IT Development Manager

For a leading multinational insurance group.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end software delivery, from design and development through testing, deployment, and post-go-live support
• Ensure adherence to SDLC standards and drive continuous improvement in software quality, development processes, and productivity
• Manage development backlogs, estimations, KPIs, and delivery performance using Jira and other relevant tools
• Ensure architectural and design alignment across applications in collaboration with IT Architecture, Delivery, and Solution Design teams
• Drive cloud-first development, modern API design, CI/CD adoption, and DevOps practices across critical applications
• Manage technical debt and ensure alignment with the overall IT strategy and technology roadmap
• Embed security-by-design and compliance-by-design across all software development activities
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory and security requirements, including DORA, GDPR, the EU AI Act, and Solvency II IT requirements
• Support disaster recovery, business continuity, audit readiness, and operational resilience across the application landscape
• Plan and prioritize development workloads across BAU and strategic projects, ensuring effective allocation of internal and external resources
• Provide delivery estimates, timelines, capacity planning, budget input, and ongoing monitoring of development activities
• Report delivery progress, risks, KPIs, and key issues to senior management and relevant governance committees
• Ensure comprehensive technical documentation, API catalogues, runbooks, and knowledge-transfer processes are maintained
• Build and develop high-performing technical teams through clear objectives, performance management, mentoring, succession planning, and targeted training
• Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing while ensuring business continuity and reducing key-person dependencies

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Informatics or a related quantitative field. Master's degree (MSc/MBA) is a strong plus
• Minimum 8 years of experience in software engineering, with at least 4 years managing development teams (multiple squads / team leaders)
• Proven track record of leading delivery of large, mission-critical applications, ideally in insurance, banking or financial services
• Experience managing both legacy modernization (e.g., Cobol, mainframe-style core systems, large Oracle databases) and modern stacks (.NET, web/mobile, APIs, cloud)
• Demonstrable experience driving cloud transformation, CI/CD and DevOps adoption
• Strong command of .NET / C#, web technologies (Angular/React/React Native), REST APIs, microservices and event-driven architectures
• Strong Skills Oracle PL/SQL and familiarity with core insurance systems will be considered a plus
• Hands-on understanding of Azure (or equivalent cloud), CI/CD pipelines, Git, containerization and infrastructure-as-code
• Ability to inspire and develop senior engineers and team leaders
• Excellent organizational, planning and prioritization skills under multiple competing demands
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making capabilities
• Excellent communication skills, able to engage with executives, business owners, auditors and technical teams
• Fluency in Greek and English (written and spoken)

Benefits

• Annual Gross Compensation: Base Salary €70.000 - €85.000
• Career development and growth opportunities