Director of Application Development

Who you are: 

You are a proactive, mission-driven leader with a passion for building products, developing people, and solving complex problems. You balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution, fostering collaboration across teams while ensuring projects are delivered with excellence. You are organized, adaptable, and energized by creating systems, leading teams, and delivering solutions that make a meaningful impact.

What you'll do: 

The Director of Application Development will lead the strategic planning and technical execution of Lakepointe’s church management platform, ROCK RMS. ROCK is an open-source digital ministry platform built on SQL database architecture. This role is responsible for driving platform customization, system integrations, and organization-wide deployment while managing a high-performing development team.

The Director will serve as the primary technical authority for the ROCK platform—ensuring every initiative aligns with Lakepointe’s mission, operational goals, and long-term technology strategy. The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise in application development and a proven record of leading teams that deliver.

Strategic Leadership & Product Roadmap

• Define and execute a multi-year roadmap for Lakepointe’s RMS customization, feature enhancements, and third-party integrations that directly support organizational objectives.
• Partner with ministry leaders, IT, analytics, and operations teams to gather and prioritize requirements, ensuring platform solutions address real functional needs.
• Monitor Lakepointe’s RMS platform updates, community developments, and emerging plugins; recommend and implement new tools or integrations that expand capabilities.

Project Delivery

• Oversee end-to-end development projects—from requirements gathering and architecture design through development, testing, and production deployment.
• Manage application lifecycle activities including software licensing, vendor relationships, team training, and third-party integrations.

Development & Technical Oversight

• Own the design and architecture of all Lakepointe’s RMS solutions, with a focus on scalability, security, and long-term maintainability.
• In collaboration with lead developers, establish and enforce coding standards, conduct code reviews, and ensure compliance with established security protocols.
• Develop and maintain testing and deployment procedures for platform updates and customizations, ensuring seamless integration with existing systems and minimal disruption to operations.

Support & Platform Maintenance

• Proactively monitor Lakepointe’s RMS system performance, identify issues before they escalate, and minimize unplanned downtime.
• Collaborate with the users to produce documentation, deliver end-user training, and ensure effective platform adoption across the organization.
• Lead the team in structured troubleshooting, issue resolution, and ongoing system performance optimization.
• Provide occasional after-hours availability to support services, events, and scheduled maintenance windows.

Skills & Experience you’ve had:

Experience

• Minimum of 7 years in software development, with at least 3 years in a team management or technical leadership role.
• Demonstrated track record of leading development teams, managing complex projects, and delivering large-scale application solutions on time and within scope.

Technical Skills

• Proficiency in .NET, C#, and SQL with working knowledge of web technologies including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Experience designing and consuming REST APIs and managing integrations with third-party platforms and services.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field—or equivalent professional experience demonstrating the same level of technical depth and leadership.

Core Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate complex technical challenges into actionable solutions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to present technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders and ministry leadership.
• Deep understanding of church or nonprofit operational needs and the unique dynamics of mission-driven environments.

Embody all Lakepointe Leadership Behaviors:

• Love and follow Jesus
• Honor up, down, and all around
• Make it fun
• Reject good for great
• Whatever it takes
• Love Lakepointe 

AT-WILL EMPLOYMENT:
By submitting my resume to Lakepointe Church for potential employment I acknowledge that if hired, I will be an employment-at-will employee.  I will be subject to dismissal or discipline without notice or cause, at the discretion of the employer.  I understand that no representative of the church, other than the Director of People Operations, Senior Pastor, or Elder Board have the authority to change the terms of an at-will employment and that any change can only occur with written notification.

OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT:  

 

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