Job Description
The Technical Director (TD) is a recognised and respected leader within Profero and across all clients within a portfolio. A person who understands the potential of new and established technologies, who is always looking for the best way to solve problems, and the right way to bring to life and do justice to ground breaking creative ideas.
The TD combines a deep hands-on technical knowledge with the commercial acumen to know how to deliver projects with the minimum of fuss and maximum of client satisfaction. Quality of delivery is paramount, matching the creative vision to robust, secure and scalable technical solutions – when our ideas go viral, we need to be ready.
The TD acts as the bridge between the development team and the rest of the business – working with creative to refine and spark new ideas, with project management to scope deliverables, and of course with the development team (inc. external partners) to bring those ideas to life.
The TD will also be responsible for setting technical direction – defining best practices for development, deployment and operations, chasing down new technologies and presenting back to the business on where technology is heading. You may be talking to the development team about new node.js one day, and talking to the creative team about opportunities in interactive television the next.
The TD will be responsible for Quality Assurance function at Profero as well. With quality, the buck stops with TD and you will be responsible for rolling out best QA practices and will provide governance across QA process.
The TD will be required to participate in new business activities including scoping, presenting and building relationships with prospective clients.
The TD is a team leader and talent developer - both within the direct client team and across the agency. A person who consistently demonstrates the values and qualities of an authentic leader.
Desired Skills & Experience
Technical Leadership & Development
Proven track record of delivering web projects
Recent hands-on development experience (preferably .Net or PHP)
Deep understanding of entire project lifecycle
Obsessive interest in new technologies, and what’s hot on the web
Engagement with the Open Source community (e.g. Github, meet-ups)
Experience building on social platforms (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Foursquare etc.)
Experience in both Agile and Waterfall project delivery methodologies
Experience with CMS products (both OSS and commercial. Preferably Sitecore or
EpiServer)
Experience in live website operations and support
Experience mentoring technical team members (developers and / or sysadmin)
Experience managing a development team
Experience with offshore delivery a bonus
Experience with mobile a bonus (native or web app – you will be helping decide)
Experience in architecting and specifying complex platform builds
Commercial Leadership & Development
Experience within an Agency or Consulting firm
Experience with commercial software product selection process, specially around CMS
and eCommerce platform recommendations
Experience in responding to RFI, RFP documents
Responsibilities
Establish excellent relationships with technology partners (inc. selection criteria)
Establish excellent relationships with senior clients, helping them to understand the
value of technology in a digital landscape.
Work with teams across agency to broaden the understanding of technology
Manage and mentor internal development team
Build out internal team (define skills profiles)
Bring new ideas to the party
Oversight of IT support and related suppliers
Team Leadership
Provide clear role and responsibility definitions for each member of your team, having delegated tasks appropriately
Develop and manage the skills and knowledge of your team through mentoring, supervision and providing continual feedback on performance, managing under- and over-performance appropriately
Apply Now - Resume or CV with Job Post Title
Email: jobs@aarenconsultants.in
