribution are part of the package. This strengthens long‑term financial value beyond base pay.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Paid time off and paid holidays are provided, with generous PTO in the first year for certain roles. This breadth supports work‑life balance and recovery time.

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The Company
Coppell, , TX ,
13,858 Employees
Year Founded: 1902

What We Do

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