[JOB] Growth Position - Technology Director
Jacob DeChant
I hope this this week is treating you all well. I wanted to share a position my team is currently working on. It’s for a hand’s off Technical Director.
That said, the title is a bit misleading, the role is for an individual who has a background in development (ideally PHP) and has worked as a lead or team manager. This person will take an active role in the company working with clients, providing technical direction for projects, mentoring and overseeing a small team of in-house project managers and an off-site team of developers. The ideal fit for this role is someone who loves technology and wants to keep abreast of new trends and can lead things from a technical perspective in the future. Ideally this person will grow into a CTO role. Salary for the role is right around $110K so individuals with 5+ years of experience are encouraged to apply.
I’d love to discuss this role with anyone who is interested. Feel free to give me a call at (202) 626-0250 or shoot me an email jacob....@rht.com so we can discuss.
Thanks,
Jacob
Location: Alexandria, VA
Position Title: Technology Director
Years of Experience: 5+
Salary: $110K (some flexibility)
The Technology Director manages the team responsible for specifying, designing, implementing, and testing innovative technical solutions for a wide range of digital marketing solutions. There are a wide range of projects including small and large websites, mobile applications, and other marketing campaign-related technology solutions.
The position requires an individual that keeps up with industry trends and can make informed recommendations for how to solve client challenges from a strategy to technology platform. They will work with creatives, marketing experts and strategists to find and implement the best solutions. This individual needs to thrive in a highly collaborative, team environment with a wide variety of projects, from large enterprise websites, to highly interactive microsites and everything in between.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Technology Strategy
● Work with the Strategist to determine appropriate architecture, and other technical requirements and solutions--make relevant recommendations to present to the team.
● Alert colleagues to emerging technologies or applications and the opportunities to integrate them into operations and activities.
● Help the technology team identify weakness and help draw new processes to ensure the company be as efficient as possible.
Management of the Technology Team
● Manage an effective Technology team including direct reports and vendors
▪ Evaluate areas for improvement and work with team members to solve challenges
▪ Hold team members accountable for growth and improvement
▪ Ensure any new technology vendors are on-boarded properly
● Work closely with fellow team members from other departments and directors of the company to ensure good working relationships and smooth project and task delivery
● Keep accurate notes of team meetings and share with the company in a collaborative way
Technology Project Management & Oversight
● Provide innovative, strategy based decisions and recommendations for projects and deliverables
● Produce project estimates during sales process, including expertise required, total number of people required, total number of development hours required, etc.
● Develop detailed specification documents with clear project deliverables and timelines.
● Ensure timely completion of deliverables and that they meet company standards.
● Work with clients and team members to build and refine graphic designs, and code for websites and emails.
● Be proactive and maintain high level of integrity and value-of-service when dealing with clients current, potential, and former.
Technology Process Development and Management of Technology Team
● Understand and implement all processes for project, employee and vendor management
● Establish and achieve department goals
● Finding new ways to create efficiencies and improvements to the way technology work is planned, implemented and optimized
● On an infrequent basis, have the ability to perform the following tasks:
▪ Convert images and layouts from our graphics team into CSS/HTML themes for WordPress, Drupal, Ektron and other CMS systems utilized by the company, maintaining best practices and proper code.
▪ Learn and use programming languages that our company utilizes. PHP, MySQL, MSSQL, and others as they become more regularly deployed.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required
● Bachelor’s degree in computer science or the equivalent
● 5+ years of experience in technology including both web development and technology team management experience
● Effective written and oral communications skills
● Thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
● Team player who works well with counterparts from various functions/departments and has the ability to influence the work of counterparts without direct reporting accountability
● Ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects
● Hands-on experience building website and technology projects from start to finish, including:
● Providing strategic recommendations for clients
● Business requirements analysis with the ability to translate these needs to technical requirements
● Writing technical specifications including software requirements, information architecture, and CMS platform recommendations
● Managing internal and external development and testing teams
● Project management with proven success of on-time, on-budget delivery
● Understanding and experience improving data collection/analytics for projects