Remote Application Development Manager Jobs
Remote application development manager jobs are in active demand across the U.S., with remote-first firms and distributed engineering teams hiring for this role in software, healthcare, financial services, and enterprise technology. Companies posting remote openings right now include Cardinal Health, Genpact, and HII. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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TOPPAN Packaging Americas specializes in designing and manufacturing sustainable, high-performance flexible and thermoformed packaging solutions for the food, beverage, medical and consumer goods industries. We offer products like transparent high barrier films, pouches, clamshells and trays, utilizing advanced technology to enhance product safety, visibility and environmental sustainability.
TOPPAN Packaging Americas operates as part of the global TOPPAN group, with 22 manufacturing facilities across North America, Latin America and Europe.
Want to learn more? Visit us at packaging.toppan.com
NOTE: Role might change based on candidates experience
Summary Description:
The Application Development Manager for the Flexibles Division is the main technical contact between the customer and TOPPAN. This position is responsible for all development and technical service activities at assigned accounts/markets. The packaging technology team is constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to develop packaging solutions that are cost-effective, product-safety complaint, more sustainable, and satisfy customers’ needs.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Working closely with the Commercial Team to identify and successfully commercialize flexible packaging opportunities at targeted accounts.
- Leading technical activities to expand sales of existing structures, develop new flexible packaging structures, drive cost savings, and improve product performance.
- Building and maintaining strong technical customer relations.
- Translating customer requirements to TOPPAN specifications and developing manufacturing instructions.
- Ensuring portfolio is aligned with the business priorities and the needs of the customer.
- Defining project success criteria, draw conclusions based on data, make technical recommendations, and manage projects. Projects are often fast paced with high visibility.
- Developing and leading pilot, production, and filling/packing trials. Publishing trial reports for internal and/or external distribution.
- Coordinating activities to accomplish tasks using available internal and external resources.
- Providing routine technical service activity.
- Preparing written and verbal presentations, project plans, updates, and periodic reports for internal and external use.
- Traveling domestically and internationally to manufacturing plants, suppliers, customers, conferences, and other innovation partners.
- Maintaining complete and accurate work records, including documentation for intellectual property protection.
This is a REMOTE position. West Coast, Texas, Northeast, Chicago, Midwest area. Easy access to a major airport is required.
We’d love to hear from you if:
- Strong material science knowledge (OPP, PET, PE films, Nylon, paper, and foil laminations)
- New product development, flexible packaging applications, project management, and customer relationships.
- Extensive experience in key growth areas in food packaging such as retort, hot fill, hard-to-hold products, personal care, home care, and consumer healthcare packaging are requirements for this position.
- Bachelor of Science, preferably in Engineering, Food Science, Packaging, or Plastics related field
- 5-10 years of Flexible Packaging Product Development and manufacturing processes. Processes include printing (roto/flexo), laminating (adhesive and extrusion), coating, slitting, pouching and form/fill/seal conversion.
- 5-10 years of development of packaging for retort, hot fill, hard to hold, liquid applications.
At TOPPAN Packaging Americas, We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package designed to support our employees’ overall wellbeing. This includes competitive pay, robust benefits, and programs that help you thrive both personally and professionally. Specific benefits and wellbeing programs may vary based on your work location, employment classification, or collective bargaining agreement.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents, including FSA and HSA options
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Wellbeing tools and resources to support holistic health, including an Employee Assistance Program with a variety of services
- Paid time off and holidays to recreate, rejuvenate and care for the health of yourself and family
- Variety of company paid and voluntary employee-paid insurance plans including life, personal accident, and disability insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
We are committed to providing a workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and able to contribute to their fullest potential. We also provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the application and employment processes. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact us.
TOPPAN Packaging Americas specializes in designing and manufacturing sustainable, high-performance flexible and thermoformed packaging solutions for the food, beverage, medical and consumer goods industries. We offer products like transparent high barrier films, pouches, clamshells and trays, utilizing advanced technology to enhance product safety, visibility and environmental sustainability.
TOPPAN Packaging Americas operates as part of the global TOPPAN group, with 22 manufacturing facilities across North America, Latin America and Europe.
Want to learn more? Visit us at packaging.toppan.com
NOTE: Role might change based on candidates experience
Summary Description:
The Application Development Manager for the Flexibles Division is the main technical contact between the customer and TOPPAN. This position is responsible for all development and technical service activities at assigned accounts/markets. The packaging technology team is constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to develop packaging solutions that are cost-effective, product-safety complaint, more sustainable, and satisfy customers’ needs.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Working closely with the Commercial Team to identify and successfully commercialize flexible packaging opportunities at targeted accounts.
- Leading technical activities to expand sales of existing structures, develop new flexible packaging structures, drive cost savings, and improve product performance.
- Building and maintaining strong technical customer relations.
- Translating customer requirements to TOPPAN specifications and developing manufacturing instructions.
- Ensuring portfolio is aligned with the business priorities and the needs of the customer.
- Defining project success criteria, draw conclusions based on data, make technical recommendations, and manage projects. Projects are often fast paced with high visibility.
- Developing and leading pilot, production, and filling/packing trials. Publishing trial reports for internal and/or external distribution.
- Coordinating activities to accomplish tasks using available internal and external resources.
- Providing routine technical service activity.
- Preparing written and verbal presentations, project plans, updates, and periodic reports for internal and external use.
- Traveling domestically and internationally to manufacturing plants, suppliers, customers, conferences, and other innovation partners.
- Maintaining complete and accurate work records, including documentation for intellectual property protection.
This is a REMOTE position. West Coast, Texas, Northeast, Chicago, Midwest area. Easy access to a major airport is required.
We’d love to hear from you if:
- Strong material science knowledge (OPP, PET, PE films, Nylon, paper, and foil laminations)
- New product development, flexible packaging applications, project management, and customer relationships.
- Extensive experience in key growth areas in food packaging such as retort, hot fill, hard-to-hold products, personal care, home care, and consumer healthcare packaging are requirements for this position.
- Bachelor of Science, preferably in Engineering, Food Science, Packaging, or Plastics related field
- 5-10 years of Flexible Packaging Product Development and manufacturing processes. Processes include printing (roto/flexo), laminating (adhesive and extrusion), coating, slitting, pouching and form/fill/seal conversion.
- 5-10 years of development of packaging for retort, hot fill, hard to hold, liquid applications.
At TOPPAN Packaging Americas, We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package designed to support our employees’ overall wellbeing. This includes competitive pay, robust benefits, and programs that help you thrive both personally and professionally. Specific benefits and wellbeing programs may vary based on your work location, employment classification, or collective bargaining agreement.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents, including FSA and HSA options
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Wellbeing tools and resources to support holistic health, including an Employee Assistance Program with a variety of services
- Paid time off and holidays to recreate, rejuvenate and care for the health of yourself and family
- Variety of company paid and voluntary employee-paid insurance plans including life, personal accident, and disability insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
We are committed to providing a workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and able to contribute to their fullest potential. We also provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the application and employment processes. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact us.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote application development manager jobs.
- Five or more years managing software development teams through full delivery cycles
- Proficiency with Agile or SAFe frameworks and experience coaching teams on adoption
- Hands-on background in at least one primary stack such as Java, .NET, or Python
- Experience with cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and release management tooling
Tips for Your Remote Application Development Manager Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote application development manager openings from across the U.S. in one place. Check it regularly and apply directly to the roles that match your stack and seniority level, since strong remote postings fill quickly.
Document your async management style explicitly
Remote employers want to see how you manage without in-person presence. Write out how you run standups in Jira, communicate blockers in Confluence or Slack, and run sprint reviews through recorded video updates, then reference these practices directly in your cover letter and resume.
Show distributed delivery on your resume
List projects where your team was geographically distributed, naming the time zone spread and how you coordinated releases. Remote hiring managers look for evidence that you've already managed across locations, not that you're willing to try it.
Prepare for asynchronous remote interviews
Many remote employers use asynchronous screening rounds, including recorded video responses or written technical assessments before any live call. Practice articulating decisions you've made about architecture trade-offs, team structure, or delivery prioritization in concise written form.
Remote Application Development Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote application development manager job?
Target companies that already run distributed engineering teams, since they have established workflows for remote managers and aren't experimenting with the model. Remote employers screen hard for written communication, async decision-making, and the ability to unblock teams without real-time oversight. Candidates who can point to shipped projects managed across time zones, documented processes they built, or cross-functional delivery they coordinated remotely stand out from the field.
Which companies hire remote application development managers?
Remote application development manager roles are posted by Cardinal Health, Genpact, and HII and others right now, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote-first software companies, distributed enterprise teams in financial services and healthcare, and cloud-native technology firms account for the largest share of these openings.
Can you get a remote application development manager job with no experience?
Yes, but remote application development manager roles at the entry level are harder to land because employers expect you to operate independently from day one without in-person mentorship. Your best path is through companies that hire associate or junior-level remote managers, often in SaaS startups or tech-forward organizations. A portfolio showing you've led even small projects, contributed to distributed teams, or managed timelines and stakeholders asynchronously can substitute for a formal management title.
Do you need a degree for remote application development manager jobs?
Not always. Many remote employers weigh demonstrated delivery record, technical fluency, and leadership experience over a specific credential, particularly at companies that evaluate candidates on output rather than credentials. That said, a bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field is listed as preferred on most postings. Certifications in project methodology, cloud platforms, or agile practices can strengthen a profile where a degree is absent.
Which industries hire the most remote application development managers?
Most remote application development manager openings sit in Technology & Software, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors invest heavily in distributed engineering teams that require dedicated management to coordinate development cycles, maintain delivery cadence, and align technical output with business priorities across locations.
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